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Education in Western Europe

  • Higher earning Why a university degree is worth more in some countries than others

    AFGHANISTAN, 2016/12/11 A university education may expand your mind. It will as well fatten your wallet. Data from the OECD, a club of rich nations, show that graduates can expect far better lifetime earnings than those without a degree. The size of this premium varies. It is greatest in Ireland, which has a high GDP per chief and rising inequality. Since 2000 the unemployment rate for under-35s has swelled to 8% for those with degrees – but to additional than 20% for those without, and nearly 40% for secondary school drop-outs. The country’s wealth presently goes disproportionately to workers with letters next their names.

  • Young Namibian “Ambassadors” off to Germany: 19 Namibian German Language Learners on AGDS Student Exchange to Germany

    GERMANY, 2016/11/24 On 21 November 2016, the Association of German School Societies in Namibia (AGDS) and Cultural Counsellor at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Namibia Ullrich Kinne saw off 19 students from different Windhoek schools, who were leaving on a student exchange to Germany. In return, the guest children from Germany will spend 6 to 8 weeks in Namibia during their summer holidays to as well get to know the people and the country

  • Euro-Mediterranean virtual energy university endorsed

    EGYPT, 2016/01/12 Five North African nations – Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia – along with 38 European and Mediterranean states stand to benefit from a new initiative to set up an ‘energy university’ that will provide free, specialised education for energy professionals via an online platform. Senior officials of the 43 member states of the Union for the Mediterranean, or UfM, endorsed the new university during a conference in Barcelona, Spain, that was held next a high-level UfM conference entitled “Towards a Common Development Schedule for the Mediterranean” on 26 November.

  • The Glion Institute of Higher Education (GIHE)

    SAUDI ARABIA, 2013/07/20 The Glion Institute of Higher Education (GIHE), one of the top three hotel management schools in Switzerland, has seen increased interest from Saudi nationals eager to enrol in its hospitality courses since it was officially recognised by kingdom’s Ministry of Education. “We are honoured to have GIHE recognised by the Ministry of Education of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The support received by the government scholarships, has made a difference in Saudi nationals wanting to get an unparalleled education in hospitality management at Glio,” said Michael Huckaby, interim CEO of GIHE. For a lot of international hotel chains, Saudi Arabia is a strategic base in the region because of the large number of tourists visiting the country each year.

  • School enrollment, primary (% gross)

    EUROPE, 2013/03/19 Gross enrolment ratio. Primary. Total is the total enrollment in primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of official primary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition. UNESCO Institute for Statistics Catalog Sources World Development Indicators

  • Education and training

    EUROPEAN UNION, 2010/09/10   Education at a Glance covers 35 countries, including 21 EU countries and looks at what is spent on education, how education systems operate and what results are achieved. "The report reinforces the Commission's own analysis and the policy lines we are pursuing with Europe 2020,” says EU education commissioner AndroullaVassiliou
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