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1 - World Homeschooling Regulations (ICHER)
international
This page of the International Center for Home Education Research (ICHER) provides information on the regulations of international countries regarding homeschooling (home education) on a world map. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
2 - International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030, or Teacher Task Force (TTF)
international
The International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030, also known as the Teacher Task Force (TTF), is a unique partnership created in 2008 to advocate for teachers and the teaching profession around the world. It is dedicated to raising awareness, expanding knowledge and supporting countries towards achieving target 4.c of SDG 4.
3 - Informe de Gestión Anual al Congreso
Colombia
The Colombian Ministry of National Education presents two educational reports: a kind of shorter interim report that goes from around the summer of one year to the summer of the next year; and a longer report, which then covers a full year from January to December. The Ministry thus "addresses the background, key advances and achievements of the current period in accordance [...]
4 - Anuarios Estadísticos
Argentina
No genuine education report could be found for Argentina. However, the Argentine government offers extensive education statistics every year. Since 1996 these have been available as Excel tables. In addition, from 2017 onwards, a PDF file is available for each year which offers a short introduction to the content and methodology in text form. [Abstract: Editors of Education [...]
5 - Evaluación e Información Educativa
Argentina
Very comprehensive page of the Argentine government on all statistics, evaluations, surveys, studies, reports and more in the education sector in Argentina. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
6 - Sistema estatal de indicadores de la educación
Spain
"Since 2000, the Ministry of Education has published a synthesis of educational data in Spain, the "State System of Education Indicators (Sistema Estatal de Indicadores de la Educación)". It offers the results of the main educational statistics both at national level and disaggregated by Autonomous Community, also presenting international data that allow for a comparison at [...]
7 - Informes anuales sobre el estado del sistema educativo
Spain
"Each academic year, the State School Council prepares, approves and publishes the Report on the State of the Education System. It contains the educational development during the academic year and incorporates the proposals for improvement that the Council deems appropriate to send to the educational administrations." You can find reports starting in 2008. [Abstract: Site [...]
8 - Datos y cifras del sistema universitario español
Spain
"The report "Facts and Figures on the Spanish University System" is a synthesis publication that presents the most relevant data on the Spanish University System, focusing on its structure (organisational and economic), access, students and staff." You can find reports starting in 2005. [Abstract: Site editors' information translated with DeepL and supplemented by editors of [...]
9 - Indicadores nacionales de la mejora continua de la educación en México (2020 - ...)
Mexico
The "Indicadores nacionales de la mejora continua de la educación en México" (National indicators for the continuous improvement of education in Mexico) can be seen as a follow-up publication to the "Informes sobre la Educación Obligatoria en México" (Reports on compulsory education in Mexico). .
The "National Commission for the Continuous Improvement of Education" [...]
10 - Secretaría de Educación Pública (México)
Mexico
Official homepage of the Secretary of public education of Mexico. The secretary in Mexico is the equivalent to educational ministries in other countries.
11 - La Educación Obligatoria en México. Informes 2014 - 2019
Mexico
The "Informes sobre la Educación Obligatoria en México" (Reports on Compulsory Education in Mexico) were published by the National Institute for Educational Evaluation (INEE) from 2014 to 2019. They summarised the various studies, evaluations and statistics produced by the INEE for the year in question.
As other reports are also listed under the link provided, we offer [...]
12 - Policy guidance on AI for children (Unicef)
international
Unicef provides recommendations for building AI policies and systems that uphold child rights in different languages. You will also find an AI guide for parents and one for teens - also in different languages. Furthermore, Unicef shows how to operationalise the policy recommendations with the help of 8 case studies.
This page forms part of a two-year Unesco project that aims [...]
13 - International Standard Classification of Education: Country Diagrams
international
These country diagrams provide a visual image of the structure of national education systems classified according to ISCED 2011. The diagrams are based on mappings provided by Member States that have been verified internally and approved by countries. The essential metadata provide data users with more specific information to better interpret the education indicators produced [...]
14 - Assistive technology (WHO Health topics)
international
Theme page of the World Health Organisation on assistive technologies with a lot of news and information on projects, events, pubications and more. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
15 - Planipolis - Education Plans and Policies: Afghanistan
Afghanistan
The database Planipolis provides official fulltext documents on educational policy and planning from UNESCO member states. For Afghanistan you can find documents starting in the year 2000. Planipolis is provided by the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP). [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
Education Profile Afghanistan - Profiles Enhancing Education Reviews (PEER)
Afghanistan
The PEER's Education Profile on Afghanistan, whose profiles are based on the Unesco Global Education Monitoring (GEM), addresses the topics of inclusion in education, financing of education and the education system, and non-state actors in education. Additional topics are planned.
17 - EU-Citizen.Science
Europe
EU-Citizen.Science is an online platform for sharing knowledge, tools, training and resources for citizen science – by the community, for the community.
The vision for the platform is to serve as a Knowledge Hub, in aid of the mainstreaming of citizen science, and build on the growing impact of citizens participating in research across the full range of scientific enquiry. [...]
18 - Steiner Waldorf World
international
In order to facilitate exchange across borders, a number of internationally active organisations with different missions have emerged and cooperate in a variety of thematic ways. On this website you will find short descriptions of their main fields of activity and links to the corresponding websites. An interactive world map links to kindergartens, Waldorf schools, [...]
Global Alliance to Monitor Learning (GAML)
international
The Global Alliance to Monitor Learning (GAML) is designed to improve learning outcomes by supporting national strategies for learning assessments and developing internationally-comparable indicators and methodological tools to measure progress. GAML is building global consensus on the international reporting and measurement of learning based on the best fit-to-purpose [...]
20 - Digital Accessibility quizzes
international
The EU project "Digital Accessibility" provides six different quizzes that deal with accessible digital platforms and tools. The quizzes address different stakeholders that create, develop, design, implement or evaluate digital content. One more quiz addresses interested people in general and tests basic knowledge about digital accessibility.
[Abstract: Editors of [...]
21 - ERASMUS+ Certified Digital Accessibility Training project
Europe
"The project aims to develop specialized digital accessibility training and accessible e-learning platform to improve the knowledge, skills, and competencies of diverse groups of key stakeholders. The training follows web accessibility standards and enables website developers, designers, managers, and others to respond to the needs of visual, auditory, physical, or cognitive [...]
22 - Inclusión y equidad educativa (Sistema de Información de Tendencias Educativas en América Latina - SIETAL, Unesco)
Central America; Latin America; South America
With its portal SIETAL (information system on educational trends in Latin America), the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) provides information on inclusion and educational justice. You will find the original documents of political measures and legal regulations concerning inclusion and educational justice for all countries in Latin America. In [...]
23 - Discapacidad e inclusión social (Biblioguías. Biblioteca de la CEPAL, Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, Naciones Unidas)
Central America; Latin America; South America; Caribbean
The online library of the "Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean" (CEPAL / ECLAC) of the United Nations provides information on "Disability and Social Inclusion" in this research guide (available only in Spanish). The site lists links to publications, data, statistics, reports and more. The information is divided into the following categories:
* ECLAC and [...]
24 - Red Nacional de Educación Inclusiva y Familia
Mexico
Website of the national Mexican network for inclusive education and family. The website mainly provides information on its vision, mission and objectives as well as on the members of the six thematic areas including their contact emails. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
25 - Centro de Investigación para la Educación Inclusiva
Chile
Website of the "Research Centre for Inclusive Education" in Chile. Several universities participate in the work of the centre. The website provides information on the centre's 9 thematic research areas, on publications and some fulltexts. Furthermore, a short introduction into the centre's work is provided in English. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
26 - Amadio, Massimo, 2009: Inclusive education in Latin America and the Caribbean. Exploratory analysis of the national reports presented at the 2008 International Conference on Education. In: Prospects 39, 293–305.
Latin America
[The English article is not available in Open Access. Nevertheless, you can find a Spanish version free of access and free of charge]
This artcile provides a comparative analysis of inclusive education in different countries in Latin America (as of 2009). The analysis is based on a series of documents published as part of the 48. International Conference on Education by [...]
27 - Profiles Enhancing Education Reviews (PEER) [Unesco GEM education profiles]
international
Starting in 2020, this new website by Unesco provides education profiles of countries worldwide with a focus on the respective themes of the Global Education monitoring Report (GEM Report). The first theme is inclusion. Forthcoming themes include equitable finance and provision and regulation of non-state actors in education, the latter of which is the theme of the 2021 GEM [...]
28 - Unesco Convention against Discrimination in Education (1960)
international
This Unesco page provides the English text of the Convention against Discrimination in Education adopted in 1960. Furthermore, it provides the authoritative translations, information on state parties, on declarations and reservations, territorial application, on monitoring and some more. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
29 - Riberdis - the Iberian-American Repository on Disability
Central America; Latin America; South America; Spain
"Riberdis (Repositorio IBERoamericano sobre DIScapacidad) is an Iberian-American repository for literature on disability. It summarizes and disseminates the scientific production generated in Latin America and Spain on subjects related to disability, in a digital format and in free access.
Riberdis is managed by the Spanish Centre for Disability Documentation (CEDD), [...]
30 - Observatorio Regional de Educación Inclusiva (OREI)
Central America; Latin America; South America
The "Regional Observatory for Inclusive Education" tracks and documents the status and development of inclusive education in Latin America. The website offers extensive information and resources. You can view them either by category or by country. The categories of observation include: data and statistics, laws, policies, practices, materials, publications, news, and more. [...]
31 - Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos de Educación Inclusiva (CELEI)
Central America; Latin America; South America
Website of the "Latin American Study Centre for Inclusive Education (CELEI)" in Chile. Unfortunately, the website is somewhat confusing and many parts lead to empty pages. Nevertheless, you get an idea of the research work done by the centre. You can find news on inclusive education in Latin America, on important events and more. One of the most interesting parts of the [...]
32 - Red Regional por la Educación Inclusiva (RREI)
Central America; Latin America; South America
The "Regional Network for Inclusive Education (RREI)" is a coalition of Latin American organisations of and for people with disabilities that aim at promoting inclusive education. The website provides a list of all member organisations in Latin America, information on the status of inclusion in the respective countries, information on actions, webinars, important documents and [...]
Latin American organisations with a focus on inclusive education / Organisations of parents with children with disabilities (as of Sept. 2018)
Central America; Latin America; South America
The pdf document lists Latin American organisations that focus on inclusive education and/ or children with disabilities. The list is sorted by country. It was provided by the Argentinian non-governmental "Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC)" (Association for Civil Rights) on their separate website for inclusion in education. This website is offline and the ADC does not [...]
34 - Red Intergubernamental Iberoamericana de Cooperación para la Educación de Personas con Necesidades Educativas Especiales (RIINEE)
Central America; Latin America; South America; Spain
Very rich website of the "Ibero-American Intergovernmental Cooperation Network for the Education of People with Special Educational Needs (RIINEE)". RIINEE was created in December 2004 on the occasion of the "1st Meeting on Educational Cooperation with Ibero-America on Special Education and Educational Inclusion" in Madrid. For all meetings that have taken place annually since [...]
35 - LALA Project - Building Capacity to Use Learning Analytics to Improve Higher Education in Latin America
Latin America
The LALA project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union. It is dedicated to the promotion and support of Learning Analytics (LA) in Latin America, especially in Higher Education. Among other things, the project created a framework for the design, implementation and use of LA, as well as plans for quality assurance and dissemination of LA. The website also [...]
Scotland’s Boarding Schools
Scotland; United Kingdom
The website provides an overview of private boarding schools in Scotland and is aimed primarily at interested parents from abroad.
Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean that ratified the UN Disability Rights Convention (as of Nov. 2017) [courtesy translation]
Latin America; Caribbean
The Spanish pdf document linked here lists all countries of Latin America and the Caribbean that ratified the "UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" (CRPD). You will find the date of the signature and the date of the ratification - of the convention and the optional protocol. Countries that are not listed didn't sign the convention as of November 2017 [...]
Glossary Educational and Vocational Guidance (English, German, French, Spanish)
international
Together with the French Onisep, the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG) provides a multilingual glossary with the most important terms in educational and vocational guidance in English, German, French, and Spanish. There are four documents that only differ in their "lead language", that is the language according to which they are sorted [...]
39 - OECD Career Guidance Policy Review Home Page
international
OECD website on the policy framework for educational and vocational guidance and counselling in OECD member states. The website provides two comprehensive publications: "Career Guidance: A Handbook for Policy Makers" (fulltext in Engl. / French and summaries in several other languages) and "Career Guidance and Public Policy: Bridging the Gap" (fulltext in Engl., French, [...]
40 - Red Latinoamericana de Profesionales de la Orientación (RELAPRO)
Latin America; Mexico
The website of the Latin American network for professionals in counselling and guidance provides the newsletter "Boletín Tiempo Latinoamericano", annoucements of events and links to journals from different Latin American countries including Spain and the network's own journal "Revista Latinoamericana de Orientación y Desarrollo Humano 'OrientAcción'". [Abstract: Editors [...]
41 - Network for Innovation in Career Guidance & Counselling in Europe (NICE)
Europe
The Network for Innovation in Career Guidance & Counselling in Europe (NICE) began in 2009 with two European projects and was transformed into a foundation in 2017. NICE is a "European network for the academic training of people who practice career guidance and counselling (career practitioners)". Information is provided on three projects run by NICE: "Peer Learning", [...]
42 - European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN)
Europe
The European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN) existed from 2007 till 2015. It was meant to support the EU member states and the European Commission in cooperating in lifelong guidance policy in education and the employment sector. In meetings, webinars and others, comprehensive material was elaborated to inform policy and decision makers. The website provides a [...]
43 - idescat - Statistical Institute of Catalonia: Education
Spain
Statistical data on education, provided by the Statistical Institute of Catalonia. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
44 - Departament d'Ensenyament - Generalitat de Catalunya
Spain
Website of the Catalan Education Ministry. Unfortunately, this website is only available in Catalan. To get an idea of the site's content, you can have a look at the English thematical pages of the Government of Catalonia ("Generalitat de Catalunya"): "Education and training" and "Universities". The links on the "Education and training" page mostly lead to content in Catalan [...]
45 - "Ara és demà" - Debat sobre el futur de l'educació a Catalunya - Ponències
Spain
From November 2016 to May 2017, the "Generalitat de Catalunya" (government of the autonomous region of Catalonia) invited researchers to publish 6 papers on the "Future of Education in Catalonia". These papers were discussed online and in face-to-face workshops. They are also available in an English version:
* The Pillars of the Education System
* The Architecture of [...]
46 - World Association for Educational Research (WAER) / Association Mondiale des Sciences de l’Education (AMSE)/ Asociación Mundial de Ciencias de la Educación (AMCE)
international
Founded in 1961, WAER is less well known than WERA (World Education Research Association), which has a similar focus. Nevertheless, its second last congress in 2012 was well frequented, counting about 580 participants from 40 countries; the last congress in 2016 had more than 350 accepted papers. The driving force behind WAER mainly comes from francophone countries, especially [...]
47 - Topic: Education (Organization of American States - OAS)
North America; South America; Latin America; Caribbean
This site lists all the information and links that the Organization of American States (OAS) provides in the field of education. For example, its "Department of Human Development, Education, and Employment" aims at supporting the cooperation between the North and South American member states in educational matters. It created the "Inter-American Teacher Educator Network" [...]
48 - Centro des Estudios de Población (CENEP)
Argentina
The "Centre for Population Studies" CENEP has different research areas. One of them is "Education and the relationship between education and work" (Educación y relaciones entre educación y trabajo). You will find a list of research projects for this area, including a short abstract and bibliographic information on published literature. At irregular intervals, the CENEP [...]
49 - Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad (CEDES)
Argentina
The "Centre for Studies on State and Society" CEDES has different subject areas, one of them being higher education (Educación Superior). The area provides information on researcers, research projects and publications, many of them as fulltext documents. Under "iniciativas" you can find bigger, sometimes international research projects as well as real initiatives and demands [...]
50 - Red Iberoamericana de Investigación Sobre Cambio Y Eficacia Escolar (RINACE)
Argentina; Latin America; Spain; Portugal
The "Iberoamerican Network for Research on School Change and Efficiency" RINACE unites national networks with the same focus in Latin America, Portugal and Spain. Its website provides information on RINACE's organisation, on the members of the national networks, on activities, research, three fulltext journals (Revista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en [...]
51 - Academia Nacional de Educación
Argentina
The National Academy for Education was founded in 1984 as a civil association. In 1989, the Minister for Education and Justice granted the official status of Argentinian National Academy of Science to the civil association. The website provides a lot of resources. You will find many publications (monographies, series, ...) as freely accessible e-books and fulltexts. Moreover, [...]
52 - Wainerman, Catalina; Di Virgilio, María Mercedes, 2010: El quehacer de la investigación en educación
Argentina; Latin America; Brazil
The book "El quehacer de la investigación en educación" (~ The work of research in education) deals with the research objects, the research methods as well as future developments in the field of educational research in Argentina. In some chapters, comparisons are drawn to Latin America as a whole or to single countries (e.g. Brazil). You can find some more information about [...]
53 - Actas de la Jornadas Nacionales y Latinoamericanas de Investigadores/as en Formación en Educación
Argentina; Latin America
[As the new website doesn't link the panels separately and one publication is missing, we link to the old version of the website in the web archive.] This website of the Institute for Research in Education at the University of Buenos Aires provides very ample conference proceedings for the joint National and Latin American Conference of "educational researchers-in-training". [...]
54 - Departamento de Educación - Facultad de Ciencias Sociales - Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina [Campus Buenos Aires]
Argentina
You can find educational research on different campuses and in different faculties and departments of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. Besides a Faculty of Psychology and Psychopedagogy, the Campus of Buenos Aires also has a Department of Education at the Faculty for Social Sciences.
You can find information on the research activities of the department on [...]
55 - Facultad de Psicología y Psicopedagogía - Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina [Campus Buenos Aires]
Argentina
You can find educational research on different campuses and in different faculties and departments of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. Besides a Department of Education at the Faculty for Social Sciences, the Campus of Buenos Aires also has a Faculty of Psychology and Psychopedagogy. Its website offers information on research foci and projects as well as on the [...]
56 - Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Educación (IICE) - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras - Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina
The homepage of the "Institut for Research in the Educational Sciences" at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) provides information on the institut, its research and research projects, events, a newsletter, a project publication on "Relations between inequality, violence and student conditions as downloadable e-book, as well as on its a [...]
57 - Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación - Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina [Campus Mendoza]
Argentina
You can find educational research on different campuses and in different faculties and departments of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina.
The Campus of Mendoza has a Department of Humanitites and Educational Sciences. Among others, it runs the international "Observatory for Academic and School Cohabitation" (Observatorio de la Convivencia Escolar). The [...]
58 - Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación - Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP)
Argentina
The Faculty for Humanities and Educational Sciences (FaHCE) of the National University of La Plata (UNLP) has an Institute for Research in Education (Instituto de Investigaciones Educativas - IIE) which provides a list of projects and a small list of publications. The faculty also has an Area for Studies and Research on Physical Education (Área de Estudios e Investigaciones [...]
59 - Instituto Rosario de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Educacion (IRICE)
Argentina
The Institute for Research in Education IRICE was founded in 1977 and is under the control of the Argentinian "National Council for Scientific and Technical Research" CONICET as well as of the University of Rosario (UNR). The website provides very ample information on the research done at the institute which comprises, among others, the research on teaching, the functioning of [...]
60 - Facultad de Psicología - Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina
The Faculty for Psychology at the University of Buenos Aires has a focus on "Pedagogical Psychology and Vocational Orientation", among others. You can find information on past and current research in this area in the annual reports (anuarios) of the faculty starting from report XII (former reports list the research projects without area classification). The Faculty also [...]
61 - Centro REDES - Centro de Estudios sobre Ciencia, Desarrollo y Educación Superior
Argentina; Latin America; North America; Central America
The "Centre for Studies on Science, Development and Higher Education" (Centro REDES) was founded in 2002 by the nonprofit organisation Grupo REDES. The "National Council for Scientific and Technical Research" (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas - CONICET) granted the Centro REDES the status of an associated institution in 2003. The Centro's website [...]
62 - Comisión Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación Universitaria (CONEAU)
Argentina
The "National Commission for the Evaluation and Accreditation of Universities" (CONEAU) recrutes researchers in education and experts from universities in the whole of Argentina to act as evaluators and reviewers. CONEAU's work also includes quality assurance of research and teaching. The evaluation of more than 40 universities is documented in freely accessible publications [...]
63 - Research centres - Education - Argentina (Latin America European Portal)
Argentina
[The new website doesn't provide a search anymore. The version of the old website that is stored in the webarchive, and to which we link, only provides lists that are sorted either by country or by theme. You have to combine the two for yourself]. This site provides a list of European research institutions doing research on education in Argentina. The list was compiled by [...]
64 - Programa de Educación - Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC)
Argentina
The "Programme Education" at the "Centre for the Implementation of Public Policies for Social Equity and Growth" CIPPEC aims at doing research and consulting for more justice in the educational system of Argentina. The programme's website provides information on projects, some of them with websites of their own, as well as many publications (fulltexts), videos, press releases [...]
65 - Programa de Estudios sobre Juventud, Educación y Trabajo (PREJET)
Argentina
The "Programme for Studies on Youth, Education and Employment" PREJET gathers sociologists, researchers in education and labour relations. PREJET does research on educational policy, on different forms of (vocational) training and education, on different players and stakeholders in the field of youth, education and employment, on their experience and on the youths' job [...]
66 - Instituciones, núcleos y centros de investigacíon en política educativa en Argentina (Observatorio Latinoamericano de Políticas Educacionales - OLPED)
Argentina; international
[The new website doesn't provide a search anymore. The version of the old website that is stored in the webarchive, and to which we link, only provides the complete list without the country filter]. This site provides a list of Argentinian research institutions, centres and groups doing research on educational policy. The list was compiled by the Latin American Observatory [...]
67 - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba: Centro de Investigaciones (Ciffyh), Área Educación ** CEA Centro de Estudios Avanzados, Área Investigación Educativa ** Escuela de Ciencias de la Educación ** Área de Tecnología Educativa
Argentina
The National University of Córdoba is the oldest (founded in 1613) and together with the University of Buenos Aires also one of the biggest universities in Argentina.
You can find research in education at mainly four different institutions in this university:
At the Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades in the
1) Centro de Investigaciones Ciffyh
with a list of projects [...]
68 - Asociación Nacional de Facultades de Humanidades y Educación (ANFHE)
Argentina
The Argentinian National Association of Faculties in Humanities and Educational Sciences ANFHE is composed of 42 institutional members from 31 national universities. It was founded in 2004 with the aim of fostering academic cooperation in the Humanities and Educational Sciences. The ANFHE website provides information on expert commissions, on their annual conference, on [...]
69 - Área Educación - Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) - Sede Argentina
Argentina; Latin America
The Network FLACSO (Latin American Institute for Social Sciences) is an international organisation in research and documentation founded in 1957 by the UNESCO. It has offices in 16 Latin American Countries.
Since 1982, the Argentinian office of FLACSO has an area and website for education and educational research. Two programmes are central to this education area: the [...]
70 - Colectivo Argentino de Educadores y Educadoras / Docentes que hacen Investigación desde la Escuela
Argentina
[Please note: As the website is currently not available anymore we link to an older version from the Internet archive. 23.03.16; For more information on the Colectivo please also take a look at the publication "Investigación educativa y trabajo en red"] The "Community of Educators who do Research starting from School" wants to promote educators as active actors participating [...]
71 - Sociedad Argentina de Historia de la Educación (SAHE)
Argentina
Facebook account of the Argentinian Society for the History of Education, SAHE. It provides information on events and current topics. SAHE publishes the journal "Historia de la Educación. Anuario", containing the freely accessible fulltext of articles starting with Vol 13, No 1 (2012). SAHE also published a Newsletter whose last issue is of June 2014. The original website of [...]
72 - Federación Nacional de Docentes Universitarios (CONADU)
Argentina
CONADU is the umbrella organisation for all associations of university lecturers at public universities in Argentina. One of their main aims is the support of lecturers' rights. Among others, CONADU runs an "Institute for Studies and Skill Enhancement" - IEC (Instituto de Estudios y Capacitación). IEC does research on work / working conditions etc at university and provides [...]
73 - Red Universitaria de Educación Infantil (REDUEI)
Argentina
The University Network for Early Education REDUEI was officially founded in 1999. The idea for this network already arose in 1988 on the occasion of the first national university congress of academics in basic education. The website provides information on publications and research in early education in Argentina, on degree programmes, on conferences and more. Furthermore, [...]
74 - Red Latinoamericana de Estudios Teóricos y Epistemológicos en Política Educativa (ReLePe)
Latin America
The Latin American Network for Theoretical and Epistemological Studies on Educational Policy was created in 2011. Its website provides ample resources and information on thematical working groups, workshops, conferences and other events, on publications (including a freely accessible e-book), a newsletter, a thematically sorted publication list with links to many fulltexts, as [...]
75 - Núcleo de Estudios e Investigaciones en Educación Superior (NEIES) del MERCOSUR
Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay; Uruguay; Chile; Venezuela; South America
NEIES was founded on the initiative of the countries of Mercosur (Common Market of South America) as a network of researchers in higher education. Since 2012, NEIES publishes a journal with freely accessible fulltext articles and organises workshops and similar events. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
76 - Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)
international
The Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) consists of more than 11,500 individual members and 130 partner organizations in 170 countries. You will find well-known organisations like UNESCO, UNHCR, UNICEF, World Vision or Save the Children among the members. The website provides ample information on activities, projects, on current thematic areas and focus [...]
77 - research for inclusive education in international cooperation (refie) - final report
Guatemala; Malawi
The goal of the refie project was to explore the driving mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion in education. The research has been conducted using Guatemala (Central America) and Malawi (Southern Africa) as case studies. We link to the project's final report.
The old project website can still be found in the internet archive. provides information on the reserach design and [...]
78 - Proyecto "La Educación Inclusiva en la Región Mesoamericana"
Central America; Latin America; South America
This website provides an overview of a project (ca. 2007-2016) on the cooperation of the Central American (and partly Ibero-American) countries in the field of inclusive education. You will find a chronology of important events in educational policy as well as important official documents, programmes and more, for example:
* Acciones Destacadas del Proyecto (2001-2010)
* [...]
79 - Educación Inclusiva (Plataforma del Desarrollo Inclusivo)
Latin America; Central America; Argentina; Brazil; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru; Uruguay
This website first provides a general introduction into Inclusive Education in general. Furthermore, you will find links to specific Central and Latin American countries. These sub-sites mainly contain reports about the situation of inclusive education in these countries. The reports were mainly written for the World Bank in 2004. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
80 - Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities
Central America; North America; South America
This Wikipedia article provides a short summary of the "Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities" adopted in 1999. The article furthermore offers links to the text of the concention in English, Spanish and Portuguese, as well as to a list of the participating countries and as to wether they have signed and [...]
81 - Modern University of the Humanities (MUH)
Russian Federation
The Modern University of the Humanities in Russia is more than a common higher education institution. It is a network of more than 500 branches and teaching centres respectively in the Russian Federation and in the other CIS countries, even in Vietnam, Israel, China, Peru, and the Czech Republic. The MUH, founded in 1995 in Saint Petersburg, beginning with one branch provides [...]
82 - World TVET Database - Country Profiles (UNESCO-UNEVOC)
international
The World Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Database provides national country reports from all over the world on the situation of TVET in the respective countries. Usually, the reports are written and English and sometimes additionally in a local language. Moreover, a worldmap informs you about whether a report has already been examined and validated by [...]
83 - incluD-ed - European Network on Inclusive Education & Disability (until ca. 2018)
Europe
[The network existed until about 2018. We link to a Internet Archive copy of its website as of April 2022] The European Network on Inclusive Education & Disability was co-financed by the European Social Fund and had a focus on employability and working inclusion. The website provided a database of experts and organisations having a focus on inclusion in Europe.
Furthermore, [...]
WHO world report on disability
international
In 2011, the World Bank and the Whorld Health Organisation (WHO) published the first report on disability, against the background of the UN Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities (UN-CRPD). The report is accessible in various languages and formats, including easy-to-read and DAISY format. It can also be accessed by chapters, e.g. chapter 7 focuses on education [...]
85 - WHO global disability action plan 2014-2021
international
"The 66th World Health Assembly held in May 2013 adopted a resolution calling for better health care for people with disabilities and requesting the WHO Director-General to prepare a comprehensive WHO action plan in consultation with United Nations organizations and Member States. It was noted that the plan should be based on the recommendations of the World report on [...]
86 - Inclusive Education: The Way of the Future - 48th session of the International Conference on Education, Geneva, 25-28 November 2008
international
The theme of the UNESCO International Conference on Education 2008 was inclusive education. The website provides national reports on the development of inclusive education in the particpating countries, a final report, conclusions and recommendations,
presentations, national reports and
messages of the ministers. The conference "is a major international forum for education [...]
87 - Inclusive Education (Unesco)
international
Unesco main website about the issue of inclusion in education. On the right hand side, you will find publications, guidelines, toolkits and "Ten questions on inclusive education". On the left hand side, there are introduction to different groups that traditionally suffer from exclusion (Roma Children, Street Children, Child Workers, People with Disabilities, Indigenous People, [...]
88 - The Salamanca Statement and Framework for Action on Special Needs Education
international
The Salamanca Statement was a result of the "World Conference on Special Needs Education: Access and Quality, Salamanca, Spain, 7-10 June 1994". It is a major international policy document, outlining the global consensus on the needs for educational reform and the policies and strategies needed to include disabled children in the education system.
The document is available [...]
Erasmus+ (2014-2020) - European Commission - Programmes
Europe
Erasmus+ is the programme following Erasmus Mundus (2009-2013), which had a focus on developing joint master and PhD programmes in Europe. Erasmus+ will run from 2014 to 2020 and has a focus on general education, training, youth, and sport. The Erasmus Programme of the European Union was founded in 1987 and since then aims at supporting the cooperation of higher education [...]
90 - European higher education in the world - Communication From The Commission To The European Parliament, The Council, The European Economic And Social Committee And The Committee Of The Regions
Europe
This document contains the new internationalisation strategy of the European Union, launched in July 2013. The communication is about internationalisation strategies of European Universities.
Content:
1. EUROPE AND THE GLOBAL RACE FOR TALENT
2. KEY PRIORITIES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND MEMBER STATES: TOWARDS COMPREHENSIVE [...]
91 - MOSSA - Grupo de Investigación en Etnografía de los Procesos Educativos y de Antropología Aplicada a la Educación - GRAFO (Grupo de “Recerca” en Antropología Fundamental y Orientada)
international; Spain
MOSSA is a Spanish research group for ethnography of educational processes and for applied ethnology in education. This group works under the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona and is part of an ethnological research group called GRAFO. Unfortunately their page provides only few information. See the website of GRAFO for further details like research methods etc. [Abstract: [...]
ETNOEDU - Mailing List of the Société Européenne d’Ethnographie de l’Éducation (SEEE)
Europe
There is no obvious mention of the link of this mailinglist to the SEEE. The only link that was drawn can be found in the article by the SEEE president, who mentions the mailing list and its origin in Spain. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
National Association of Educational Policy and Administration (ANPAE)
Brazil
"[Founded in 1961], [t]he National Association of Educational Policy and Administration (ANPAE) is an academic civil society in the field of educational policy and management (...).
ANPAE’s mission is to fight for the affirmation of the right to lifelong quality education for all (...). To this end, ANPAE´s objectives focus on the professional improvement and [...]
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
China, People's Republic of
The website of the Chinese Ministry for Education informs on its own structure and departments as well as on Chinese educational policy (incl. legal texts) or international agreements in the educational sector. Furthermore, you will find educational statistics (they have to be viewed via the Chinese sight, but there is an English translation for the single documents) and [...]
95 - IEREST (Intercultural Education Resources for Erasmus Students and their Teachers)
Europe
The aim of the proejct IEREST is to create an "Intercultural Path", that is, a set of teaching modules for the intercultural training of ERASMUS students. The project is to begin in April 2014. Until then, the website already provides you with news and information on the project itself as well as on conferences and other events. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
96 - Federación Iberoamericana del World Council for Gifted and Talented Children
Latin America; Spain; Portugal
FICOMUNDYT brings together Spanish and Portugueses speaking countries and researchers interested in giftedness. The website offers information on the organisation and a small bibliography of literature in Spanish and Portuguese. FICOMUNDYT also organises the Congreso Iberoamericano de Superdotación, Talento y Creatividad. Unfortunately, their newsletter is only available to [...]
97 - WD 34/2012 - Written declaration on supporting talent in the European Union in all official languages of the EU
Europe
The declaration calls on the European Commission to commit to the promotion of talent support in Europe. The notion of "talent" is used synonymously to the notion of "gifted". It is also used in a broad sense, stating that "each European citizen may possess a hidden form of talent". The declaration has to be accepted until February 19 by a majority of members of the European [...]
98 - OU - OportUnidad
Europe; Latin America
"The project intends to foster the adoption and pilot of open educational practices (OEP), and open educational resources (OER) in Latin America as a bottom-up approach to develop a common Higher Education Area. (...) The OportUnidad project is co-funded with support by the European Commission under the EuropeAidALFA III Programme." One of the main results is the trilingual [...]
99 - temoa - Open Educational Resources Portal
international; Latin America; Chile; Europe; Spain; United Kingdom; Brazil; United Kingdom; Netherlands
temoa was a project run by the Center for Innovation in Technology and Education (Innov@TE) at the University Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico. In July 2015, an article was published about the project. The website offers OER-Resources from institutions worldwide, with a focus on resources from Spain, but also other European countries, not so much Latin American countries. You [...]
100 - Learning Resource Exchange for Schools (LRE)
Europe
LRE offers learning resources for schools from different European countries and 53 institutions. You will find audio, video, pictures, texts, glossaries, courses, presentations, exercises and much more. The search can be specified by language, subject, provider and later filtered by max./min. age and resource type. You can also search via tagcloud. Please note that for some [...]
101 - The Cape Town Open Education Declaration
international
The Cape Town Open Education Declaration was based on a meeting of international, leading personalities in the field of Open Education. The meeting was organised by the Open Society Institute and the Shuttleworth Foundation in 2007 in Cape Town. The declaration calls upon actors in politics, education, publishing, research and others to engage in the promotion of freely [...]
102 - OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCW)
international
[This website has become an archived site. For new content please visit the new website under oeglobal.org]. OpenCourseWare Consortium is a community of more than 200 institutions of higher education and associated organisations that aim at promoting courses and course material that is freely accessible online. The website offers a search over more than 6,000 courses [...]
Association of Teachers of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico; United States of America (USA); Caribbean
The Association of Teachers of Puerto Rico (AMPR) is a professional, non-profit organisation which offers services to education professionals which contribute to improve education quality in Puerto Rico. AMPR assists in the elimination of inequalities in the education sector by influencing public education towards integrity, transparency and stability.
Association of Private Education in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico; United States of America (USA); Caribbean
The Association of Private Education (AEP) of Puerto Rico is an organisation which represents several education institutions of all niveaus (university, post-secondary, elementary, prescholar, technical, secondary, vocational). Its task is to preserve, protect and promote the educational diversity offered by private education in Puerto Rico.
Learning Together
Puerto Rico; United States of America (USA); Caribbean
By creating the education portal AprendemosJuntos.com, the Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico (DEPR) wants to establish a virtual plat form for a simple distribution of teaching resources and education services which is available for parents and students.
Universities in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico; United States of America (USA); Caribbean
The website contains a listing of the private and public universities in Puerto Rico. Further links show a short description of the universities as well as available courses of studies and links to the respective homepages.
Active Education Centre
Honduras
The Centre for Active Education (CEA) supports the integral development of every student by an adaptive pedagogical offer, which adds up to an appropriate teaching-learning-offer.
In the CEA, the teaching-learning-process is seen as an active operation, education is therefore adapted to the profil of every pupil.
Universities of Honduras
Honduras
The website presents a listing of the private and public universities of Honduras. Furthermore, there are a brief outline of the offered courses of study of the respective universities as well as links to the respective homepages.
Educatrachos - The Education Portal of Honduras
Honduras
The objective of Educatrachos, the education portal of Honduras, is to form opinions, sensibilisations and propositions for the improvement of the national education system. This happens on the basis of debates of different actors of the education system to get a specific and relevant complext of themes for this sector. On the homepage, there are links to educative web content [...]
Education and Family Association
Honduras
The Education and Family Association (AEF) consists of parents which are committed to the education of their children and organize school centres which offer personalized education to provide each child whith an adequate education.
Universities of Paraguay
Paraguay
The website offers a list of private and public universities of Paraguay. There are links to the homepages of the universities. Furthermore, the website contains a listing of the departments and the respective studies of all universities.
Education Radio FM 99,7
Paraguay
The education radio Paraguay was started in 1998. It offers cultural and educative programs which communicate ethical, environmental and civic values and strive for the preservation of traditions. The radio has its listeners in Alto Paraná, Iguazú (Argentina) and a large part of Paraná (Brazil).
Yearbook
Paraguay
This website of the Paraguayan ministry of education offers extensive education statistics from 1999 to 2010 for all education levels.
Management for the Development of the Social Responsibility of Corporations in the Educative Sector
Paraguay
The Management for Social Responsibility of Corporations in the Educative Sector (DIRSSE) is an organ of the ministry for education and culture of Paraguay. Its task is the creation of public-private alliances for the promotion and the expansion of social responsibility in the educative sector on all its levels: entrepreneurial, corporative, university, public and gloabl, [...]
National Statistics Institute (INE) - Education
Honduras
Under the category "Educación", the National Statistics Institute (INE) of Honduras offers statistics about the literacy rate, the presence in class, repetitions of school years and about the drop out rate.
Ministry of Education of Honduras
Honduras
The Ministry of Education of Honduras is responsible for the guarantee of qualitative education services for children, youth and adults with consideration of the criteria of integrity and the contextualization in constitutive mandates and international agreements. It offers public and private education services which respond to the necessities of the country and of human [...]
First Education Portal of Honduras
Honduras
The portal was created due to the necessity to establish a virtual plat form which directs itself to education institutions for the purpose of curriculum integration of TIC in class rooms and which offers teaching courses to teachers, students, parents and authorities of public education centres in general. Also, it provides teachers and researchers of the education sector [...]
Uruguayan Society of Mathematics Education
Uruguay
The objectives of the Uruguayan Society of Mathematics Education (SEMUR) are the promotion of Uruguayan mathematics theacers and of activities of mathematics education in Uruguay. Also, it gathers study, discussion and proposal groups which elaborate mathematics plans and programs for all levels. Thus they develop into professionals which are capable of contribute to a serious [...]
Program for the Development of Basic Sciences
Uruguay
The Program for the Development of Basic Sciences (PEDECIBA) was founded in October 1986 through an agreement of the ministry for education and culture and the UDELAR as well as with the active participation of the Programa de las Naciones Unidas Para el Desarrollo (PNUD). In 1995, the law for national budget established the program permanently. The central objectives of [...]
National Agency for Investigation and Innovation
Uruguay
The objectives of the National Agency for Investigation and Innovation (ANII) are the design, the organisation and the administration of planes, programs and instruments which contribute to the scientifical-technological development and to the dissemination and strengthening of innovation capacities. Furthermore, ANII fosters the communication and coordination between the [...]
University of the Republic of Uruguay
Uruguay
The University of the Republic of Uruguay (UDELAR) is the only public university and the most important higher education and research institution in the country. In collaboration with a large scale of institutional and social actors, it implements multiple activities oriented on the socially valuable use of knowledge as well as the dissemination of culture. The UDELAR is a [...]
Uruguayan Assocation of Catholic Education
Uruguay
The objectives of the Uruguayan Association of Catholic Education (AUDEC) are one the one hand the coordination and representation of catholic institutions of formal and nonformal education on their diverse levels in the national frame. On the other hand, AUDEC stimulates the integral development of persons through a socio-educative process. Furthermore, AUDEC promotes, [...]
National Statistics Institute - Education
Uruguay
Under the categorie "Sociodemográficos" - "Enseñanza" of the homepage of the National Statistics Institute (INE) of Uruguay, there are data about education. The website offers statistics about the litteracy rate, about private and public primary education, secondary education, higher education as well as about technical education and accomplished studies.
Uruguayan Federation of the Teaching Profession - Primary Education Workers
Uruguay
The Uruguayan Federation of the Teaching Profession - Primary Education Workers (FUM-TEP) was founded in 1945 by the teacher confederation of Uruguay as well as the federation of teacher associations of Uruguay. Its objective is to represent all teachers which are actively involved in teaching, to maintain and tend to perfect the autonomous public teaching in technical, [...]
Council for Training in Education
Uruguay
The objective of the Council for Training in Education (CFE) is the formation of professionals in social pedagogics. Therefore, it develops teaching-learning processes which correspond to the respective education level and supervizes the development of the plans, programs and courses which result from these processes.
Uruguayan Children and Adolescents Institute
Uruguay
The Uruguayan Children and Adolescents Institute (INAU) is the rector of policies which are destined to promote, protect and restore the rights of children and the youth. Furthermore, it fosters social integration of the youth of the INAU in cooperation with housing, work, education and health policies. Also, INAU promotes the cultural transformation through communicative [...]
Ceibal Plan
Uruguay
The Ceibal Plan is a socio-educative initiative which wants to promote digital inclusion to close the digital gap to other countries and between the population of Uruguay in itself to achieve a better access to education and culture.
128 - Uruguay Educa
Uruguay
The education portal "Uruguay Educa" provides, in a broad and efficient form, an entity of pertinent, qualitative resources to the education community which correspond to the study plans of the Administración Nacional de Educación Pública (ANEP) by using the accessibility of the internet. Furthermore it serves as an access point to digital education services.
Nacional Federation of Professors for Secondary Education in Uruguay
Uruguay
The National Federation of Professors for Secondary Education in Uruguay (FENAPES) is an association which includes 51 member institutions of the country. The management body is the association congress which gathers every two years and elects an executive committee. The federation maintains many contacts with other syndical education organisations through the Coordinadora de [...]
Initial and Primary Education Council
Uruguay
The Initial and Primary Education Council (CEIP) is an organ of the National Administration of Public Education which is entrusted with the administration of initial and primary education of the country. The objective of initial education is the stimulation of social and intellectual development of children from 3-5 years. The CEIP designs an integral education which promotes [...]
Federation of University Students of Uruguay
Uruguay
The Federation of University Students of Uruguay (FEUU) represents all students of the country which study at universities. Its decision-making organ is the "Convención" which gathers every two years and which discusses about political as well as strategical issues of the FUEE. It also elects an executive board which implements the decisions of the Convención. The main [...]
132 - Country Facts - Africa
Africa; Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Comoros; Congo, Republic of the (Congo-Brazzaville); Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Congo-Kinshasa); Djibouti; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Libya; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierre Leone; Somalia; South Africa, Republic; Sudan; Eswatini; Eswatini; Tanzania; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; Western Sahara; Zambia; Zimbabwe
The site Country-Facts.com offers short, informative articles for most countries on earth that serve to give a first overview of the country. Specific topics are discussed in further contributions. The site makes no claim to completeness, may in some cases, however, be quite helpful.
National University of Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
The National University of Equatorial Guinea (Universidad Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial in Spanish), also known as UNGE, is the main university in Equatorial Guinea. It was founded in 1995.
The main campus is located in Malabo. The school of Medicine is located in Bata.
UNGE is composed of 6 main schools ("Escuelas Universitarias"):
Agriculture School ("Escuela de [...]
134 - Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) - Sede Ecuador
Ecuador; Latin America
The Network FLACSO (Latin American institute for social science) is an international organisation in research and documentation founded in 1957 by UNESCO. IThe homepage of the Ecuadorian office presents abundant information on educational issues: Programs and projects, publications, products, research results, full text information as well as the educational journal "Propuesta [...]
Evaluation, Accreditation and Assurance Counsil for the Quality of Higher Education
Ecuador
The Evaluation, Accreditation and Assurance Counsil for the Quality of Higher Education (CEAACES) contributes to the guarantee of quality of the institutions, programs and careers which are integrated in the national higher education system. This is effected by the application of continuous processes of autoevaluation, external evaluation and accreditation.
Amazonian Universities Association
Ecuador; Guyana; Suriname; Colombia; Venezuela; Peru; Brazil; Bolivia
The Amazonian Universities Association (UNAMAZ) promotes the specialization of professionals and researchers in the countries of the Amazon region to be able to guarantee a better conservation of nature and a better quality of life of the population. Therefore, the objectives of UNAMAZ are the promotion of reciprocal knowledge of the member institutions as well as the [...]
Universities of Ecuador
Ecuador
The website offers a list of the private and public universities of Ecuador. Following the links, there is access to the homepages of the universities as well as a list of the faculties as well as of their courses of studies.
National Investigation and Education Network of Ecuador
Ecuador
The National Investigation and Education Network of Ecuador (CEDIA) has the task to promote, coordinate and develop advanced information and telecommunication networks to enhance scientific technological research and education in an innovative way.
National Secretary for Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation
Ecuador
The objective of the National Secretary of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (SENESCYT) is the management of public politics in the field of higher education, science, technology, innovation and ancestral knowledge as well as the coordination and articulation of actions between the public sector and the public as well as private productive sectors.
EducarEcuador - The Innovation Portal
Ecuador
EducarEcuador is an education portal of the ministry of education. It is a working basis which supports all pedagogic issues of the teaching staff on the level of early education, basic education and secondary education. The portal is a virtual space which allows teachers to participate actively in learning processes and thereby contribute to the qualitative improvement of the [...]
Ecuatorian Institut of Education Credits
Ecuador
The Ecuatorian Institute of Education Credits (IECE) contributes to the national development of education by generating products, financial services and scholarship programs. Thereby it facilitates the access to scientifical and technological knowledge which empowers the students to do their bit to the improvement of the competitivity of the productive sectors of Ecuador. [...]
Ecuador in Numbers
Ecuador
Under the category `Educación`, the website `Ecuador en Cifras` of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) offers statistical data of the education sector of Ecuador. There are data about the literacy rate, the immatriculation rate as well as the average duration of studies. Currently (stand: January 2012) there are unfortunately no other data of education.
National Directorate for Education Services
Ecuador
The National Directorate for Education Services (DINSE) is an entity of the ministry of education which is charged with the planification and the improvement of educational infrastructure, technological equipment and student furniture as well as the supervision and the control of those fields. DINSE participates as well in the fabrication and the commercialisation of school [...]
National Library System
Ecuador
The National Library System (SINAB) is a decentralized entity of the ministry of education. It promotes the participation of the Ecuatorian population in the community of the cultural field around the library. The library system is part of a new political and cultural democratisation conception with the aim to remedy the deficiencies of the library services and of the [...]
Union of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean
Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Venezuela; Peru; Brazil; Cuba; Haiti; Puerto Rico; Dominican Republic; Costa Rica; Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; Argentina; Chile; Paraguay; Uruguay; Mexico; United States of America (USA); Caribbean
The Union of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean (UDUAL) is an international organism founded with the objective to promote the universities of the member countries. The aim is the fostering of cooperation of Latin American and Caribbean universities amongst themselves as well as with other institutions and cultural organisations as the UNESCO; the cultural [...]
Ministry of Education
Ecuador
The objectives of the Ministry of Education of Ecuador are to ensure both the access to and the quality of early education, basic education and secondary education for the population. This is persued by an integral, holistic and inclusive education of children, the youth and adults, whereas interculturality, plurinationality and plurilingualism are taken into account. [...]
Statistics and Census Directorate
Panama
The homepage of the Statistics and Census Directorate (DEC) offers statistics about education in Panama under the category `Publicaciónes` - `Situación Social`. The statistics include the period from 2002 to 2006 and cover prescolar, primary, secondary as well as higher education, labour education and special education as well as education costs.
Panamanian Institue for Radio Education
Panama
The Panamanian Institute for Radio Education (IPER) offers formal education programs on different levels to raise the standard of education of the Panamanian population. This is effected by the radio as efficient, inclusive and participatory system of distance education which is supported by the population, enterprises and the government of Panama.
Ministry of Education
Panama
The objective of the Ministry of Education (MEDUCA) of Panama is to transform education to a fundamental instrument of human development, prosperity, equity and opportunities as well as social mobility to achieve sustainable development of the productive, economical and social factors of the country. Therefore, it creates an education system, which responds to the needs of the [...]
150 - EducaPanamá
Panama
EducaPanamá is the portal of the ministry of education. Its purpose is to promote innovation, creativity and technological actualisation of the population of Panama. Also, it supports the development of academical, cultural, scientifical and technological activities as well as the integration of the education community in cooperative spaces to ensure the exchange of [...]
Virtual Network of Education Technology
Panama
The Virtual Network of Education Technology (EDUCATEC) has the objectives to allocate a constant forum for education technology, to exchange knowledge about new media, to promote and support the cooperation of academical projects, to disseminate information about technology and education and to inform about events and activities which focus on education technology.
Association of Private Universities of Panama
Panama
The Association of Private Universities of Panama (AUPPA) is an institution which consists of several private universities which are constituted and authorized by the laws of the Panamanian government. The objective of AUPPA is to function as representative of the member institutions and as counsil organ for the state, private enterprises as well as for the population. In [...]
Association of Private Universities of Central America and Panama
Panama; Central America; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Honduras; El Salvador; Guatemala
The Association of Private Universities of Central America and Panama (AUPRICA) consists of all private higher education institutions of the member countries Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvator and Guatemala. The objectives of AUPRICA are the promotion of academical excellency as necessary and fundamental element for the development of a qualitative education, [...]
National Network of Spanish Teachers
Panama
The objective of the National Network of Spanish Teachers (REDNADE) is to provide its members with publications and actualisations for the development of the communicative competence of the students. This is undertaken by the application of modern methods and techniques of teaching and language for the benefit of the improvement of national education.
National Reading Program
Panama
The website of the National Reading Program contains information about activities of reading promotion which are effected in Panama. The year 2005 was the Año Iberoamericano de Promoción de la Lectura (Latin-American year of reading promotion). Due to this occassion, the Panamanian government designed policies and programs of reading promotion which are implemented in [...]
Education Portal
Guatemala
The Education Portal of the ministry of education of Guatemala is a platform on which amicable, creative and motivated exchange in relation to educational themes takes place. The portal grants access to different technological tools of the web 2.0 as e-learning and b-learning as well as other modalities which support the collaborative work and the development of critical [...]
Counsil of Private Higher Education
Guatemala
The Counsil of Private Higher Education (CEPS) is the superior organ of private universities and higher education institutions of Guatemala. Its tasks are to make sure that the academical niveau in the private universities is maintained without endangering their independency as well as to authorize the founding of new universities. In addition, CEPS organizes the application [...]
MInistry of Culture and Sports
Guatemala
The Ministry of Culture and Sports (MCD) strengthens and fosters the Guatemalan identity and the culture of peace in the frame of cultural diversity and the promotion of interculturality through the protection, support and the dissemination of values and cultural manifestations of the peoples which build the Guatemalan state. Through a solid institutionality and mechanisms of [...]
National Literacy Committee
Guatemala
The National Literacy Committee (CONALFA) was founded through the execution of the alphabetization process as superior organ. Its main task is to define and to certify policies and strategies of the national alphabetization process as well as to foster alphabetization through development entities on a national level. For this purpose, CONALFA promotes the development of [...]
General Administration of Physical Education
Guatemala
The objective of the General Administration of Physical Education (DIGEF) is the promotion of students through qualitative education processes and programs which establish a sport culture. Through physical education - sports as well as recreation - health and activity of the Guatemalan youth are ensured.
Education Statistics
Guatemala
The website of the Guatemalan ministry of education (MINEDUC) offers the education statistics "Annuario Estadístico" of 2007, 2008 and 2009. In addition to education cipher which are ordered by school level, there are education indicators and statistics concerning literacy, infrastructure of the education sector and extracurricular education.
Network of Virtual Libraries of Social Sciences of Latin-America and the Caribbean
Latin America; Caribbean; Argentina; Bolivia; Chile; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico; Dominican Republic; Uruguay; Venezuela; Spain; Portugal; United States of America (USA); Germany; Caribbean
The Network of Virtual Libraries of Social Sciences of Latin-America and the Caribbean (CLASCO) has the objectives to promote and to facilitate the access to research results of the member centres of CLASCO. For this purpose, CLASCO has created a virtual library which grants free access to the different contents. CLASCO was founded by the libraries of the members of the [...]
Universities Guatemala
Guatemala
The website universidades.com offers list of univerities of Guatemala. The entries include longer, detailled descriptions of the universities. Links which lead to the homepages of the universities are not available on the website.
164 - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR): Education
international
Information on the human right to education provided by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). There is information on activities concerning human rights education and training and a link to the website of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education.
Association of Teachers of Secondary Education
Costa Rica
The Association of Teachers of Secondary Education (APSE) of Costa Rica has the objective to improve the professional conditions of its members with regard to the scientific, legal and social norms which determine the teaching profession. Also, it defends the labour laws of its members as well as their social and economical interests and promotes the development of a solidly [...]
Education Corner - Didactic and Diverting Materials
Costa Rica
Rincón Educativo is a portal developed by educators which offers educative material for children from 6 to 9 years as well as from 10 to 12 years. Also, the website contains publications and materials which deal with education in the primary and secondary sector for parents and education professionals.
State of the Nation Program
Costa Rica
The State of the Nation Program is a research and capacity building centre focusing on the appraisal and promotion of sustainable human development (SHD). Its main purpose is to provide citizens with easily accessible instruments to measure SHD performance, to enhance accountability of public affairs, to strengthen mechanisms for participation, and to improve the quality of [...]
Universities of Costa Rica
Costa Rica
The website contains a list of private and public universities of Costa Rica which are sorted by region. Links lead to indications about the different courses of studies of the universities as well as to the homepages of the institutions.
169 - Educ@Tico
Costa Rica
Educ@Tico is the education portal of the Ministerio de Educación Pública (MEP) of Costa Rica which promotes and facilitates the access to new didactical instruments through the use of ICT. Its objective is to create opportunities for collaborative teaching through the access to information, auxiliaries, services and knowledge which respond to the needs and interests of the [...]
Omar Dengo Foundation - Education, Technology and Development
Costa Rica
The Foundation Omar Dengo is a private non-profit institution which manages and executes national and regional projects in the fields of human development, educational innovation and new technologies since 1987. Its different projects are adressed to Costa Rican children, youth, students, educators, professionals and adults.
Ministry of Culture and Youth
Costa Rica
The objectives of the Ministry of Culture and Youth (MCJ) are the development of the transformative potential of communities and artistic skills as well as the promotion of universal access to culture and art as superior language of communication and recognition. Also, MCJ creates a multicultural identity of the society conducive to improving the quality of life of the [...]
National Education Loan Commission
Costa Rica
The National Education Loan Commission (CONAPE) was founded in 1977 as governmental development entity and received the order to finance university carrers and postgraduate studies of Costa Rican students. Inicially, CONAPE was created as entirely subordinate to the Ministerio de Educación Pública; in 1985, it converted into a semi-autonomous institution of the state. [...]
National Accreditation System of Higher Education
Costa Rica
The National Accreditation System for Higher Education (SINAES) is an institution of the Costa Rican state entrusted with the objective to promote the constant improvement of the quality in the higher education sector of the country. The system has been adapted by governmental as well as private university and parauniversity higher education institutions, which obligated [...]
Ministry of Science and Technology
Costa Rica
The Ministry for Science and Technology (MICIT) was founded in 1986 as a first period as National Science and Technology Program which was operating until 1990. During this period, it structured the national science and technology system, which incorporated the different institutions which worked in the field of science and technology. Its task is to promote and to stimulate [...]
Bolivian Embassy in Germany
Bolivia; Germany
The website of the Bolivian Embassy in Germany contains information about Bolivia and the binational exchange with Germany. Under the category `Kultur und Bildung` there are indications about the Bolivian education system, Bolivian universities, German-Bolivian societies, Bolivian artists and research institutions.
Bolivian Studies Association
Bolivia
The mission of the Bolivian Studies Association (AEB) is to advance and promote research and knowledge of Bolivia through providing an interdisciplinary forum and resource for collaboration, research, publication, study, founding and employment opportunities.
Education For Our Future
Bolivia; United States of America (USA)
Edu-Futuro (Educación Para Nuestro Futuro) empowers Latino children, youth and families through education and leadership development to succeed and contribute to their community, while teaching others about Latin American cultures.
In 1998, a group of Bolivian parents and the Bolivian Ambassador met with the Superintendent of Arlington Public Schools to establish an academic [...]
Education Without Borders
Bolivia
Educación Sin Fronteras is a non-governmental, independent, laic and non-profit development organisation which consists of persons which participate actively in the challenge to effect a more just and more solid education in which the values of equity, democracy and respect of diversity prevail. The organisation was founded in 1988 by a group of professionals of education [...]
179 - BibliotecasVirtuales.com
Bolivia
The portal BibliotecasVirtuales.com is a repository of literary texts of the university culture which expands constantly through the participation of new writers and cooperation partners. The portal offers prose as well as poetry, recommandations and critiques.
University Extension Network: Univerisities towards the Integration of Frontiers
Bolivia; Argentina
The University Extension Network: Univerisities towards the Integration of Frontiers (REUNIF) is a non-profit organisation founded by the Argentinian universities Universidad Nacional de Jujuy and Universidad Nacional de Salta as well as the Bolivian university Universidad Autónoma de Juan Misael Saracho de Bolivia. It is a dynamic network of the universities of Argentina [...]
Education for Development - Fautapo Foundation
Bolivia
The Foundation `Fautapo - Education for Development` promotes the interaction of the education sector with the productive sector through the development of innovative education processes, the articulation of productive complexes and the development of information and management systems. Thereby, it works in coherence with the policies of the government to satisfy the needs of [...]
Vice Ministry of Alternative and Special Education
Bolivia
The Vice Ministry of Alternative and Special Education (VEAyE) is a public entity of the education sector. It contributes to the construction process of the plurinational state and the socio-communal and productive education, prinicpally through the constitution of the plural education and the democratisation of the access to education as well as the sustainable, integral [...]
Network Tic Bolivia - ICT for the Sustainable Human Development
Bolivia
The Network Tic Bolivia is a non-profit multi-sectorial association composed by 24 member organisations. These organisations are non-governmental entities, private enterprises as well as governmental universities and entities which apply ICT in favor of the sustainable human development in the fields of education, governmental affairs and agriculture.
Multinational Observatory of the Quality of Education
Bolivia
The objective of the Multinational Observatory for the Quality of Education (OPCE) is to gather generate information about the situation of education and to design policies respectively proposals which deal with problems of education identified by a multinational control, measuring, evaluation and accreditation system. This shall contribute to the orientation and the [...]
Ministry of Education
Bolivia
The objectives of the ministry of education of Bolivia are to design and implement policies as well as inlcusive, equitable, intercultural, plurilingual, scientific and technological education strategies to effect a highest possible quality of education which is strengthened by social participation in a territorial realm. Through the plurinational education system created by [...]
Bolivian Physics Society
Bolivia
The Bolivian Physics Society (SOBOFI) has the objectives to contribute to the scientific and technological progress of the country through knowledge as well as through the application of physics in all its aspects, to disseminate the knowledge about the value of physics concerning the development of the country and the knowledge about education activities of this discipline in [...]
Pycho-Pedagogical Centre of Higher Education Investigation
Bolivia
The Psycho-Pedagogical Centre for Higher Education Investigation (CEPIES) was founded on Oktober 26th, 1988 by the internal congress of the Universidad de San Andrés (UMSA). It is a centre for teacher training which is subdued to the vice-rectorate and which has the task to improve the work of the teaching staff of higher education institutions. URL: [...]
Local Development Study and Support Centre
Bolivia
The Local Development Study and Support Centre (CEADL) is a non-governmental orgasation acknowledged as educative counselling instance by the society and the government, which is based on the principles of the education of society and which contributes to the construction of an inclusive and democratic society by the transformation of legally and socio-politically as well as [...]
Agency for the Development of the Information Society of Bolivia
Bolivia
The Agency for the Development of the Information Society of Bolivia (ADSIB) has the objectives to make policy proposals, to implement strategies and coordinate activities which effect the reduction of the digital breach in the coutnry through the impulse of ICT in all its fields. Also, ADSIB undertakes actions which establish a knowledge society in Bolivia, promotes the [...]
Colombian Federation of Educators
Colombia
The Colombian Federation of Educators (FECODE) is entrusted with the task to answer the necessities and the expectations of the population in relation to education. It contributes to the success of the right on an integral, qualitative education financed by the government. Also, FECODE contributes to the creation of a sovereign, equitable and democratic republic which gives [...]
Education - Commitment for All
Colombia
Educación - Compromiso de Todos is a private iniciative which was founded in 1998 by the UNICEF, several foundations and the Universidad de los Andes as well as the Universidad del Norte. The project contributes to the guarantee of an education as human right on the principles of equality and quality. Starting points for its activities are the government, society as well as [...]
Centre for Peace Education and Investigation
Colombia
The Centre of Peace Education and Investigation (CEIPAZ) analyzes and popularizes, from a multidisciplinary perspective, the connection between conflicts, development and education. Furthermore, it investigates the principal tendencies of the international system and promotes education, development and peace.
Education Alliance
Colombia
The Education Alliance consists of several universities and colleges. It promotes a qualitative education in Colombia as effective method to effect an equality of opportunity in society. The alliance sees itself as institution of intellectual, social, ethical and esthetical education of individuals.
Education Alliance for the Construction of Cultures of Peace
Colombia
The Education Alliance for the Construction of Cultures of Peace consists of national and international institutions. Its aim is to work on the education level for the construction of peaceful cultures and democratic coexistence on the national, regional and local level. Therefore, the alliance provides technical help and cooperation. Furthermore, there is an intensive [...]
195 - Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) - Education
Latin America; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guyana; Jamaica; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Uruguay; Venezuela; France; United States of America (USA); Caribbean
The website of the Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) offers extensive link lists to institutions and websites of the primary, secondary and higher education field as well as to language courses and to scholarships. The links are arranged by country or by category.
Directory of Universities in Colombia
Colombia
This website offers extensive information about the Colombian higher education institutions. It contains a list of all of the proffered courses of the respective university as well as a resuming short description.
University Network Mutis
Colombia
The University Network Mutis is a non-profit association which was founded by higher education institutions and other reckognized entities which promote integral human and social development. The network tries to strengthen, develop and to canalize the interinstitutional and international relations of the institutes of which it consists.
Grundtvig International Network of Course Organisers (GINCO)
Europe
GINCO aims to create a European wide network of adult education organisations actually running Grundtvig courses or willing to do so in the future. The aim of the network is to share expertise, to create and share useful material and to enhance communication and cooperation in order to improve the quality of Grundtvig courses, to enlarge the scope of provision and to improve [...]
National Learning Service
Colombia
The National Learning Service (SENA) aims for the social and technical development of the Colombian workers by offering and executing a free, integral professional vocation to incorporate and form persons active in productive fields which contribute to the social, economical and technological development of the country.
Colombian Institute for Educational Evaluation
Colombia
The Colombian Institute for Educational Evaluation (ICFES) is a specialized entity that offers educational assessment in all educational levels. It supports the National Ministry of Education in the development and administration in matters of state assessments and in systematic investigation about the factors that influence the quality of education, to provide useful and [...]
Cooperation Network for Education, Investigation and Development Institutions of Colombia
Colombia
The Cooperation Network for Education, Investigation and Development Institutions of Colombia (UNIRED) is a non-profit organization with the objective to operate telematic networks and related services directly or indirectly and to develop strategies for the consolidation of a culture of informatic systems and networks of the Colombian society to achieve a better use of the [...]
Colombia Learns - The Knowledge Network
Colombia
The portal Colombia Aprende is an access and meeting point of the Colombian education community with qualitative contents and services which contribute to the maintenance of equity and to the improvement of education in the country. The portal was created on May 24th, 2004 and takes part in the project `New Technologies` of the National Ministry of Education, furthermore, it [...]
Virtual Centre of Education Information
Colombia
The Virtual Information Centre (CVN) was founded in 2006 to disseminate the topic `education` in the Colombian agendas and media and to motivate the different actors of the education system to contribute to this task. The CVN was an information, dissemination and communication organ of the education sector on local, regional, national and international level. In June 2010, the [...]
Administrative Department for Science, Technology and Innovation
Colombia
The Administrative Department for Science, Technology and Innovation "Colciencias" fosters public policies to make ICT a public topic in Colombia. The activities for the fullfilment of this task include the agreement of policies which promote the production of knowledge, as well as the creation of ICT skills and the favouring of the dissemination and the use of ICT to foster [...]
National Information System for Higher Education
Colombia
The National Information System for Higher Education (SNIES) was created to respond to the information necessities of the higher education sector of Colombia. It serves as source of information for institutions and academical programs approved by the National Ministry of Education, it counsels and fournishes data, statistics and indicators of relevancy, reliability and [...]
National Academic Network of Advanced Technology
Colombia
The National Academical Network of Advanced Technology (RENATA) connects, communicates and favours the cooperation between academical and scientifical institutes of Colombia and the international academical networks and centers of investigation. Furthermore, it fosters the dialogue between its members. The work of RENATA orients itself on the principles of cooperation, [...]
Ibero-American Network for the Accreditation of the Quality of Higher Education
Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Cuba
The Red Iberoamericana para la Acreditación de la Calidad de la Educación Superior (RIACES) constitutes an instance to promote, between the Ibero-American countries, the cooperation and exchange in higher education evaluation and accreditation, and contributes to the Higher Education Quality guarantee in these countries. It promotes cooperation, information and experience [...]
Central Institute for Educational Sciences
Cuba
The social objective of the Central Institute for Educational Sciences (ICCP) is, since its foundation in 2001, the normative and methodological management of research activities and pedagogical experimentation to perfect and transform the national education system. It contributes to the continuous improvement of the quality of education and observes the implementation of [...]
Computing and Electronic Youth Clubs
Cuba
The Computing and Electronic Youth Clubs (JCCE) are a network of technical centers that were opened on September 8, 1987 in order to provide the Cuban society with a computing culture, prioritizing the children and youngsters acquisition of values within such a process. Their tasks aim at using new technologies for the solution of diverse demands and problems of Cuban [...]
CubaEduca - The Education Portal of Cuba
Cuba
On its website, CubaEduca, the Cuban Education Portal, offers elaborate information on the Cuban education system and on the different branches of study as well as links to educational websites as education TV, information centres etc. and to pedagogical journals. A news section informs about current educational activities in Cuba.
Latin-American and Caribbean Pedagogic Institute
Cuba; Caribbean; Latin America
The objective of the Latin-American and Caribbean Pedagogic Institute (IPLAC) is the promotion of the professionality and the continuing vocational training of educators in Latin-America and the Caribbean in the field of educational sciences which is pursued by special programs for teachers, professors and directors of education. Furthermore, the institute contributes to the [...]
Educators Association of Cuba
Cuba
The Educators Association of Cuba (APC) is a scientific, national association with legal statutes which consists of persons which are or were active in teaching or educational sciences. The main objective is to unite all actors of teaching, practical instructional work and educational sciences as well as all persons which are known for their merit and their commitment in [...]
Latin-American and Caribbean Educators Association
Latin America; Caribbean; Cuba; Argentina; Aruba; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Haiti; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico; Dominican Republic; Uruguay; Venezuela; United States of America (USA); Netherlands Antilles; Netherlands
The Latin-American and Caribbean Educators Association (AELAC) is a non-profit ONG which unites all pedagogues and institutions of Latin-America and the Caribbean and which is involved in the study and the solutions of the problems of the educational and the cultural sectors of those areas. The objective of the assocation is to define, to preserve and to develop an adequate, [...]
National Statistics Office - Education
Cuba
This website of the National Statistics Office includes statistics of the education in Cuba. The data describe all educational levels, from early education to higher education, they give information about all institutions, on the teacher staff, proportions of women etc.
National Centre for the Promotion and Education of Health
Cuba
The task of the National Centre for the Promotion and Education of Health (CNPES) is to contribute to the promotion of life quality of the Cuban population by favoring life styles which effect beneficial conducts as well as that life styles, which contain risks are modified to prevent diseases or deviations of the health system.
Portal for Environmental Education in Cuba
Cuba
The task of the Portal for Environmental Education in Cuba is the development of an environmental culture in the population. This goal is being achieved by the following functions: Promotion, control and evaluation of the implementation of the national strategy for environmental education (ENEA) on territorial and sectorial level, application of the national program of [...]
Virtual Library of Sciences in Cuba
Cuba
The Virtual Library of Sciences in Cuba constitutes one of the principal services of the Red Cubana de la Ciencia. Its task is to facilitate the access and the management of relevant, disposable information and knowledge of the country, especially that which is related to science, technology and innovation. The management of the contents is under the responsibility of the [...]
Cuban Science Network
Cuba
The Cuban Science Network offers information, contents and services devised as a space for collaboration and interaction with institutions, scientists and other professionals in Cuba and the rest of the world as well as readers in general who may be interested in these subjects.
Argentinian Foundation for the Development of Education and Culture.
Argentina
The Argentinian Foundation for the Development of Education and Culture (FAPEDEC) is a non-political organisation which was founded in June 1989. Its tasks include the promotion of knowledge about education and competence, the stimulation to sustainable development, the organisation of activities which procure the values of living together, the maintenance of an international, [...]
Argentinian Society of Education in Mathematics
Argentina
The Argentinian Society of Education in Mathematics (SOAREM) was founded in 1998. Its objective is the promotion of the pedagocical and professional level of teachers and all who are interested in the fields of education in mathematics. Therefore, SOAREM gives impulses for the development of education research related to mathemtatics, it analyses the networking of mathematical [...]
221 - PAKAPAKA
Argentina
PAKAPAKA is a public education channel of the ministry of education which adresses its program to children of Argentina respectively Latin-America. Its contents orient themselves on education and entertainment and are open for the culture of all sectors of Argentina and other countries. The channel is supported by the knowledge gathered by the child program of Canal Encuentro [...]
Encuentro Channel - The Channel of the Ministry of Education
Argentina
The Encuentro Channel is the first TV channel of the ministry of education of Argentina. It functions within the framework of Educ.ar Sociedad del Estado. Encuentro was founded in May 2005 and has begun its transmission in March 2007. The channel directs itself to the whole public and constitutes at the same time an important tool for the education community. It is a federal [...]
Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation
Argentina
The Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (MINCYT) was founded in december 2007. Its objective is to orient science, technology and innovation on the development of a new, productive model which provides for higher social inclusion and improves the competitivity of the Argentinian economy by generating knowledge as the centre of development.
224 - Sociedad Argentina de Estudios Comparados en Educación (SAECE)
Argentina; international
The Argentinian Society for Comparative Studies in Education (SAECE) was founded in 2001. Its main task is to promote and disseminate development and investigation in the Comparative Studies in the fields of Education and Culture. The website provides news as well as information on conferences, the journal RELEC (Revista Latinoamericana de Educación Comparada), whose articles [...]
Work Group of German-Argentinian Schools
Argentina
The Work Group of German-Argentinian Schools unites institutions with German-Argentinian origins in Argentina which have the objective to offer a qualitative and demanding formation in their schools. The mission statement of each of those schools includes, as a crucial point, the dissemination of the German language as cultural opening, the esteem of the needs of the [...]
Argentinian Group of Mathematics Education
Argentina
The Argentinian Group of Mathematics Education (GAEM) is an association of Argentinian researchers and teachers which are involved in mathematics education of every level. The first objective of the group was the creation of an independent virtual space which allows to exchange productions, research results and information in regard to didactics and education of mathematics. [...]
General Listing of the Seccions
Argentina
The website offers links to governmental organisms, national and private universities as well as to scholarships and to other educational institutes.
University Information System
Argentina
The task of the university information system (SIU) is to contribute to the improvement of the institution management by providing it with secure, valid and available information, by optimizing resources and by taking care that the software is used to its full extent. The products of SIU evolve in various fields: Efficiency, new services, technological innovation, integration [...]
Councils for the Regional Planning of Higher Education
Argentina
The Councils for the Regional Planning of Higher Education (CPRES) are institutions which unite all actors of Argentinian higher education: National and private universities as well as national and provincial government offices. Thus it is the only horizontal organ of coordination, an authority of exchange of the higher education sector on a regional level. It performs [...]
National Interuniversity Council
Argentina
The National Interuniversity Council (CIN) was founded in 1985. Since then, it is the nucleus for the national universities, which joined the organisation voluntarily, according to their autonomy. Thus, the CIN is the coordinative organisation of university politics. The highest authority of the CIN is the plenary of rectors. It gathers every six months for an ordinary session.
Technological Connection Network of the National Universities of Argentina
Argentina
RedVITEC links the areas of connection of the national universities and university institutions which form the Consejo Interuniversitario Nacional and supports them in their tasks with regard to the productive efficiency of the networks by promoting the performance of the processes and by optimating the resources. The task of RedVITEC is the fostering of life quality of the [...]
232 - Eduguia.net
Argentina
Eduguia.net is a web site which offers the following educational information:
a.) A wide range of links to sites which offer encyclopedic contents which deal with educational fields. There are links for teachers of children from 1 to 11 years as well as from 12 to 17 years. Students may also find convenient information.
b.) A listing of educational institutions: [...]
National Network of Practics and Residencies of Teacher Training
Argentina
The Red Nacional de Prácticas y Residencias en la Formción de Docentes is a meeting point for persons and institutions which deal with teacher training. The task of the network is the elaboration of a systematics of exchange of knowledge and expertise which were built in the training institutions as well as in the universities. The RED fosters different alternative [...]
234 - Red Interuniversitaria para el Estudio de las Políticas de Educación en América Latina (RIEPESAL)
Latin America
The RIEPESAL is an institutional network of researchers who do research on higher education policy. Unfortunately, RIEPESAL's website is outdated (last information from about 2011). The website provides information on conferences, publications and some Open Access articles published by RIEPESAL members.
RIEPESAL was founded in 2004 and has its headquarter in the Instituto [...]
Articulation Project
Argentina
The "Joint work project of UNGS, ISFD and the middle schools for the improvement of the success in learning" (PROYART) was founded with the intention to ameliorate the quality of learning of the youth on polymodal level in the fields of mathematics and language. It developed a cooperative work model which connects the activities of the three involved institutions to offer [...]
University Network of Distance Learning
Argentina
The University Network of Distance Learning (RUEDA) was founded on 10th August 1990. Its task is to foster and to develop the adequate application of the resources for distance learning by working on specific educacional problems. Furthermore, it fosters the investigation, experimenting and development of methods and procedures of distance learning as well as the formation, [...]
237 - Instituto Internacional de Planeamiento de la Educación (IIPE) - Sede Regional Buenos Aires (Unesco)
Argentina; international
The International Unesco Institute for Educational Planning (IIPE) with its regional office in Buenos Aires (Argentina) is a research centre as well as a centre for training, documentation and dissemination. Together with the two other offices in Paris (France) and Dakar (Senegal) it constitutes a forum for exchange of ideas and concepts with regard to the planning and the [...]
National Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology
Argentina
The National Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology is an organ of the ministry for science, technology and productive innovation. Through its 4 funds - fund for scientifical research (FONCyT), technological fund Argentina (FONTAR), trust fund of the promotion of software industry (FONSOFT) and Argentinian sectorial fond (FONARSEC), the Agency fosters the [...]
Institute for Investigations of Educational Science
Argentina
The objective of the Institute for Investigations of Educational Science (IICE) is the producation of knowledge based on the analysis and the systematic investigation of the present problems in the field of education. In this sense, the goal is also to transform the difficulties, the deficiencies and the failures, which are identified by the production of knowledge, the [...]
240 - International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU)
international
The International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU) is made up of some 200 Catholic universities and institutions of higher education. They have at their disposal a permanent secretariat tasked with implementing the orientations and policies as set forth by the General Assembly and the administrative bodies. In addition to administrative tasks and managing the [...]
CIEP - Dedicated to education and to French language worldw
France
Created in 1945, and a national state organisation since 1987, the Centre international d'études pédagogiques (CIEP) is known in France and internationally for its skills in assessment, training and evaluation, and for its ideas in the field of international cooperation in education. A benchmark public-sector provider, it draws on a network of experts and national and [...]
Nicaraguan Institute for Culture
Nicaragua
The Nicaraguan Institute for Culture (INC) fosters the studies and investigation of the cultural roots of the country and thereby contributes to the formation of arts, dance, music, folklore, theatre, literature and visual arts.
The Administrative Law established this ministry as organ charged with the competent planning, management, promotion, execution, inspection and [...]
Ministry of Education
Nicaragua
The tasks of the Nicaraguan Ministry of Education are to advance the development of the Nicaraguans through further training and formation on different levels and with different education programs, to increase the participation of civil society in administration, together with the local government, directors and teachers, to strengthen the autodevelopment of
the educational [...]
Nicaraguan Coordniative Federation of Non Governmentals which work with Childhood and Adolescence
Nicaragua
The Nicaraguan Coordniative Federation of Non Governmentals which work with Childhood and Adolescence (CODENI) is an impartial, non-confessional, civil, non-profit association. It was founded in 1992 and attained legal capacity in 2002. CODENI is a coordination and articulation authority of different expressions of the population, of associations, foundations and social [...]
Forum for Education and Human Development of the Initiative for Nicaragua
Nicaragua
The Forum for Education and Human Development of the Initiative for Nicaragua (FEDH-IPN) is a plural network of institutions, organisations, gremiums, social movements, foundations, sectors and individual persons which work voluntarily for the promotion of education and of human development in Nicaragua. The objectives of FEDH-IPN are the facilitation of oppportunities and [...]
246 - Centre of Communication and Popular Education (CANTERA)
Nicaragua
The mission of Cantera is to contribute to the building up of a society that is more just, fair and sustainable while at the same time strengthening the identity and capabilities of the persons with whom it works, not only in their individual setting, but also collectively, from the concept and practice of Popular Education, the perspective of gender, intergenerational [...]
Directory of Private Universities of Nicaragua
Nicaragua
UniversidadesNI.com is a portal which offers a list of private universities of Nicaragua (stand: 2011). Furthermore, it contains information about careers, scholarships and job offers.
Universities of Nicaragua
Nicaragua
This website contains a list of all the private and public universities of Nicaragua, ordered by departments. Links guide to further information about the universities as well as to their web offer.
National Institute for Development Information
Nicaragua
On its website, the National Institute for Development Information (INIDE) offers statistics about education of the years 1995 and 2005 (under "CENSO 1995" - "Generalidades" and "CENSO 2005" - "Generalidades") as well as for the years 2005-2008 (under "Estadísticas" - "Sociodemográficos").
Project ICT
Nicaragua
The Project ICT was created to further develop the ICT on the four public universities of Nicaragua, UNAN-Managua, UNAN-León, UNA and UNI. It shall establish a reliable, comprehensive and stable network through which access to global knowledge and local exchange of information can be guaranteed.
Information and Anaysis of Libraries and Library Science in Nicaragua
Nicaragua
BiblioNica, Information and Analysis of Libraries and Library Science in Nicaragua has the main task to work out results of analyses in regard to the situations of the libraries and the execution of library sciences in Nicaragua and to disseminate them. This is done in 3 steps:
(1) The constant observation of the situation of the libraries of the country, (2) the [...]
Latin-American Network of Educational Portals
Latin America; Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Chile; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Dominican Republic; Uruguay; Venezuela; Spain
The Latin-American Network of Educational Portals (RELPE) was founded in August 2004 in an agreement of the ministers of education of 16 Latin-American countries.
Those countries constitute RELPE with their respective autonomous, national, public and free portals. The principles of RELPE are that every country maintains its own portal in accordance with the education project [...]
253 - NicaraguaEduca
Nicaragua
The Nicaraguan Education Portal offers educational material which can be seen and used online, information about current curricula, short descriptions of the branches of education, guides and advice for teachers as well as for students and a news section in which educationally relevent news are presented.
Cervantes Institute
Spain; Latin America
The Cervantes Institute is a public institution which was founded in 1991 by the promotion of Spanish teaching and language and for t he diffusion of Spanish and Latin-American culture. It is located in Madrid, Spain and in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, the birth place of Miguel de Cervantes. The centres of the institute are located in all five continents. The tasks and functions [...]
255 - Universidad.es - The Foundation for the International Promotion of Spanish Universities
Spain; international
In accordance with the 2007 amendment of the Universities Act, in October 2008 the Council of Ministers authorized the creation of Universidad.es, the Foundation for the International Promotion of Spanish Universities. Universidad.es is a public sector foundation that aims to promote the Spanish university system throughout the world. The foundation was set up by the Spanish [...]
Directorate of University Coordination
Peru
The Directorate of University Coordination (DCU) is an organism of the ministry of education which is entrusted with the task to check and to analyze the university situation in Peru to provide the top management with effective information and professional jugement and to promote spaces of dialogue about fundamental problems of higher education in Peru to reconcile the [...]
Higher Education Institutions of Peru
Peru
The web site offers a list of Peruvian higher education institutions. Links lead to their homepages.
Statistics of Educational Quality
Peru
The department Estadística de la Calidad Educativa (ESCALE) of the ministry of education presents educational statistics. On the homepage, the statistical data can be categorized in different ways. The data are up-to-date (stand: July 2011). Also, the homepage offers links to other statistical institutions.
Pukllasunchis Association
Peru
Since 1981, the Pukllasunchis Association in Cusco (Peru) works in the field of education and fosters the respect for diversity and co-existance which is based on mutual benefit of persons and groups. The Asociación Pukllasunchis is a non-profit organisation which works to generate proposals which ameliorate the situation of the public education system. To be able to do this, [...]
National Research Council
Spain
The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) is a public institution dedicated to research in Spain. Belonging to the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through the Secretary of State for Research, its main objective is to develop and promote research that will help bring about scientific and technological progress, and it is prepared to collaborate with Spanish and [...]
Universities of Peru
Peru
The website offers a link list to the universities of Peru. Also, it shows brief information about the universities concerning main research fields and contact details.
National Education Council
Peru
The National Education Council (CNE) is a technical, specialized, consultative and autonomous organ which is subordinate to the ministry of education. Its task is to contribute to the formulation, the arrangement, the implementation and the evaluation of the national education project as well as to develop, together with the ministry of education, the medium- and long-term [...]
Entrepreneurs for Education
Peru
The association Entrepreneurs for Education (ExE) is a civil, non-profit society which was founded by entrepreneurs, enterprises and opinion leaders which are engaged in the public education sector of Peru. The association tries to attain economical, social and political equity in the country and to orient it towards sustainable development. ExE is an open movement in which [...]
Peruvian Institute of Evaluation, Accreditation and Certification of the Quality of Basic Education
Peru
The Peruvian Institute of Evaluation, Accreditation and Certification of the Quality of Basic Education (IPEBA) is a public, autonomous institution which is part of the National Evaluation, Accreditation and Certification System of Quality Education (SINEACE). Its main task is to guarantee the quality and permanent improvement of pulic and private colleges and technical [...]
Peruvian Institute for Education in Human Rights and Peace
Peru
The Peruvian Institute for Education in Human Rights and Peace (IPEDEHP) is an education institution of the public sector which makes proposals in the themes of its competences and supervises their application. Its mission is the promotion of education in human rights and democracy, it works for the construction of a culture of peace, equity and justice in Peru.
266 - PRISMA
Peru
PRISMA works for equity and sustainable development by realizing programs and projects together with the participation of the community which are based on a profound analysis of the necessities of the population.
Centres for Techical-Productive Education in Peru
Peru
The Centres for Techical-Productive Education in Peru (CETPROs) are institutions which offer educational services in the different education sectors and by that obtain the authorization to enact certificates and corresponding technical titles with accordance to the reglementation. They conduct further education activities, actualization and structural change of the work fields [...]
Project for the Improvement of Basic Education
Peru
The Project for the Improvement of Basic Education (PROMEB) has the task to support children from rural areas of the North of Peru to complete primary education advantageously and with the asquisition of the demanded basic competences. It wants to promote quality, access, efficiency and equity of basic education in the rural regions.
Direction for Communal and Environmental Education
Peru
The Direction for Communal and Environmental Education (DIECA) has the tasks to foster, to analyse and to evaluate teaching in organisations of the civil society as well as to regulate and to coordinate environmental education in the community of education. This is effected by sustainable development, conservation, the use of ecosystems and the risk and prevention management [...]
270 - Foro Nacional de Educación para Todos
Peru
The National Forum for `Education for All` was created by governmental institutions and civil-society organisations as a multisectorial commission of the education sector to integrate the public and private efforts in the world education forum Dakar-Senegal which is organised by the UNESCO. One of the main objectives of the forum was the formulation and elaboration of the [...]
List of Peruvian universities
Peru
The website of the Universidad Perú offers links to universities and education institutions in Lima as well as in the different regions of Peru.
United Nations System in Peru
Peru
In the whole world, the United Nations work over an ensemble of organisations which calls itself System of the United Nations (SNU) and which was created by the office of the UN, by funds and programs (such as the UNESCO and the WHO) as well as by participating organisations. These organisations include all spheres of economical and social activity. In Peru, the SNU is adapted [...]
Network Global Compact: Peru
Peru
The Global Compact of the UN is an initiative of ethical responsibility which aims at the recognition of enterprises of all countries concerning ten conduct and activity prinicples regarding human rights, work, environment and the fight against corruption. In November 2003, the system of the United Nations Peru and the CONFIEP, with the support of Perú 2021, officially [...]
Peruvian Campaign for the Right to Education
Peru
The organisations, institutions and member networks of the Peruvian Campaign for the Right to Education (CPDE) exercise their membership in accordance with the principles of the CPDE. Those are the recognition of education as a fundamental human right whose application is guaranteed by the state, the approval of a public, inclusive and anti-discriminative education, the [...]
Teacher College of Peru
Peru
The Teacher College of Peru (CPPe) was founded in 2004. It is an institution with legal status, which gathers education professionals of Peru. The CPPe is a professional, ethic and deontological institution which promotes the competence of the teaching profession, its professional revaloration as well as the quality of education and the national development.
Regional Directorate of Education - Ancash
Peru
The Regional Directorate of Education of the region Ancash was founded in 2003. As specialized organ of the regional government, it is responsible for the education service in its region. It maintains technical-normative relations with the ministry of education. The task of the directorate is the promotion of education, culture, sports, leisure, science and technology. It [...]
Green Compass - Resource Centre for Environmental Education
Peru
In the awareness of environmental protection, the Resource Centre for Environmental Education Brújula Verde offers educational material and tools which help the education institutions to build a consciousness and a sensibility for this issue. Furthermore, it fosters the production of such teaching materials by teachers to include it subsequently in its offer. In addition, [...]
Regional Directorate of Education - Amazonas
Peru
The Regional Directorate of Education of the region Amazonas strives for an efficient management which allows to meet the educational needs of the population. This includes, that it pays maximum attention to this topic and assures that the teacher conduct in the teaching-learning process favors the integral development of the pupil and thereby ensures the acces of a secure [...]
General Direction of Regular Basic Education
Peru
The General Direction of Regular Basic Education is responsible for the formulation and the structured proposal of policies of education, of objectives, pedagogical strategies, norms and orientations in the national realm of early, primary and secondary education. It is dependent of the vice ministry of pedagogical management.
280 - Coherencia.pe
Peru
Coherencia is a political pedagogical institution which debates about problems and opportunities of the country. It was founded by and for citizens to achieve the productive transformation of persons and institutions through vocational training, participation and an impact on society. Coherencia consists of two independent organisations: the project Coherencia, which was [...]
Direction of Educational Research, Supervision and Documentation
Peru
The Direction of Educational Research, Supervision and Documentation (DISDE) is a specialized organ of the ministry of education which is charged with the promotion and implementation of the research which can serve as basis for the development of a qualitative educational supply, as well as with the supervision and the verification of the efficiency of this supply which is [...]
Cyberdocencia - Specialized Information of the System of Continuous Training for Teachers
Peru
Cyberdocencia consists of multidisciplinary experts of education, especially of the direction of pedagogical higher education (DESP). Its functions are the formulation of national curricula, the design of policies and strategies for the continuing formation and the capacity of teachers in their respective work areas, the diagnose of the teacher situation and its professional [...]
General Direction of Alternative Basic Education
Peru
The General Directory for Alternative Basic Education (DIGEBA) is a technical-pedagogical qualified management body. It elaborates norms, policies and proposes agreements for the best development and construction of alternative basic education. Furthermore, it guides the conversation process of centres and education programs for youth and adults, especially of autonomous [...]
Education Portal - PerúEduca
Peru
The Education Portal PerúEduca is an interactive communication channel where the different education participants can gather and which is maintained by teachers as well as students in the teaching-learning process. Thus, the homepage offers information for teachers/lecturers, pupils/students as well as information about courses and the education community in Peru.
285 - Dirección General de Educación Intercultural Bilingüe y Intercultural (DIGEIBIR)
Peru
The task of the General Direction of Intercultural Bilingual and Rural Education (DIGEIBIR) is the contribution to the acquisition of educational quality and equality by using diversity as mean to make proposals and to gather knowledge in all levels and modalities of the system to respond to the necessities and demands of the multicultural and multilingual population of the [...]
National Youth Office
Peru
The National Youth Office (SENAJU) is an organism of the Peruvian state under the direction of the ministry of education. It is the central institution for youth affairs in Peru. SENAJU is entrusted with the promotion, the coordination and the evaluation of policies, projects and programs which deal with youth affairs in the public or private sector. The aim of the office is [...]
287 - Punto J
Peru
The project "Punto J" is under the directorate of the institute for education and health. It tries, with online information, an online radio channel and specific activities, to explain sexuality as well as the causes and consequences of AIDS to youth. In this connection, the cooperation of the youth is of central importance. On the homepage, general information about HIV/AIDS [...]
Youth Portal Peru
Peru
The youth portal is an initiative of the research centre of the Calandria association in cooperation with other members, to facilitate youth work on a national level through ICT. For this purpose, the portal provides a meeting point an helpful tool for youth organisations, political decision makers, ONGs and researchers which deal with youth affairs. The objectives of the [...]
Enlaces - Centre for Education and Technology
Chile
Enlaces, the Centre for Education and Technology (CET), a department of the Ministry of Education of Chile, has the task to improve the quality of education by including educational IT in the school system, which is adequat to the necessities of the information society. Concrete objectives are the support of school to make the lessons more efficient, the developemt of new [...]
Centre for Continuing Education, Experimentation and Educational Research
Chile
The Centre for Continuing Education, Experimentation and Educational Research (CPEIP), a department of the Chilean Ministry of Education, has the task to develop, implement and evaluate programs which facilitate the professional development of teachers and managers relating to educational policies of the Ministry of Education. These programs are developed with regard to the [...]
Chilean Teacher Evaluation System
Chile
The National Teacher Evaluation System is a mandatory evaluation process for the 70,000 teachers who work in public schools in Chile. Its purpose is to strengthen the teaching profession and to improve the quality of education.
Since its beginning in 2003, there have been done more than 80,000 evaluations (up to 2010), for those who are practicing in Preschool, Primary, [...]
292 - Biblionios
Chile
Biblioniños is a public library for Chilean children, an educational and cultural space which was expressly created for children up to 12 years so they can occupy themselves with reading and benefit from it. The homepage offers, in a child-friendly interface, software that puts reading across to children in a playful way. Also, it informs about expositions and events which [...]
Association of Parents and Friends of Autistics
Chile
The Association of Parents and Friends of Autistics (ASPAUT) is a private, non-profit corporation, which orientates its actions on the improvement of the quality of life of autistics through education and therapy services as well as on the support of families and involved persons of those who are concerned with autistic spectrum disorder. ASPAUT is the largest association of [...]
Dysphasia Corporation of Chile: I can communicate
Chile
The objective of the Dysphasia Corporation of Chile: Yo puedo comunicar (YPC) is to support children and youth so that they can have an efficient education and that they can include themselves in society.
Agency for International Cooperation of Chile
Chile
The Agency for International Cooperation of Chile (AgCI) is a public, decentralized service. Its objectives are the acquisition, the provision and the administration of ressources of international cooperation, of offers and demands of international cooperation and the distribution of study opportunities abroad.
296 - CPEIPVirtual
Chile
CPEIPVirtual was founded 2006 in the course of a joint project of the Centre for Continuing Education, Experimentation and Research (CPEIP) and the Centre for Education and Technology "Enlaces".
Since 2002, CPEIP has developed an online teacher distance learning programme which includes various courses and Enlaces has dedicated itself to the task of facilitating the access [...]
297 - Consorcio de Universidades del Estado de Chile
Chile
The State universities of Chile have organized a consortium to create an authority, which ensures coordination, cooperation and complementation between the universities. Problem areas of public politics are identified and analysed, joint academical, administrative and economical programs are developed and the common use of available resources is organised by the consortium. [...]
Department for Evaluation, Survey and Educational Registration
Chile
Department for Evaluation, Survey and Educational Registration (DEMRE) is the technical organism of the university of Chile which is responsible for the development and the construction of evaluation and inspection instruments which are entrusted with the survey of the capacities and abilities of the university graduates of secondary education. Also, DEMRE is responsible for [...]
National Institute for Youth
Chile
The National Institute for Youth (INJUV) is an organism of the public service, which is entrusted with the design, the planning and the coordination of politics which deal with youth affairs. The INJUV orients its work on youth from 15 to 29, coordinating the public youth politics. It generates programs which foster the social inclusion and the respect for the rights of the [...]
Latin-American Virtual Campus
Latin America; Chile; Argentina; Mexico; Spain; Portugal
The Latin-American Virtual Campus (CAVILA) is the establishment of a virtual space of higher education with the necessary teacher quality and research, to attain the common use of the scientific-technical asquisitions of each member university.
301 - UVirtual
Chile
UVirtual is a network of higher education institutions that fosters the integral use of ICT and supports the acquisition of new knowledge and capabilities in this area. UVirtual tries, through innovation and competences, to increase the development in professional and technical information with the efficient use of methodological and technical ressources. Furthermore, UVirtual [...]
Grouping of Regional Universities of Chile
Chile
The Grouping of Regional Universities of Chile (AUR) was founded in 1996 and is the continuation of the "Coordinación de Iniciativas de Universidades Regionales". In 2002, AUR resolved on creating the network Sinergi@ Regional, whose task is to foster the capacities and the engagement of citizens, public and private organisations and academies of the regions of Chile to [...]
303 - Mecesup 2
Chile
The program Mecesup 2 is part of the efforts of the Chilean government, the improve the transition of its current (stand: June 2011) economy to an economy based on efficient, professional knowledge, by fostering the equality and the efficiency of tertiary education. Thus, the tasks of the program are directed to build the necessary competences which empower Chile to increase [...]
Network of Latin-American Regional Universities
Latin America; international
The Network for Latin-American Regional Universities (RedUREL) was founded in 1996 with the intention to create an international reference service which, along with the impulse to realize international academic exchange activities, animates the establishment of Latin-American professorships, furthermore the establishment of advanced academic vocational programs in strategic [...]
National Women's Office
Chile
The task of this website is to analyse the principal studies for the service of the National Women's Office and for other institutions, whose themes are directly related to women's affairs and with the existent gender-inequalities. Furthermore, the website provides necessary information for private as well as public organisms and for the civil population, to change the [...]
Assignment for Pedagogic Excellence
Chile
The accreditation program of the assignment of pedagogic excellence (AEP) is a program of the ministry of education with the task, to strengthen the quality of education through the acknowledgement of professional performance. The accreditation process permits to identify those teachers which show knowledge, capabilty and competence in their performance. Those teachers, then [...]
Network for Teachers of Teachers
Chile
The Network teachers of teachers is a program of the ministry of education of Chile with the task, to strengthen the teacher profession. This is accomplished by the application of the capabilites of teachers which were acknowledged as excellence teacher by the Asignación de Excelencia Pedagógica (AEP) by contributing to the professional development of the teacher entity. The [...]
308 - Unidos RD
Dominican Republic
"UNIDOSRD" is a nonprofit association dedicated to creating a society of leaders who can improve and contribute effectively to the development of a model nation, bringing the program both national through projects leadership to help raise educational standards in the country. Its objectives are to maintain a cultur of youth leaders which is obtained by programs which are [...]
Ministry of Youth
Dominican Republic
The mission of the Ministry of Youth (MJ) of the Dominican Republic is to ensure the integrated development of the Dominican Youth from the age of 15 to 35 in the frame of an effective coordination through the execution of youth policies in the processes of decision-making, execution and activities with a pluralistic and democratic notion complying with a gender focus within [...]
Dominican Education of the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
In the rubric "Educación", the internet portal República Dominicana.livio.com offers an extensive link collection to all kinds of language courses, education institutions, libraries, education portals etc.
311 - Educar.org
Dominican Republic
Educar is a space for virtual learning communities which serves as source for local education contents, tools, methodology, consultation material, recources and for virtual local and regional communities, which support persons and groups to get independent, to have a direct impact on their close vicinity and to contribute to a better future for themselves and for their [...]
312 - Cámbrico
Dominican Republic
Cámbrico is an interactive portal, which functions as data base and search engine for primarily academical information and, therefore, ensures a more qualitative knowledge acquisition. This tool filtres and analyzes in objective and precise search processes in the temporal and geographical context, to find adequate data in all its depth.
This project satisfies the prevailing [...]
Los Serez Sol - Leadership of Peace
Dominican Republic
Los Seres Sol - Liderazgo del Paz is a non-profit education institution which strives for responsible leadership, constructive transformation and service. It wants to give a general progress on all socio-economic and educative levels to the people of the Dominican Republic as well as to the world in general. On this behalf, the organisation is committed by designing and [...]
Worthy Education
Dominican Republic
The coalition for a worthy education is an efford for a unity of organisations and activists which want to achieve, with civil and pacifist actions, which match a good part of the LEY GENERAL DE EDUCACION 66-97, that 4% of the PIB of the national budget are allocated for education.
Dominican Virtual Library
Dominican Republic
Biblioteca Dominico-Virtual was created to contribute to the education and formation of students. Its objective is to facilitate the research and competence process. It is a tool for professionals respectively for all those who want to deepen their knowledge, according to the large variety and profundity of themes and branches.
Currently (mai 2011), the homepage contains more [...]
Educando - The Dominican Education Portal
Dominican Republic
Educando - The Dominican Education Portal is an initiative, which supports the development of the Dominican digital infrastructure; it examines resources and contents which are of interest for the educational society. Educando directs itself to all participants of the national education: schools, teachers, graduates and managers. The goals of educando are to promote the [...]
Dominican Education Radio
Dominican Republic
Due to the high analphabetism in diverse regions of the Dominican Republic, the Dominican Education Radio (RED). Its goal is to help children and adults of regions with a high rate of analphabetism and in which normal education is difficult to apply, to a basic education through radio.
Latin-American Committee for Educational Mathematics
Argentina; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Chile; United States of America (USA); Guatemala; Mexico; Panama; Puerto Rico; Peru; Dominican Republic; Uruguay; Venezuela; Caribbean
The Latin-American Committee for Educational Mathematics (CLAME) unites accredited researchers and teachers of the field of educational mathematics of Latin-America. The main objective of the association is to connect actions and shared interests with the aim to promote qualitative research and its actualization and to attain professionalization of the teachers through [...]
319 - Comunidad Educativa de Centroamérica y República Dominicana (EDUCAR)
Dominican Republic; Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Panama; Nicaragua
The Central American Educational Community and the Dominican Republic created an education portal (CEDUCAR), which links eight countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, the Dominican Republic and their respective educational systems.
Its purpose is to function as a virtual meeting place for all educators in training and service, where [...]
Education and Research
Dominican Republic
Dominicana on line, an information portel of the Dominican Republic, offers detailed knowledge of diverse aspects of the country. The category "Educación e Investigación" presents general information about "Primary, Secondary & Superior Education", a list of Dominican universities including information about the subjects as well as links to the homepages of the higher [...]
Poveda Cultural Centre
Dominican Republic
The Poveda Cultural Centre is contact partner for the national and international field of teacher formation. It fosters and accompanies the formation process of teachers and researchers in the field of socio-educative exchange. The centre aims for social inclusion and equality through a critical and democratical method. This method considers socio-educative practics with whom, [...]
Dominican Teacher Association
Dominican Republic
The Asociación Dominicana de Profesores (ADP) is the national teacher association of the Dominican Republic. It acts as representation and devensive body of the Dominican teacher staff. Furthermore, it promotes social education for all. Except for the news section, the homepage does not contain much information.
Junior Achivement Dominicana
Dominican Republic
The Junior Achivement Dominicana is a non-profit service organisation which supports the development and the execution of education programs in economic and vocational aspects and aspects of human relations of children and the youth: through helping them to understand the importance of the economy of the free market, the roll of the bureaus and negociations in global economy, [...]
Academical Alliance
Dominican Republic
The Academical Alliance (AA) regroups teachers, employees and students of the universities. Its goal is to contribute to the defence and the development of its members by allocating itself as developed institution which contributes, by qualitative and efficient means, to the progress of the country.
Dominican Association of University Principals
Dominican Republic
The mission of the Dominican Association of University Principals (ADRU) is the promotion of the development of the member institutions in the frame of quality, autonomy and academical pluralism. Also, it wants to favor strategies which aim for the strengthening of the university education system as well as of science and technology of the Dominican Republic. The association [...]
National Institute of Teacher Formation and Competence (INAFOCAM)
Dominican Republic
The National Institute for Teacher Formation and Competence (INAFOCAM) is a decentralized organ subordinate to the ministry of education. Its function is to coordinate the education offer, the competence, the actualization and the perfection of the educational staff on national level.
The INAFOCAM is a counselling agency of the ministry of education in relation to the [...]
327 - International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW)
international
The International Association of Schools of Social Work, IASSW, is the worldwide association of schools of social work, other tertiary level social work educational programmes, and social work educators. The IASSW promotes the development of social work education throughout the world, develops standards to enhance quality of social work education, encourages international [...]
Ministry of Education: Education Statistics
Spain
The ministry of education offers statistics on non-university and university education.
Study in Belgium in Wallonia and Brussels
Belgium
This website contains general information about the organisation of studies in Belgium, especially in Wallonia and Brussels, the francophonic part of the country. It offers an overview of higher education in the fields of university education and sporadic of non-university higher education, combined with sectors covering the financial aspects of studying, the conditions of [...]
Summary of EU legislation. Education, training, youth, sport
Europe
This website offers a detailed overview of the EU legislation in the fields of education, training, youth and sport. It both describes, as reference point, the legal act and the specific political conditions of the EU for each of the four sectors, and shows a summary of the resulting consequences and measures. In this context, it analyses programmes and initiatives promoted [...]
Moroccan Association of Human Rights (MAHR)
Morocco
The Association works for the preservation of human dignity, the respect for all human rights in their universality and their globality and for the protection, the defense and the promotion of these rights. The Moroccan Association of Human Rights (MAHR) aims notably: - To raise awareness, diffuse and educate on human rights. - To Work for ratification by Morocco of all [...]
Centre for modern approaches of languages and media
France
CAVLIAM was founded in 1964 by the university of Clermont-Ferrand and the city of Vichy. It offers intensive courses, preparation for studies in France, French with special learning objectives (e.g. for natural sciences, medicine, law...) and prepartion for language exams (DELF, DALF, CCIP, TCF, DAP, TEF), language stays for juniors, language and free time as well as special [...]
Inter-university Association of Pedagocical Research
Spain
The Spanish Inter-university Association of Pedagocical Research carries out conferences and expert meetings, publishes the journal `Revista Investigación Educativa` and, electronically under http://www.uca.es/RELIEVE/, works about research and education evaluation.
Spanish Society of Pedagogy
Spain
The Spanish Society of Pedagogy (SEP) is a non-profit scientific and professional organisation, which is open to all who are interested in education and its amelioration. With the foundation of its journal `Bordón` and the organisation of classes and seminars, it wanted to create a certain ambiance of a pedagogical discussion, which should effect changes in the education [...]
Superior Council of Education
Morocco
The Superior Council for Education is an institutional organ which is consulted on account of education and formation reforms. It gives it`s opinion on all issues of national interest which deal with the sectors education and formation, conducts global evaluations of the national education and formation system (institutional, pedagogical and resource-based evaluation) and [...]
336 - Education For Employment Foundation (EFE)
Morocco; Jordan; Yemen; Egypt
EFE’s mission is to improve the futures of young people in the Middle East and North Africa by giving them the tools to build livelihoods for themselves. Their goal is to give youth whose prospects are limited - either by socio-economic constraints or by inadequate education - cutting-edge professional training that leads directly to job opportunities. EFE operates on three [...]
337 - Arabophon: Arabic Language Study in Morocco
Morocco
DMG Arabophon is a language learning center which offers courses in Moroccan and Modern Standard Arabic. DMG's main office is situated in Fez, and has branches in Casablanca, Rabat and Meknes. The institute is managed by a German director. The centre offers tuitions for groups as well as private classes. Their website has limited information regarding course content/text and [...]
338 - Asociación Hispano-Alemana de Enseñanzas Técnicas de Madrid (ASET)
Spain; Germany
ASET (ASOCIACIÓN HISPANO-ALEMANA DE ENSEÑANZAS TÉCNICAS)is a non-profit school association and forms in Madrid together with multinational enterprises (mostly affiliates of german concerns). The bilingual formation is acknowledged in Germany and is promoted by the state. It gives the opportunity to be successfully employd in at least both countries. There are formations for [...]
Discover Switzerland: Education
Switzerland
The homepage gives insight to Swiss education. Different links lead to the categories "general overview", "compulsory schooling", "post-compulsory schooling", "tertiary education" and "current challenges" (reorganisation of the university system and international comparison), in which those themes are described in an overview.
340 - International Association of Language Centres (IALC)
international
Founded in 1983, the International Association of Language Centres (IALC) is a network of high-quality, independent language schools teaching their native language to international students. Located in the major capitals, university cities, beach resorts and historic towns worldwide, IALC accredited language schools provide effective language courses and cultural immersion for [...]
Columbian Institute of Educational Loan and Technical Studies Abroad
Colombia
ICETEX is a government entity that promotes Higher Education through educative credits and its collection, with its own and third party resources, for the population with low economic possibilities and good academic performance.
Also, it makes possible the access to educative opportunities offered by the international community to raise the quality of life of Colombian [...]
342 - Universities of Côte d`Ivoire
Spain; Côte d'Ivoire
On the homepage of the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), universities from all over the world are compared in regard to their world wide web presence. Furthermore, there are lists of the universities of the individual countries. All 4 universities in Cote d'Ivoire are enlisted, including URLs.
Spanish Federation of Associations of Teachers of the French Language
Spain
The Fédération espagnole d'associations de professeurs de français (FEAPF) brings together the associations of teachers of French throughout Spain at every educational level. It coordinates the associations nationally and ensures their representation on the international stage. Its work is structured along three lines: educational politics, training and the dissemination [...]
344 - Dirección General de Evaluación de Politicas: Secretaría de Educación Pública
Mexico
The Homepage of the Secretary of public education within the General Directory of evaluation of politics enlightens procedures and results of evalution of schools and the knowledge of pupils.
The site gives also access to the test questions.
Literacy and Basic Education Program of Youth and Adults of the Republic of Nicaragua
Nicaragua
The Programa de Alfabetización y Educación Básica de Jovenes y Adultos (PAEBANIC) is a literacy program created in 1996 on the summit of the Latin American heads of government.
The site presents the programm as well as measure having been taken so far.
redEtis - Education, Work, Reintegration
Argentina
The Red Educación, Trabajo, Inserción Social (redEtis) produces and disseminates knowledge on the current Latin American discussions and policies about education, work and social inclusion.
It serves as a bridge between policy makers, practitioners and researchers that facilitates co-operation and networking.
The site offers research reports on the situation of education [...]
347 - The European Association of Schools of Social Work (EASSW)
Europe
The EASSW unites about 300 different schools, universities and institutions supporting social work education. Its mission is to promote social development and to develop high quality education and knowledge for social work practice, services and social welfare policies in Europe.The Association represents the interest of social work education on the European level, it [...]
TTnet -Training of Trainers Network in Europe. TTNet Spain
Spain
The website informs about the TTNet Spain, its activities, about news, events and provides documents.
7th Research Framewort Programme : Find a project
Europe
The database comprises projects funded by the 7th Research Framewort Programme.
350 - wbc-inco.net : Co-ordination of Research Policies with the Western Balkan Countries
Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Montenegro; Kosovo; Serbia; North Macedonia; Europe
The Western Balkan Countries INCO-NET enhances integration of the Western Balkan countries (WBC) in the European Research Area. The initiative is supported by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. The Western Balkan countries INCO-NET will assist in developing the relationship between the EU and the WBCs in the [...]
351 - IBE Digital Library of National Reports on the Development of Education, 1932-2008
international
The collection of National Reports has been developed into a digital library, searchable by conference date and country. The National Reports have been presented to the IBE by Ministries of Education at the sessions of the International Conference on Education since 1932. The collection constitutes a unique reservoir of educational information spanning many decades, including [...]
UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network – Network of the federal state Vargas
Venezuela
The blog intends to inform about activities, news and projects of UNESCO associated school in the federal state Vargas in Venezuela.
Alicante European School
Spain
The web page of the European School Alicante informs about the organisation and management of the school. You find detailed information about the activities, projects and regulations of the Kindergarten, primary and secondary school sections.
Ibero-American Red of UNESCO Associated Schools
South America; Spain; Portugal; Central America
The web page informs about the Ibero-American Red of UNESCO Associated Schools. It supplies information about the aims and projects of the schools and the network. You can find a discussion forum, a chat and a directory of the member schools as well as information about participating countries and further networks. This project is coordinated by the Mexican National [...]
UNESCO Associated Schools
Peru
The web page informs about the ASPnet in Peru. It provides information about the objectives and activities of the network and a list of Peruvian ASPnet schools.
356 - The UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet)
international
Founded in 1953, the UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet), commonly referred to as UNESCO Associated Schools, is a global network of more than 8.500 educational institutions in 179 countries. Member institutions – ranging from pre-schools, primary, secondary and vocational schools to teacher training institutions - work in support of international [...]
357 - National ASPnet Websites
international
The web page lists national ASPnet Websites worldwide. You can find brief descriptions of the national web pages and information about their language versions.
Spanish Network of UNESCO Associated Schools
Spain
The blog presents itself as discussion forum for Spanish UNESCO associated school and intends to inform about activities, news or projects of the national and international ASP network.
School to School Exchange
Spain; United States of America (USA)
Foundation for the Future, working in association with Center for Cultural Interchange in Chicago, IL, matches Spanish schools with American schools for an educational partnership designed to foster international friendships and bring classroom curricula to life.
360 - DAAD weltweit - Länderinformationen: Asien
Eastern Europe; Central Asia; international; Afghanistan; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Brunei Darussalam; China, People's Republic of; Georgia; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia; Iraq; Iran; Japan; Yemen; Jordan; Cambodia; Kazakhstan; Qatar; Kyrgyzstan; Korea, Democratic People's Republic (North Korea); Korea, Republic of (South Korea); Kuwait; Laos; Lebanon; Macau; Malaysia; Maldives; Mongolia; Myanmar; Nepal; Oman; Pakistan; Philippines; Palestinian Territories; Russian Federation; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Syria; Tajikistan; Taiwan; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; United Arab Emirates; Vietnam
Country information for applicants for a study abroad in a Asia. In order to view them one has to select the respective country. There is an address of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), country information of the German Foreign Office, information about the education system and higher education, a specific link list, information about scholarship programmes and [...]
361 - Digital Library Korea
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
The National Digital Library (Dibrary) is organized by the Korean National Library. The digital library offers not only its own information but also information from various university libraries and organizations around the world through open access. The adresses of providers are also listed.
362 - Study in Korea
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
The Homepage provides information on the Korean education system, study abroad in Korea and learning the Korean language. The site also offers lists of universities and information about working in Korea as well as culture and everyday life in Korea.
363 - Study in Japan - Comprehensive Guide
Japan
This page gives information to students who are planning to stay in Japan for a longer or shorter study visit.
364 - International Association of Social Educators (AIEJI)
international
The purpose of the association is to emphasize and promote the philosophy of social education and its uniqueness in being actively involved in partnership with clients, working with them, not only individually but in groups, families, communities, in the milieu, towards the development of their strengths and in resolving personal, social, and community difficulties. The [...]
The Jean Piaget Archives
Switzerland
The Jean Piaget Archives are a private foundation by the late Professor Bärbel Inhelder founded in 1974. The Foundation fulfils a function made necessary by the quantitative and qualitative importance of Piaget´s work. Within the University of Geneva, the Foundation collects all the writings of the great psychologist and genetic epistemologist as well as the secondary [...]
366 - European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
Europe
The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) manages funding for education, culture, audiovisual, sport, citizenship and volunteering. EACEA manages most parts of the following EU funding programmes, in close cooperation with other Commission departments: Creative Europe, Erasmus+, European Solidarity Corps, Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values. EACEA continues [...]
EUR-Lex
Europe
EUR-Lex provides direct free access to European Union law. Here you can consult the Official Journal of the European Union as well as the treaties, legislation, case-law and legislative proposals. You can also use the extensive search facilities available on EUR-Lex.
368 - Science and Development Network (SciDev Net)
international
SciDev.Net - the Science and Development Network - is a not-for- profit organisation dedicated to providing reliable and authoritative information about science and technology for the developing world. The website www. scidev.net gives policymakers, researchers, the media and civil society information and a platform to explore how science and technology can reduce poverty, [...]
369 - Academia Programme européen d'échangede praticiens de l'orientation
Europe
The European exchange programme offers courses for European vocational-guidance counsellors, designed to enhance their skills through professional experience in Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Romania, and the United Kingdom.
370 - Modern University of the Humanities (MUH)
Russian Federation
The Modern University of the Humanities in Russia is more than a common higher education institution. It is a network of more than 500 branches and teaching centres respectively in the Russian Federation and in the other CIS countries, even in Vietnam, Israel, China, Peru, and the Czech Republic. The MUH, founded in 1995 in Saint Petersburg, beginning with one branch provides [...]
371 - IESALC Reports on Higher Education
Latin America; Caribbean
The International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean is a regional Unesco-Institution with 33 Member States. By providing a spanish website, having the character of a comprehensive portal, the IESALC aims to reflect, to promote and to coordinate the initiatives and demands of its Member Countries in the field of higher education. Up-to-date [...]
372 - Dirección Nacional de Información y Evaluación de la Calidad Educativa (DINIECE)
Argentina
This website of the National Directorate for Information and Evaluation of Education Quality (DiNIECE) is a structural unit of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. It is responsible for the evaluation of the national education system and renders its contribution to the development of educational information and educational investigations according to the aims and [...]
373 - Red Iberoamericana de Investigación sobre Eficacia Escolar y Mejora de la Escuela" (RIEME)
international
RIEME is a network of networks. The bilingual website, designed by the Spanish Centro de Investigación y Documentación Educativa ( CIDE), is an information and communication platform of the Iberoamerican Educational Research Network which organizes co-operation among 18 countries. Various links refer to activities regarding improvement of quality, effectiveness, and equity [...]
374 - Instituto Nacional para la Evaluación de la Educación: Sitios de Interés
Mexico
This list of links provided by the National Institute for the Evaluation of Education in Mexico offers Internet-addresses of institutions in different regions of the world dealing with issues of evaluation of education. Some other pages give information about the evaluation activities of the INEE and their results. A glossary is available which contains definitions of [...]
International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG)
international
The IAEVG is an international association of institutions and organisations active in educational counselling and guidance. Its focus lies on the professional qualification of school and vocational education counsellors. The association provides a list of national organisations worldwide, the e-journal "International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance" (subject to [...]
Study in Italy. Italian Higher Education for International Students
Italy
This web site is a valuable information tool for students wishing to attend higher education (H.Ed.) programmes in Italy, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. It provides the following information: types of H.Ed. institutions (university and non-university sector), admission procedures, study programmes, university degrees, non-university H.Ed. qualifications [...]
377 - Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA Center)
United States of America (USA)
The ECTA Center supports the national implementation of the early childhood provisions (1-5 years) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. This is done by transferring knowledge about early childhood research, practices that work, and policies to assist states and their stakeholders to accomplish goals and plans for systems change.
378 - Open Access Journals in the Field of Education
international
This list is provided by the American Education Research Association Special Interest Group (AERA SIG) Communication of Research and offers links to electronic journals that are scholarly, peer-reviewed, full text and accessible without cost. Journals from all over the world are included, but the majority is from the US.
379 - Clearing House on Early Education and Parenting
United States of America (USA)
CEEP is the successor to the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE), which was part of the national information system in education, called ERIC, from 1967 through December 2003. CEEP is part of the Early Childhood and Parenting ( ECAP) Collaborative within the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. They work [...]
380 - Education for Rural Development: Tool Kit
international
Education for Rural People (ERP) is a promotional measure taken by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the UN and Unesco. This website is about the ERP Tool Kit which provides education and training materials for rural teachers, instructors, trainers, parents, researchers and others involved in formal and non-formal education for rural people. The Tool Kit draws on [...]
381 - UNICEF India: Education.
India
The UNICE web site on education in India summarises the present state of primary education in India. After a rise in girl's literacy from 1991 to 2001, a high level of illiteracy persists due to social and regioinal obstacles to the "education for all" pollicy. The page also provides links to current UNICEF education actions in India, and to case studies.
National Education Systems
Dominican Republic
The website of the Organisación de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Sciencia y la Cultura (OEI) informs about the education system of the Dominican Republic. In a first section, the organisation of the education system is presented, the second section includes educational legislation, the third section contains education statistics, the forth section comprises [...]
383 - Educación de Personas Jóvenes y Adultos (EPJA)
Mexico
This website of the network EPJA provides a platform aiming at bringing together all interested and engaged persons from all regions of Mexico who are dedicated to raise the quality of education of young persons and adults. What concerns them primarily is the articulation of their efforts to elaborate and implement projects, programmes and actions in teaching and research. [...]
384 - Ecoescuelas
Spain
This page provides information on the eco-school movement in Spain. Currently more than 11,000 schools in 34 countries (31 of these are European) are participating in the International Eco-Schools Programme promoted by the Foundation for Environmental Education ( F.E.E.) with support of the European Commission. Eco-Schools complete the Seven Steps of the programme getting an [...]
385 - Internationales Zentrum der UNESCO für Berufsbildung (UNEVOC) (UNESCO-UNEVOC)
international
This is the homepage of the German Centre of the UNESCO section UNEVOC (United Nations Vocational Education ). The German branch was founded in 2002 and is part of a world wide network of UNEVOC national centres. Its main objectives are: strengthening the UNEVOC network world wide, personnel development regarding executives in the area of vocational training, promotion of the [...]
386 - Basic education and gender equality (Unicef) Girls' education
international
This website of UNICEF is on the one hand an information ressource concerning girls' education and on the other hand an appeal to all responsable people to promote education of girls, particularly in developing countries. A variety of reports refers to areas in which the international organisation has been active.
387 - Global Education Monitoring Report / UNESCO-Weltbildungsbericht
international
Every year, the Global Monitoring Report assesses where the world stands on its commitment to provide a basic education to all children, youth and adults. The report was developed by an independent team and is published by UNESCO. The full texts of the reports are available for download, the summeries are available in several languages.
388 - Portal Educativo Nacional de Venezuela
Venezuela
The respective homepage offers three focal points: resources, planning and educational policy. Information offers include the National Basic Curriculum, the World of Children and the Liceo Bolivariano. This website has been developed in cooperation between the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Technology.
389 - Higher education institutions and study in Argentina
Argentina
This is a list of links to the higher education institutions in Argentina. It is quite informative with regard to the extent and the density of the university net in this country. Checking the bulk of information on study conditions users should particularly deal with access regulations and the international recognition of certificates and qualifications.
390 - Higher education institutions and study in Cuba
Cuba
This is a list of the higher education institutions in Cuba. It is quite informative with regard to the extent and the density of the university net in this country. Checking the bulk of information on study conditions users should particularly deal with access regulations and the international recognition of certificates and qualifications.
391 - Choike.org - a portal on Southern civil societies. Education
international
Choike is a portal on Southern civil societies that provides full length reports, an NGO directory, news, and links to international campaigns such as the UNESCO Literacy Decade (2003-2012). It covers aspects concerning society, communication, globalization and environment. The section on education can be searched for literacy campaigns and target groups as well as NGOs and [...]
392 - Red de Investigadores Sobre Educación Superior (RISEU)
Latin America; Spain
RISEU is a network of researchers on higher education from Latin America and Spain. Its main objective is to support the study of higher education, to constitute a space of academic dialogue, and to develop documentary resources. The website offers links to national research institutions on the same topic, to articles (fulltext), to some statistics, to conferences and [...]
National Council on Scientific and Technical Research
Argentina
The National Council on Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) in Argentina was founded in 1958. The web site provides information about the organizational structure, administrative bodies, statutes, activities and programs, documents and other publications of the council and a link list of the member universities and institutes. According to its website, both the [...]
394 - Asociación Mexicana para la Educación Internacional (AMPEI)
Mexico
The Mexican Association for International Education is a non-profit organization whose mission is to contribute to the academic quality of Mexican higher educational institutions through international cooperation. It supports academic exchange activities, the training of professionals and specialized workshops in Mexico and abroad. The website offers information about its [...]
Counsil of Rectors of Panama
Panama
The Counsil of Rectors of Panama has several functions to rise the quality of public and private universities and their administration, e. g.coordination and information of the member universities and developing regulations concerning minimal requirements for academic degrees. The web site provides information about these tasks, the organisation structure, projects and [...]
National Library of Colombia
Colombia
The homepage of the National Library of Colombia offers links to texts about its objectives and structure and to the databases and catalogues which are searchable online. Also, there is reference to collections as well as a directory of all public libraries according to the departments.
National Library of Panama
Panama
The homepage of the National Library of Panama offers links with texts about its objectives and structure and to the databases, services and catalogues which are searchable online.
398 - Biblioteka Nacional Venezuela
Venezuela
The homepage of the National Library of Venezuela offers links with texts about its objectives and structure and to the databases and catalogues which are searchable online. Besides there is reference to expositions and collections as well as other cultural events.
399 - Biblioteca Nacional de México
Mexico
The homepage of the National Library of Mexico offers links with texts about its objectives, structure and services as well as to the databases and catalogues which are searchable online. It refers to information on collections, exhibitions and other cultural events.
National Library of Guatemala
Guatemala
This website about the National Library of Guatemala presents texts about its objectives, structure and services. There is neither a homepage nor access to online catalogues or databases at present (December 2011).
401 - Auyantepui
Venezuela
This link list provides annotated link lists in alphabetic order in the following fields: research centres, institutes, academies, organisations, pre schools, primary and secondary schools (Colegios), universities, information resources, projects, congresses and other activities in the area of education in Venezuela.
"Dr. Raúl Peña" Institute for Higher Education
Paraguay
The institute of science of education (ISE) in Paraguay is an educational institution for teacher training and further education. The website gives an overview of political reform programs and objectives in the field of primary and secondary education and teacher training. It offers information on topics as bilingual intercultural education, the use of new information and [...]
Online Education
Paraguay
Under "Educacion Online", this link list provides links for the following fields: Institutes, academies, primary and secondary schools (Colegios), universities, distant learning, rights of children, international organisations, information resources for teachers and educational publications in Paraguay. There are didactical resources and text material für all curriculum [...]
404 - Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) - Sede Argentina
Argentina; Latin America
The Network FLACSO (Latin American institute for social science) is an international organisation in research and documentation founded in 1957 by UNESCO. It has offices in 16 Latin American Countries. The homepage of the office in Argentina presents abundant information on educational issues: Programs and projects, publications, products, research results, full text [...]
National Library of the Republic of Argentina
Argentina
The homepage of the Argentinian National Library has links with texts about its objectives and structure and to the databases and catalogues which are searchable online. It provides a link list of national libraries woldwide, information on librarian formation as well as cultural events.
406 - Consejo Nacional de Fomento Educativo (CONAFE)
Mexico
Consejo Nacional de Fomento Educativo is an Mexican institution which seeks in cooperation with the Secretary of Education to improve the quality and equity of education for marginalised groups and within rural communities by developing regional programs and initiatives. The website offers abundant information about the objectives, projects and programs in the area of [...]
407 - Comexus
Mexico
The Fulbright Comission is an organisation founded and financed by the Mexican and North American Government. The homepage provides information on grants, donations and scholarships, exchange programs and the procedure of application.
Bolivian Centre for Investigation and Educative Action
Bolivia
The Bolivian Centre for Investigation and Educative Action (CEBIAE) is a Christian ecumenical institution conducting research activities in the field of education in cooperation with other public and private institutions. Its objectives are to support educational reforms and to improve the quality of education in Bolivia. The homepage offers access to information about the [...]
409 - Centro de Documentación Especializado en Educación de Adultos para América Latina. (CEDEAL)
Latin America; Caribbean
CEDEAL is a documentation centre which focuses on adult education in Latin America and the Caribbean. The homepage provides bibliographic material and full text information in order to support the formation and vocational training of professionals in this area. Access to material about distant learning, programs of alphabetisation and reports of evaluations is given.
410 - Europäisches Jugendportal
Europe
The European Youth Portal offers young people in Europe an unproblematic and fast access to youth-related information. It provides various categories, such as studying, working and exchange in Europe. Besides there are numerous links leading to more detailed information at national, regional and local level.
411 - Proyecto Regional de Indicadores Educativos (PRIE)
Chile; Latin America
PRIE is a regional project of the Chilean Government in cooperation with Latin American governments and international organisations. Its objective is to develop comparable indicators for education quality and statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean. The homepage provides an overview about the school systems in different countries taking in to account geographic, [...]
Institute for Socio-Economic Research
Bolivia
The Institute for Socio-Economic Research (IISEC) conducts research activities in Bolivia in the field of economics, education and sociology. Under the link "working papers" the homepage provides access to full text information about educational sociology, bilingualism and intercultural education, vocational school system as well as quality in education in Bolivia. The reports [...]
413 - Instituto Nacional para la Evaluación de la Educación
Mexico
The national institute develops indicators for education quality for teaching and learning - in the field of pre school, primary and secondary education at public school. It conducts and publishes evaluations. Purpose of INEE is to get a broad picture of the achievements of representative samples of Mexican school students at successive points in time. The website informs [...]
New Alexandria
Argentina; Latin America
Nueva Alejandría is an Argentinean website for Spanish speaking educators mostly teachers from the primary and secondary education sector in Latin America. It offers educational resources, materials for curriculum subjects and extracurricular applications; forums for teachers as well as on-line training in Spanish for further education. The website provides information about [...]
415 - Quipunet
Peru
The initiative of Peruvians living abroad supports schools in Peru by providing curriculum materials and computers. The website provides information about the projects and offers access to two virtual courses.
Education Forum
Peru; Latin America
Foro Educativo is an organisation of educational professionals in the field of education policy and research. It seeks to help improve the quality and equity of education by developing national and regional programs and initiatives in Peru, in cooperation with the public and private sector. Decentralisation in education policy is another import field of activities. The website [...]
Website for the Development of Social Sciences in Perú
Peru
The objective of this project is to improve and develop social science and the scientific use of the internet in Peru. The following links "Bibilioteca" - "Educacion" provide full text information ( PDF) about the area of education in Peru and Latin America.
Peruvian Academical Network
Peru; Latin America
Red Académica Peruana (RAAP) is an initiative of different private and public institutions. Its objective is to establish a scientific network in Peru to support investigation and education as well as academic interchange und cooperation. The project is part of a mayor program, Cooperación Latino Americana de Redes Avanzadas (Clara), which aims to build national research and [...]
Institute for the Promotion of a Quality Education
Peru
The objective of the Institute for the Promotion of a Quality Education (EDUCA) is to improve the quality of education in public schools and to support the innovation of teacher education and further education of teachers. The homepage leads to information about these programs and the implementation of these projects.
International Scholarship Program of the Foundation Ford AR&SC
Peru; Chile
The website of the international program of scholarships and grants of the Ford Foundation informs about regional programs in Peru and Chile.
Huascarán Program
Peru
The program Huascarán of the Peruvian Education Ministry intends to develop, execute, evaluate and supervize a national network with educational content which has access to all information resources and which can transmit multimedia contents, to foster the quality of education in rural as well as in urban regions.
422 - Educared Perú
Peru
This website addresses all persons working as educators, students and parents. The information given is arranged according to the target group. An important thematic area is the use of Internet for educational purposes. The homepage provides information texts on aspects of education in Peru and abroad, texts for teachers, resources, link lists concerning educational software, [...]
Yachay - Peruvian Scientific Network
Peru
The portal of the Peruvian scientific net Red Científica Peruana provides a comprehensive link list of Peruvian and Latin American internet content. One of these links at the homepage refers to "educación" and offers a link list of schools (Colegios), universities, academies and institutes of further education, arranged according to the provinces in Peru. Links to libraries, [...]
Universities
Spain
This web site of the Education Ministry provides answers to all questions of higher education, from higher education law, study courses, admission, research to evaluation and quality control.
425 - Revista Iberoamericana de Educación
Latin America
After subscription (free of costs) the current and late articles of this electronic review are available online (htm or pdf-files).
Formation Program of Bilingual Masters of Peru`s Amazon Region
Peru
This institution provides initial and in-service education for teachers who teach children of the indigenous population in the Amazonian region of Peru with special focus on bilingual and intercultural competence. The web site has information about activities of the program, services and the content of the courses.
427 - Formación profesional
Spain
This text provides answers to all questions concerning vocational education in Spain.
428 - Ley Orgánica 6/2001, de 21 de diciembre, de Universidades. (L.O.U.)
Spain
This web site provides the text of the higher education reform law from 2001.
429 - Asociación Española de Superdotación y Altas Capacidades (AESAC)
Spain
This organisation intends to promote conscience of the problems of gifted children, create structural conditions for the best development of the talents of gifted children and to help and advice parents of these children. The website describes objectives and activities.
LexJuris Puerto Rico: Education
Puerto Rico; United States of America (USA); Caribbean
This link list provides access to the texts of all educational laws and regulations of the country.
National Educational Science, Technology and Innovation Program
Colombia
The mission of this program is described as "enhancement of the capacity of research and production of knowledge in the area of educational research". The results shall be transformed into educational practice and policy. The homepage has links to the text of the National Plan for the Development of Educational Research, several instruments for implementation of research [...]
432 - Red de Información Universitaria
Venezuela
This network of Venezolanian universities serves as a technical platform of communication between the Higher Education Ministry and the universities and of mutual communication between universities; its mission is to build up and facilitate the flow of information via telecommunication in an easy and efficient way. The contents of this flow are issues of administration and of [...]
University Consortium
Peru
This organization coordinates the four private universities in Peru. Its objective is to promote the quality of the universities' research and teaching through joint efforts in order to promote a modern development of the country. The homepage provides links to the four member universities, to the university network Red Universitaria para el Desarrollo (http:// [...]
National Commission of Accreditation
Chile
This governmental commission has as its objective to establish a system of accreditation which secures quality in higher education. This system evaluates (on a voluntary basis) all programmes offered by Chilenian higher education institutions. The homepage provides information about contents and procedure of accreditation, criteria of evaluation, reference to legal texts and [...]
435 - Universia.cl - el portal de los universitarios
Latin America
This portal for university graduates provides access to various information which could be important for these persons: link lists of institutions, departments and institutes, lists of libraries and research institutions, advice for internet facilities and international contacts etc.
436 - Sistema Regional de Información (SIRI)
Latin America; Caribbean
This regional centre of Unesco for Latin America and the Caribbean has the aim to collect, create and disseminate information about education in the region. Its objective is to assist governments in developing methods and concepts of education indicators - therefore it empowers national statistical offices. The homepage provides links to descriptions of the various projects [...]
437 - Centro Nacional de Educación Ambiental (CENEAM)
Spain
The Centre's mission is to arouse and support environmental conscience in the Spanish population; it offers a variety of educational programmes, publications, expositions and didactical resources. These service activities are shortly described on the homepage and linked to more detailed information texts. Among others there is a documentation centre, a database for [...]
438 - Instituto de la Juventud (INJUVE)
Spain
"The Youth Institute is a public body, attached to the Ministry of Youth and Children, whose main activity is aimed at promoting actions for the benefit of young people." The themes adressed by the institute are: Erasmus+ Youth Program, European Programs, Participation and Volunteering, Mobility and Leisure, Young Creation, Employment and training, Coexistence and Health. [...]
439 - HIV/AIDS Impact on Education Clearinghouse
international
This is an online resource centre dedicated to collecting and disseminating research on the impact of HIV/AIDS on education, e.g. sick teachers are absent from school, enrollment rates are decreasing, number of out-of-school orphans is increasing etc. The web site provides all sorts of information documents, e.g. country studies, reports about policies and management, funding [...]
440 - Centro Español de Documentación sobre Discapacidad (CEDD)
Spain
The services of this Centre are information, documentation and publication in the field of special education. An information centre, a library, an information bulletin and other special publications are provided. The web site presents information about the services and has a search form for a search with costs in the databases of the Centre.
441 - SpainExchange
Spain
This web site wants to meet the need for a comprehensive, free, and impartial source of information online for students from other countries planning to study in Spain and of Spaniards wishing to study abroad - so this primary source of information on line in students' search for international study opportunities was created. Additionally, the following services are provided: [...]
442 - Santillana (editorial)
Spain
Santillana is a Spanish publisher that provides various instructional aids, games, instructional information, information texts and other resources for teachers, parents and pupils.
443 - Consejería de Educación y Juventud de Cantabria
Spain
The web site of the "Education Ministry" of the province of Cantabria is divided into three parts: "Educación" provides general information about the school, higher and professional education sectors of the Cantabrian educational system; "Juventud" offers information for young people, e.g. a contest of youth fashion and the part of the Consejo Escolar describes the tasks and [...]
444 - La Universidad Virtual (UOC)
Spain
This web site provides information about the study courses, degrees and admission requirements of the virtual university. The programmes are obviously in nearly all fields except medical science and provide postgraduate and master degrees.
445 - Ley de Calidad
Spain
This web site provides access to many pdf-files with the text of the Spanish Law on Quality in Education, its draft, its implementing ordinances, special regulations and debates about it. There is also a space for expressions of opinions of the public. The text of the law has the URL: http://www.boe.es/g/es/boe/dias/2002-12-24/seccion1.php
446 - Ley orgánica de Ordenación General del Sistema Educativo (LOGSE)
Spain
This web site contains the text of the most important Spanish education reform law of the 1990s.
447 - Ley Orgánica de Universidades (L.O.U.)
Spain
This web site provides links to the entire text of the new university law ( 2001), its drafts and some Royal Decrees about study organization and degrees. The text of the law has the following URL: http://www.univ.mecd.es/univ/html/informes/LOU/especial_LOU/ ley_universidades.pdf (26 pages pdf-file).
448 - Uniactiva. Formación Postgrado Interactiva
Spain
This distance study institution provides master- and postgraduate courses in the fields of management, business studies and industrial management. The web site gives information about courses and programs, admission and the administrative structure of the university.
449 - Mapa de Universidades Españolas
Spain
This link list works with a map of Spain where die universities of the respective regions (provinces) unit are indicated; private and church institutions are marked.
450 - Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC)
North America; Canada; Mexico; United States of America (USA); international
The Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC) is a not-for-profit membership-based network of approximately 180 institutions of higher education in Canada, the United States and Mexico, as well as a select group of institutions from other parts of the world. CONAHEC seeks to advance the consolidation of the North American higher education community [...]
Rectors Conference for the Integration of the Central-West Subregion of Southamerica
South America; Argentina; Bolivia; Chile; Peru
This organization promotes the cooperation of the universities in the West Central region of South America. The web site provides information about the organizational structure, administrative bodies, statutes, activities and programs, documents and other publications of the council and a link list of the member universities.
Education and Training
Bolivia
This link list provides annotated links in the following fields: research centres, institutes, some special schools (Colegios), universities and information resources for various areas of knowledge.
Corporation for University Promotion
Chile
The general mission of this organization is to promote higher education as a basic prerequisite of the enhancement of social, scientific and technological progress and to disseminate knowledge into the society. The web site provides information about the corporation itself, a study program in "asentamientos humanos", publications (among them the journal "Estudios Sociales") [...]
454 - Unión de Universisades de América Latina (UDUAL)
international; Latin America
This organization is concerned with various topics of promotion and coordination of the tertiary institutions in the member states, their quality development, institutional empowerment of the universities, coordination and integration of study programs and research. The web site provides extensive information, documents, statistics, and links to institutions and programs
455 - Association of Universities - Grupo Montevideo
international; South America
The association describes itself as a common, regional, academic environment of cultural, educative, technological and scientific cooperation. Mainly, its objectives are promotion of scientific research, academic further education, knowledge transfer into the societies of the member countries. The homepage provides further information about current, upcoming and carried out [...]
Education
Nicaragua
In the categorie "Educación", this homepage offers a list of educational institutions. Links lead to the websites of the respective institutions.
National Rectors Counsil
Costa Rica
The National Rectors Council (CONARE) is commissioned with the coordination and planning of higher education policy in Costa Rica - four tertiary institutions are the members of the body - they can be found on the homepage which provides information about structure and activities of the Council, its legal bases and various special programs, e.g. civic education, sustainable [...]
458 - Asociación Universitaria Iberoamericana de Posgrado (AUIP)
international; Latin America
This organization has as its objectives to promote postgraduate studies and assure the quality of the training of university staff in the member states and, furthermore, to provide information about respective programmes. With the button Información one gets information texts about statutes, activities and objectives of the AUIP. Additionally, there is a list of member [...]
459 - Asociación Iberoamericana de Educación Superior a Distancia (AIESAD)
international; Latin America
This association has as objective the information, coordination and cooperation of distance study institutions in Latin America. The following fields are concerned: research, training of professors, promotion of the use of new technologies in distance study, development of instructional material, promotion of and participation in evaluation, quality assurance and certification [...]
460 - Regiones - Regions - Regiones
international; Latin America
Educational information can be accessed from this web site by firstly clicking the respective country and then activating the link "Education and Research" in the country web site. This provides a list of educational and training institutions and other relevant organisations.
Education Department
Puerto Rico; United States of America (USA); Caribbean
This web site provides a complex and detailed overview of development and current isues of education in Puerto Rico and the various offers of educational programs at many levels and in many educational fields. The homepage has the following main areas (buttons): mission and tasks of the Ministry (asuntos); organizational structure and responsibilities within the Ministry, [...]
462 - Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya (AQU Catalunya)
Spain
The main objective of this administrative body is to promote and evaluate quality in higher education in Catalonia, based on the resp. law. Other objectives are assessment, accreditation and certification of study programmes and of academic degrees and evaluation of the teaching staff. The web site provides details concerning these tasks, links to publications (among others [...]
463 - Bases de Datos de Tesis Doctorales (TESEO)
Spain
This web site provides an instrument for searching Spanish doctoral theses. These are equipped with the bibliographical entries and keywords / abstracts. Entering the keyword "pedagogia", in Jan 2004 resulted in 2799 titles.
464 - Consejo de Coordicanión Universitaria
Spain
The Council's members are the persons responsible for higher education in the regional governments, the heads of the universities and 21 representatives of the society. It executes various functions of higher education policy, e.g. creation and accreditation of universities, planning of study programs and diplomas, regulation of admission etc. The homepage has navigation [...]
National University Network
Chile
The cooperation National University Network (REUNA) is a cooperation initiative which, occasioned by research and higher education institutions, presents the only technological infrastructure of academic networks which work with research, education and innovation in Chile. REUNA is connected with international academical networks worldwide. Over this connection, members can [...]
National Counsil of Universities
Nicaragua
The council, consisting mainly of the ten heads of the country's tertiary institutions, is the administrative body which coordinates and advises the functioning of the universities and works out propositions for higher education policy. The web site provides texts about objectives, vision and mission of the CNU, the text of a law concerning autonomy of higher education [...]
Technical Institute of Training and Productivity
Guatemala
The Technical Institute for Training and Productivity (INTECAP) has the vision to be the leading institution in vocational training for workers and new labour force to enter into the labour market by creating and developing training programs of impact and fostering productivity as a significant contribution in the development of the country. The web site provides descriptions [...]
National Rectors Assembly
Peru
The Peruvian National Rectors Assembly has several functions to rise the quality of public and private universities and their administration, e.g. coordination and information of the member universities, development of regulations concerning minimal requirements for academic degrees or conflict solving within the universities. The web site provides information about these [...]
469 - Instituto Salvadoreño de Formación Profesional (INSAFORP)
El Salvador
This institut is the governing and coordinating body for the development of Salvadoranian vocational education. It develops and conducts programs for various fields of the labour market, plans the whole system of vocational education and advises employers to use human resources effectively. The web site provides information about the mission, strategic objectives and various [...]
Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Dominican Republic
The homepage of the ministry shows, beside a box about the ministry itself, the following areas: higher education ( institutions, scholarships, information technology in higher education, service and counselling, virtual library); science and technology (projects, service); the national information system. Furthermore, there are numerous hints on national, international and [...]
Rectors Conference of the Chilean Universities
Chile
The council of Chilenian university heads has as its main objectives to develop high quality research, to accredit the study programs and to create the prerequisites for a more equal access to higher education. The web site provides information about these objectives and the organisational structure of the council; mainly there are links to the member universities and to their [...]
472 - Ministerio de Educación, Portal Educativo "EDURED"
El Salvador
This educational portal provides access to the following information: General information (List of schools searchable via a database; teacher education; resources about moral and civic education and law education; programs and projects (stimulation of reading, English instruction in the primary sector, educational standards, distance education; information about curricula. A [...]
Deputy Ministry of Science and Technology
Bolivia
The Deputy Ministry for Science and Technology (VCyT) is subordinate to the ministry of education of Bolivia. It is responsible for the planification and the support of research, development and innovation activities of the country. The web site provides descriptions of the three departments of the Ministry: general university education, technical and technological education [...]
Early Childhood Education
Chile
This web site provides vast information about all issues of policy, reforms and programmes concerning pre-school education in Chile, about curriculum development and publications
Secondary Education
Chile
The web site provides information about a program for the amelioration of the secondary education sector, about technical vocational education and about the Project Montegrande with 51 liceos (secondary schools) participating in innovative initiatives.
476 - Oficina Regional de Educación de la UNESCO para América Latina y el Caribe (OREALC)
Latin America; Caribbean
The Regional Office of Unesco for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago de Chile provides on its homepage information about the following issues: programs and projects, activities and events, regional education statistics, publications and about the services of the Documentation Centre (data base, bibliographies). The menu point "laboratorio" offers texts about research [...]
Education Management
Uruguay
This department of the Education Ministry mainly has these functions: to promote the implementation of educational policy, to coordinate the entities of the administration at different levels, to collect statistical data, to enhance educational research, to organize further education courses etc.
Program for the Improvement of the Quality of Education
Costa Rica
The mission of PROMECE is to coordinate and execute the ressources of the project "Equidad y Eficiencia de la Educación" for equity and quality of the rural education in Costa Rica. A full text presents information about the mission, legal bases and beneficiaries of the Programme of Improvement of the Quality of Pre- school and Basic Education in Costa Rica.
479 - EduRed. Nuevos recursos para la enseñanza.
Latin America
This education server opens the access to teaching aids and curricular materials which are available on-line.
480 - Censo Matricular
El Salvador
This web site provides statistical tables with numbers and location of schools and pupils from 2005 until 2008 which are additionally subdivided in regions and sexes.
Survey System for the Quality of Education
Chile
SIMCE is the instrument for quality evaluation of all schools in Chile, based on annual examinations of students between the fourth to eight level of basic education and the second of middle schools. The web site provides the results since 1998, a description of the exams and examples of the questions.
Indicators of the Costarican Education System
Costa Rica
In the category `Indicadores`, this web site provides statistical data of the following areas: initial student numbers, enrolment rates, success at school, dropouts and class repetition, number of educational institutions and of personnel. In addition, the category `Boletines` offers bulletins which deal with diverse educational concerns. Furthermore, there is the category [...]
Higher Education in Chile
Chile
This web site provides comprehensive and detailed information about all issues of higher education. Particular features are: higher education statistics (see "SIES") and a searchable data base of all tertiary institutions ( see "directorio de instituciones").
Basic Education
Chile
This web site provides comprehensive and detailed information about basic education in Chile. Beside the general overview there are separate sites about rural basic education, intercultural and bilingual education and special needs education. Via the box at the right margin one can access new educational programs, curricula and other innovations; the link PME provides a [...]
Adult Education
Chile
This web site provides comprehensive and detailed information about adult education in Chile, mainly about the various programmes for completion of basic and middle education (where you can learn what?), the lifelong education programme "Chilecalifica" and literacy programmes.
486 - Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación
Spain
This agency's task is to improve the quality of the tertiary system by making public its performance through evaluation and other measures leading to certification and accreditation. The web site shows a navigation point "programas" which provides information about the five tasks: institutional evaluation, certification, accreditation, evaluation ot the professorate and [...]
487 - Instituto de la Juventud (INJUVE)
Spain
The main objective of the Institute of Youth (INJUVE) is to promote cultural communication between youth associations, develop and co- ordinate an information and documentation system, maintain international relations and co-operation in matters related to youth and promote youth exchanges at national and international level. The web site provides information about these and [...]
488 - Evaluación y calidad
Spain
This web site provides the texts of legal prescriptions which were promulgated in order to improve the quality of tertiary education. Texts of the results of respective evaluations are also offered.
489 - Comisión Nacional Evaluadora de la Actividad Investigadora (CNEAI)
Spain
This commission registers ans evaluates the research activities of university professors and other scientists regularly in a six-year period. The web site provides information about members, legal bases and the formal evaluation procedure and evaluation criteria. Educational research can be found in the seventh discipline "ciencias sociales..." on the homepage.
490 - Legislación universitaria
Spain
This web site provides information about higher education laws and prescriptions. It is arranged in 1) legislation conerning the students ( admission, scholarships, various degrees), 2) legislation concerning the higher education institutions themselves ( mainly administration) and 3) legislation for the teaching staff. There is also a link to the resp. database LEDA [...]
491 - Movilidad universitaria (España/Extranjero)
Spain
This web site provides access to the texts of legal prescriptions concerning international mobility of higher education staff and researchers (also post-graduate students).
492 - Alta Inspección de Educación
Spain
The Spanish educational inspection was created in order to guarantee a common management and administration of the education system and education policy in the State and the "Autonomous Communities" - the competencies and rights of these are laid down in the Constitution from 1978. The Inspectorate ensures that educational law with all prescriptions and contents is executed in [...]
493 - Centro para la Innovación y Desarollo de la Educación a Distancia (CIDEAD)
Spain
The homepage of the Institute for Innovation and Development of Distance Education gives access to texts about the study material offered, to distance courses for professors who are beginners in teaching in distance studies and for teachers in primary, secondary and adult education.
494 - Consejo Escolar del Estado
Spain
Unfortunately, the web site of this "School Council" doesn't provide any description of its tasks. The links on the homepage give access to texts about the organizational structure of the Council and its legal bases (which obviously define the Council's participation in the formulation of education policy in the country). The link "informes" provides annual reports of the [...]
495 - Instituto de Tecnologías Educativas
Spain
This web site provides access to a wide range of resources in the field of education and culture. Among others there is a centre for virtual learning. The links Webs de Centros and CC.AA. lead to the education services of the autonomous regions.
496 - Educación Digital a Distancia
Spain
This web site provides online-courses in Language and Literature, Mathematics, Physiks and Chemistry, Biology and Geology, Geography and History, English.
497 - Recursos para la educación secundaria
Spain
This web site provides access to online-curricular material for secondary education. Available subjects are natural and social sciences, ethic, languages, math, music and technology.
498 - Centro Nacional de Información y Comunicación Educativa (CNICE)
Spain
This website provides links covering the core tasks of the Centre: a search engine for websites of Spanish schools ( searchable via a map) , a list of curricular materials which are certified each year by the Ministry, the online Journal "Red Digital" covering the theme "information and communication technology in education", the international co-operation of Spain in this [...]
499 - Sistema Educativo Español
Spain
This is the initial page for information about the Spanish education system with a graphical representation of the system and links to its sub-systems.
500 - Leyes que regulan el Sistema Educativo y relaciones entre las mismas
Spain
This web site shows a graph of the development of education acts since 1970 and provides links to the texts of the respective laws.
501 - Educación infantil y primaria
Spain
This web site offers an introductory text about the two educational levels, including a timetable, and a link to search engines which enable searches for preschool and primary institutions in each province.
502 - Educación secundaria obligatoria
Spain
This web site provides an introductory information text about the secondary education system and its structure and curricular contents, a list of all legislative documents concerning secondary education and a link to a search engine with which individual schools can be searched.
503 - Bachillerato
Spain
This web site provides an extensive information text about the final examination of the secondary school, e.g. the various forms and grades of the examination (professional, technical etc.), the curriculum contents, the execution and legal prescriptions. Via a search engine one can search individual secondary schools.
504 - Legislación educativa
Spain
This database enables to search the texts of all educational laws and prescriptions which the Federal State or the provinces have promulgated.
505 - Comunidad Escolar. Periódo digital de información educativa.
Spain
This online-journal is edited by the Education Ministry and reports on the current developments in Spanish education policy. Further columns are: opinions, experiences, publications of books and resources, services like the texts of educational legislation and a job market. The numeral in the URL (here 725) indicates the issue number - the menu point "Otros numeros" provides [...]
506 - Educaguia. Portal de recursos educativos.
Spain
The homepage of this portal shows the following areas: a) educational centres of all levels and contents (universities, colleges, adult education etc.); b) courses and masters; c) associations of educational personnel; d) educational resources (curriculum material, libraries etc.); e) official bulletins; f) instructional software for all curriculum subjects; g) interchange of [...]
507 - Instituto de Ciencias de la Educación. (Univerdidad de Extremadura)
Spain
The two menue boxes on the homepage give access to information about die main fields of work of the institute and detailed information about study and postgraduate courses.
National Institute for Childhood and Family - Ecuador
Ecuador
The Mission of the INNFA is to propose, to support and to execute innovative solutions to the problems of children, adolescents and Ecuadorian families, especially the vulnerable and excluded groups of rights. The website provides information about the vision and mission, organization, the instruments for modernization and the various programs.
Integrated System of Social Indicators of Ecuador - Education
Ecuador
The Integrated System of Social Indicators of Ecuador (SIISE) is an innovative, public, autonomous instrument which unites and processes the available social statistics of Ecuador and presents them in an arrangement which is convenient for the evaluation of social politics. Also, it guarantees the permanent distribution of the data to the population. SIISE functions as [...]
510 - UNESCO Human Rights Education
international
The Human Rights Education Website yields information on the following topics: What is human rights education? Citizenship education, the UN decade of human rights education, strategy and action of the UNESCO, development and monitoring of international normative instruments, support for the development of regional and national capacities, production of educational materials, [...]
511 - UK National Reference Point for Vocational Qualifications (UK NRP)
United Kingdom; Europe
"UK NRP serves as a first point of contact for national vocational qualifications and accordingly is a central information resource for UK skilled worker, trade and technician level qualifications. UK NRP also acts as a national agency representing the UK in a European network of reference points for vocational qualifications in Member States."
512 - EduAlter.Red de recursons de la educación para la paz, el desarollo y la interculturidad.
Spain
This search engine finds bibliographical data, resources and persons / groups in the areas of peace education intercultural education and development education.
513 - Fondo Nacional de la Discapacidad (FONADIS)
Chile
This institution promotes the social integration of disabled persons and their equality of opportunities through an efficient administration of the financial resources which are placed at their disposal. The website provides information about various services, advice and subsidies for handicapped persons and about handicaps; e.g.legal regulations, institutions, technologies, [...]
514 - Búsqueda de centros escolares
Spain
This website allows to search a distinct school in Spain, either geographically via a map or according to levels or curriculum subjects.
515 - Asociación Mundial de Educadores Infantiles. World Association of Early Childhood Educators
international
The organization is a NGO for pedagogical renovation of early childhood education; the basic aim is to make it possible for every child under 6 years of age to exercise his right to an early educational service to fully develop his capacities. The website has links to information about games and toys, prevention of child abuse, the work projects of the association and a [...]
516 - Junta Nacional de Auxilio Escolar y Becas. Red Nacional de Apoyo al Estudiante (JUNAEB)
Chile
The objective of this organization is to accomplish equality of educational opportunities for all school children through various programmes - not only educational programs, but also nutritional programs and programs for health promotion. JUNAEB is a comprehensive network and is present in over 9.000 schools. The homepage leads to information about these programs and their [...]
517 - Modernización de la Formación Profesional en América Latina y el Caribe
Latin America; Caribbean
This is a text about the current state of vocational education in Latin America and the Caribbean and the future challenges for its modernization. Using the arrow at the end of each page, one can come to information about special projects in several countries of the region.
518 - Helping Your Child become a Reader
United States of America (USA)
This booklet published by the U.S. Department of Education includes activities for families with children from infancy through age 6 fostering reading. Articles with links and learning materials and bibliographies.
Escuela Nueva. Foundation Volvamos a la Gente
Latin America; Colombia; Guatemala
The foundation Escuela Nueva is an innovation in the area of basic primary education, especially in rural communities, focusing on community education, co-operative, active and participatory education, a strong connection to the community and a flexible transition of pupils to higher levels. The website provides information about the objectives of the organization and their [...]
520 - Instituto Nacional de Cooperación Educativa Socialista (INCES)
Venezuela
INCE is the leading and central organization of professional education in Venezuela and subordinate to the Education Ministry. It is responsible for the entire planning and implementation of vocational education policy and for the promotion of human capital training in certain economic sectors of the labour market. The homepage shows a text about the function of the institute.
National Education System of Argentina
Argentina
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]
522 - Sistema educativo nacional de Chile
Chile
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]
National Education System of Panama
Panama
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]
National Education System of Honduras
Honduras
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]
525 - Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) : Education
Latin America; Caribbean
The Bank was established in December of 1959 to help accelerate economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean; this is done by mobilizing resources for the region (using own capital, fund raising, supplementing private investment). The education website provides information about the work and projects of the Bank.
526 - Unidad der Desarollo Social y Educación
Latin America; Caribbean; North America
This unity of OAS is responsible for the areas of education, social development, labour market and employment policies and culture. It coordinates the programs of the member countries and helps to formulate the respective policies. The URL which provides the current working plan in English language is: http://www.oas.org/udse/ ingles2004/ frameset. html
Ministry of Education
Cuba
The web site of the Ministry of Education of Cuba (URL: http://www.cubaeduca.rimed.cu or http://www.cubagob.cu/des_soc/mined/mined.htm) doesn`t exist at the moment (stand: September 2011). This website provides a description of the activities of the Ministry.
Ministry of Education
Dominican Republic
The mission of the Ministry of Education (MINERD) is to regulate the Dominican education system according to the education laws and thus guarantee the equal right to quality education for every Dominican. This is possible by means of the formation of liberal, critical and creative Dominicans which are capable of participating and constructing a free, democratic, participative, [...]
Swiss Federation of Private Schools (SFPS)
Switzerland
The Swiss Federation of Private Schools (SFPS) is comprised of 240 schools, including some of the most significant and oldest in the country. About 100'000 pupils, students and apprentices from Switzerland and from over 100 countries, including Switzerland attend Swiss private schools.
530 - European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA)
Europe
The European Association for the Education of Adults is an association of non-governmental organisations actively involved in the development of adult education throughout Europe. The association is made up of more than 100 organisations in 34 countries (as of September 2005) . Die EAEA closely co-operates with UNESCO and the European Commission. Links on the homepage lead to [...]
531 - Conferencia de Rectores de las Universidades Españolas (CRUE)
Spain
The Conference of the Spanish University Principals in this website provides information about its mission and organization (commissions for many special agenda, e.g. student orientation), its political actions, the developments concerning the Higher Education Administration Law (LOU), international cooperation and statistical sources. Furthermore, there is a link list of all [...]
532 - Unesco's actions against HIV/
international
This website provides information about all preventive and educational activities of Unesco against AIDS.
National Statistic and Registers Institute: Education
Costa Rica
The categorie `Estadisticas` - `Social` - `Educación` offers statistical data of the National Statistical and Registers Institute (INEC) of Costa Rica. The data is ordered in two sections: The `Encuesta Nacional de Hogares` (ENAHO) offers information of a national survey of households about the education level of children of 15 years and above which is sorted by sex, region [...]
534 - Family Research Council
United States of America (USA)
In 1983, the Family Research Council incorporated as a nonprofit educational institution in the District of Columbia and fosters public debate and formulates public policy that values the family. Special information site on educational issues. Access to 'Ed Facts' analyzing fast-breaking education news with reagads to family policy, schools ( especially in the Washington [...]
535 - EducaRed
Spain
This abundant website addresses all persons working as educators - the thematic area is the use of Internet for educational purposes. The homepage provides the following sub-groups: (official) information texts for teachers; resources, i.e. link lists concerning educational software, curriculum materials for curriculum subjects and extra- curricular applications; forums for [...]
536 - Xarxa Telemàtica Europea per a l'Educació / European Telematic Network for Education
Spain
This is the website of a Catalonian project concerning computers in musical education. The English homepage offers the following texts: a tutorial about using computers in musical education; lesson plans belonging to this curriculum subject; internet resources about computers in musical education; the database TERLEDMUS with European popular songs and a multimedia dictionary [...]
537 - Formación del profesorado
Spain
The Centre of Educational Information and Communication (formerly PNTIC) provides this searchable database, which shall serve teachers to learn how to use information and communication technology in their classrooms. The homepage shows links to texts of teaching aids and information material to be used in distant study.
538 - Dialog mit den Bürgern - Irland - Informationen über das nationale Bildungssystem
Ireland
Information on the Irish education system, provided by the European Union. Useful list of addresses.
539 - Nationaal archief
Netherlands
The education section of the national archive contains information intended for students and teachers in Dutch secondary education. From relevant links to teaching packages, essay topics and guided tours ( Dutch history).
540 - Denmark.dk - Meet the Kids
Denmark
Interactive website for children/pupils providing general information on Denmark, its history, geography, politics, learning and daily life.
541 - Dänemark - Lebensbedingungen - Bildungssystem
Denmark
Short overview of the Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the Danish education system and the living conditions for families in Denmark.
542 - ODIN - Norwegen auf Deutsch
Norway
The ODIN Internet portal leads to information about Norway and the Norwegian society (in English, German...). The menu item "Norway as country" gives access to a comprehensive collection of articles, backgroundinformation and links. Further links e.g. to the education ministry, educational and research institutes and particular information on the Norwegian education system.
543 - Un modelo educativo sin futuro
Germany; Spain
This is a Spanish text about the public reactions in Germany concerning the German results in the PISA-study; partly compared with Spain.
544 - Programa de Promoción de la Reforma Educativa en América Latina y el Caribe (PREAL)
Latin America; Caribbean
PREAL seeks to help improve the quality and equity of education in Latin America and the Caribbean by promoting better education policy. Its objectives are: 1) build public and private sector support for educational reform; 2) strengthen public and private sector organizations working for educational improvement; and 3) identify and disseminate best education policies and [...]
545 - La medida de los conocimientos y destrezas de los alumnos. La evaluación de la lectura, las matematicas y las ciencias en el Proyecto PISA 2000.
international; Spain
This pdf-file is (160 pp.) the Spanish version of the introducing OECD text about PISA, including all tests and assessment items which was published at the beginning of the project.
546 - El projecto PISA de la
Spain
This text by Guillermo Gil Escudero only describes, basic characteristics, planning and implementation, structure and organization of the Spanish PISA study, but doesn't present the national results.
National Technologic Institute
Nicaragua
The institute defines the national policy in the field of technological education and plans, administers, implements, controls and evaluates the activities in this educational field. The website provides access to the programs and regional training centres, the text of the respective act, the organizational structure and special program and publications of INATEC.
548 - Inter American Research and Documentation Centre on Vocational Training (Cinterfor/ILO)
South America; Central America; Caribbean; Latin America; international
This website provides information texts of various kinds about problems of vocational training in the two Americas. Thematic areas are: labour competencies; quality management; youth, training and employment; women, training and work; trade unions and training. Publications of CINTERFOR and related links are also presented.
549 - Portals to the World: Selected Internet Resources: Spain (incl. Education)
Spain
This is a listing of Portals and Websites that provide links to resources relating to education for Spain, selected by subject experts of Library of Congress in 2001. One of these links at the country-specific homepage refers to "education" which is rather comprehensive.
550 - Waldorf education directory for Latin America
Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Ecuador; Colombia; Mexico; Peru; Uruguay
This website shows postal and internet addresses of Waldorf schools, teacher training institutions, teacher associations and school associations.
551 - Das Grundgesetz Finnlands (Fassung März 2000).
Finland
The new Constitution of Finland entered into force on 1 March 2000. This web site contains information on the new Constitution under the heading the constiution in full-text version and the development of constitutional law in Finland under the: The Finnish System of Government . The Constitution of Finland is available in English translation, as well as in a number of other [...]
National Statistical Institute: Education
Spain
The National Statistical Institute offers a large collection of data on the following topics: university education, transition to the labour market, adult education, education expenditure, pre-university education, information technology in education.
Ministry of Education
Argentina
The Ministry of Education of Argentina is an organ dependent from the National Executive Pover which elaborates, analyses and implements education policies and strategies. The website informs about every level of education and about Argentinian culture. Also, educational links are offered.
The Education Portal of Argentina
Argentina
Educ.ar is the Argentinian education server which provides information about school and higher education and offers a digital library covering all disciplines (including education). Various ways of interactive participating communication are accessible, too.
555 - Political universitaria
Argentina
This website of the Argentinian Education Ministry provides information about all issues of studying in Argentina and the higher education system. An index of the services offered and a thematic index give access to the texts.
National University Evaluation and Accrediation Committee
Argentina
The National University Evaluation and Accrediation Committee (CONEAU), part of the Education Ministry, is responsible for questions of evaluation and accreditation within the higher education system of Argentina. The website provides full texts with descriptions and basic texts regarding external evaluation, accreditation of curricula and courses, postgraduate study and [...]
Ricardo Ernesto Maduro Andreu Education Foundation
Honduras
The foundation is a private organization which has the aims to promote the consciousness for education in the Honduran population, promote research about educational realities in the country, influence education policy and reach a participation of the population in educational matters as large as possible. The website provides information about objectives, mission and vision, [...]
558 - Government of the Republic of Cuba: Education
Cuba
From the index page one can choose links from the headline "Desarrollo Social" which provide full texts, created by the Education Ministry, about the entire education system as well as general information about the social conditions of the country.
559 - Educational portal of the Americas
South America; Central America; North America; international
The mission of the portal is described as follows: "With links to over 4, 000 distance learning opportunities, fellowship programs, courses for the ongoing professional development of teachers and other related sites of interest, the Educational Portal encourages students, researchers, educators and all adult populations to improve their knowledge from the convenience of their [...]
Peruvian Colleges
Peru
The website presents links to secondary schools (colegios), educational associations, courses and programs, furthermore to information texts concerning several curriculum subjects.
561 - Auyantepui Educación
Venezuela
The link list is arranged into the following groups: academies, associations, libraries, academic centres, secondary schools, pre- school institutions, institutes and university institutes, portals, graduations, educational projects, resources, universities and their subdivisions.
National Administration of Public Education
Uruguay
This institution is the highest level board of educational administration in Uruguay. Links on the homepage provide information about activities and tasks of the various branches of educational administration: primary and secondary education, vocational training ( UTU) , teacher education and training (CERP and DFPD).
Colombian Association of Universities
Colombia
The Colombian Association of Universities (ASCUN) is the national non-governmental organization representing Colombian institutions of higher education; it cares for higher education policy, the cooperation of universities, improvement of higher education and higher education research. The web-site provides a directory of member institutions, information about the organization [...]
564 - Centro de Investigación y Documentación Educativa (CIDE): Biblioteca General
Spain
Online catalogue of the library of the Spanish Education Ministry; a simple bibliographical search tool is offered. With "materias" one can entry content index words
565 - Educarchile. El portal de la educación
Chile
This site provides full texts, articles and news relevant for the target groups teachers, students, researchers and families. Mainly the various opportunities for using information technology in education are concerned
Education
Colombia
The index point "Sociales" has a link "educación formal" which provides statistical tables (in Excel) with numbers of students, teachers and schools and the private higher education sector.
Ministry of Education and Culture
Paraguay
The fundamental objective of the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) of Paraguay is to guarantee a qualitative education to contribute to the improvement of life quality of the population. Also, it stimulates and develops investigation programs for education, research and technology, promotes the use of social communication media for education, develops and implements the [...]
568 - Secretaria de Estado da Educação: Pernambuco
Brazil
This is the Website of the Secretaria de Estado da Educação (State Secretariat of Education) of the Brazilian federal state Pernambuco. This is, so to speak, the "Ministry of Education" or "Department of Education" of this State, one of the 26 federal states of Brazil. The homepage offers above all links to matters of public school education, but also to other levels and [...]
569 - International Council for Adult Education (ICAE)
international
Established in 1973, the International Council for Adult Education (ICA E) is a global partnership of adult learners and adult educators and their organizations, and others who promote the use of adult learning as a tool for informed participation of people and sustainable development. In the emergence of knowledge-society the ICAE promotes lifelong learning as a necessary [...]
School as an Instrument of Peace (EIP)
international
The organization carries out its activities in the fields of human rights, peace and citizenship education. It proposes teacher training activities, curriculum strategy and content, as well as specific actions contributing to the development of attitudes, skills and knowledge for the enhancement of human rights, fundamental freedoms, and non-violent conflict resolution. The [...]
571 - World Education Forum
international
The World Education Forum (Dakar, Senegal, April 2000) was the first and most important event in education at the dawn of the new century. By adopting the Dakar Framework for Action, the 1,100 participants of the Forum reaffirmed their commitment to achieving Education for All by the year 2015 and entrusted UNESCO with the overall responsibility of co-ordination. Through this [...]
572 - Documentos de Educación: Bases de Datos
Spain
This website refers to nine databases on the following categories: Educational Journals; Education in the Press; Culture; Educational Legislation; Guide to enterprises and organizations in the education sector; children's and youth literature; professional books and curricular materials; Didactical CD-ROM; Didactical videos. These databases contain 70.000 records covering the [...]
573 - Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deportes
Venezuela
This very detailed and comprehensive website of the Education Ministry provides full texts mainly about the mission of the Ministry, legal texts and documents of the Ministry, about projects of amelioration and modernization of Venezuela's education, an access to databases about education statistics and administration, information about the services of the Ministry and links [...]
574 - Profiles Enhancing Education Reviews (PEER) - Unesco Education Profiles
Egypt; Ethiopia; Algeria; Angola; Argentina; Australia; Bahamas; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belarus; Belgium; Belize; Benin; Bhutan; Botswana; Brazil; Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Chile; China, People's Republic of; Costa Rica; Denmark; Germany; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Eritrea; Estonia; Finland; France; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guatemala; Grenada; Greece; Guinea; Guyana; Haiti; India; Indonesia; Iraq; Iran; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Yemen; Jordan; Cambodia; Cameroon; Canada; Kazakhstan; Qatar; Kenya; Colombia; Congo, Republic of the (Congo-Brazzaville); Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Congo-Kinshasa); Korea, Republic of (South Korea); Croatia; Cuba; Kuwait; Laos; Lesotho; Latvia; Lebanon; Libya; Lithuania; Luxemburg; Madagascar; Maldives; Malawi; Malaysia; Mali; Malta; Morocco; Mauritania; North Macedonia; Mexico; Mongolia; Montenegro; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nepal; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Netherlands; Niger; Nigeria; Norway; Oman; Austria; Pakistan; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Poland; Portugal; Rwanda; Romania; Russian Federation; Zambia; Saudi Arabia; Sweden; Switzerland; Senegal; Serbia; Zimbabwe; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sri Lanka; Saint Lucia; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Sudan; South Africa, Republic; Suriname; Syria; Eswatini; Eswatini; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Trinidad and Tobago; Chad; Czechia; Turkey; Tunisia; Ukraine; Hungary; Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu; Venezuela; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; Vietnam; Central African Republic; Cyprus, Republic of; international
The PEER portal is obviously the successor to the earlier Unesco Country Dossiers (see the Internet Archive). In contrast to these, the PEER portal focuses more strongly on the Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM) and on achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) "Quality Education". The country profiles contain the following topics:
Overview, Inclusion, Financing [...]
575 - Georgia Department of Education
United States of America (USA)
The Georgia Department of Education is the central governmental authority in this federal state of the U.S.A. It coordinates and regulates K-12 public education. A Board of Education supervises instruction in the public schools. Information of this website is mainly addressed to teachers, parents and pupils/students.- The following issues are focal points of these pages: [...]
Education Network - Links
Chile
The Chilenian education net has the task to enable and promote the use of information technology in schools. The web-site contains links to education web-sites and to full texts of articles in the Internet. The network provides resources in the areas of pre-school, primary and secondary school and vocational education. Within these categories the links are arranged according [...]
577 - Repertorio de Servicios Iberoamericanos de Documentación e Información Educativas
Latin America; Caribbean
The homepage provides access to the Ibero-American information and documentation service institutions in the education area via indexes of countries, the names of libraries and information centres, subjects and databases.
578 - Cyber Padres
Spain
Living with children - information about the world of childhood. This is the motto of this website which provides information for parents and children on issues of family education: responsibility of parents, school attendance, travelling with children, leisure time, events, club, rights of children and much more.
579 - Centro Interuniversitario de Desarrollo (CINDA)
Latin America; Europe
The Centre is an international academic institution which unites important universities in Latin America and Europe; its mission is to work with problems of the economic and social development of Latin America. The website provides texts about the tasks of CINDA, its program (promotion of science and technology), publications and seminars.
580 - Universidades de América Latina
Latin America
The 829 links (update march 2004) of all Latin American universities are arranged alphabetically according to the countries.
581 - The United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI)
international
The United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI) was launched in April 2000 at the World Education Forum in Dakar by former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Its goal is to narrow the gender gap in primary and secondary education and to ensure that by 2015, all children complete primary schooling, with girls and boys having equal access to all levels of [...]
582 - Primary and secondary education in Latin America
Latin America; Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Guyana; Colombia; Mexico; Peru; Venezuela
The homepage first presents links to international resources of literature, institutions, media, networks, reference books and other directories. Then, arranged according to the countries, links are provided to individual schools and other school-related institutions as well as to international resources which are relevant for schooling.
583 - Language Programs in Latin America
Latin America; Argentina; Brazil; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Guatemala; Mexico; Nicaragua; Bolivia; Peru; Dominican Republic; Venezuela
This website contains links to resources for those interested in studying Latin American languages abroad. It is arranged into country resources (alphabetically arranged), links to the individual Latin American languages, directories of language schools and international resources in the field of language studies.
584 - Higher Education in Latin America
Latin America; Caribbean; Virgin Islands of the United States; Argentina; Barbados; Belize; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; El Salvador; Ecuador; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Jamaica; Colombia; Cuba; Martinique; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Uruguay; Venezuela; United States of America (USA); France
This list provides, first, links to the higher education institutions in the countries (alphabetically arranged), followed by links to international higher education resources, international educational exchanges and to information about scholarships and grants.
585 - Distance Education in Latin America
Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru; Uruguay; Venezuela
In this link list, the institutions and working groups of distance education are arranged according to the countries. There are also links of the categories: online courses and training programs, international resources, and journals and writings.
Public and Private Universities: Republic of Panama
Panama
Link list of higher education institutions resident in Panama, including the "colegios" an distance study institutions.
National Library of Peru
Peru
The homepage of the Peruvian National Library has links with texts about its objectives and structure and to the databases and catalogues which are searchable online.
588 - Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE)
international; Canada; United States of America (USA); Latin America; Caribbean
As the only university organization that spans the entire continent of the Americas, the Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE) is engaged in promoting establishment of academic collaboration between its member universities by fostering mutual support and exchange of information and aims to contribute by this to the sustainable development of the quality of [...]
589 - Mexico University Directory
Mexico
The list is structured according to the administrative units of Mexico. Another list which is in alphabetical order can be found via http://www. unam.mx/cesem/uni.htm.
590 - United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
international
UNICEF, acting in about 160 countries is dedicated to meet basic needs of children, also in the field of basic education. The Children's Fund of the United Nations offers on its homepage a survey on its various acitivities. To get full texts on education a searchable database is available.
National Education System of Costa Rica
Costa Rica
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]
National Education System of Cuba
Cuba
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]
593 - Oficina de la OEI en Ecuador (Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura)
Ecuador
Official information page of the Ecuadorian representation of the "Organisation of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI)". It provides news, events, projects and more about education, science and culture in Ecuador. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
594 - Sistema educativo nacional de El Salvador
El Salvador
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]
595 - Sistema educativo nacional España
Spain
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]
596 - Sistema educativo nacional de México
Mexico
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]
National Education System of Paraguay
Paraguay
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]
National Education System of Peru
Peru
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]
National Education System of Uruguay
Uruguay
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]
600 - Sistema educativo nacional de Venezuela
Venezuela
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]
601 - Observatorio de le Educación Iberoamericana
Latin America; Spain
This network is an information system of the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) which provides information texts about the education systems of the member states prepared by the education ministries. The homepage contains texts describing this project and links to the texts about the respective countries [these have been entered in this database] and to the education [...]
602 - Formación Profesional
Spain
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports provides on these pages information on Vocational Education and Training. A list of links comprises among others: occupational categories, admission criteria, certificates, EU programmes and contact addresses in the provinces of Spain.
603 - Asesoria de Formación Profesional (Centro de Profesores)
Spain
Asesoria de Formacion Profesional stands for a meeting-point for teacher trainers in vocational education. This is a mixed website about transnational projects in Vocational Education Training for teachers and current activities for on-the-job training developed in Asturias.
National Education System of Bolivia
Bolivia
The link "indice" provides full texts (pdf-files) about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial [...]
Training Program for Intercultural Bilingual Education for the Andean Countries
Bolivia; Colombia; Chile; Ecuador; Peru
The programme for intercultural, bilingual education is a project of the Andes countries. Its main purpose is to promote the education of the indigenous people. The homepage informs about mission and actions of the programme: training of teaching staff, research, publications and documentation.
National Education System of the Republic of Colombia
Colombia
The site provides information about all levels and types of education in the country: socio-political background (policy, economy, state, administration, legislation, linguistic situation); history of education; legal basis and structure of the education system; educational administration and allocation of competencies; financing of education; initial education; compulsory [...]
607 - Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Educación (CIDE)
Chile
The Centre for investigation and development of education is anssion is the promotion of equal educational opportunities and active participation, mainly of the poor classes, by research, teaching and service. The homepage leads to full texts about the working fields and action programs: sc organisation of private law linked to the Jesuits. Its mihools and educational [...]
608 - Consejo de Educación de Adultos de América Latina (CEAAL)
Latin America; Caribbean
CEAAL is a federation of 210 adult education NGOs in all Latin American states. It promotes the "educación popular" by training of adult educators. Currently there are 6 thematic networks, namely for women's education, education of local leaders, education for peace and human rights, environmental education, communication and education. The homepage leads to full texts of [...]
609 - Bolivia Web - Education
Bolivia
The list presents links (annotated in English) to education centres and institutes, the universities and information about study abroad.
610 - Consejo Mexicano de Investigación Educativa (CMIE) Investigación Educativa A.C.
Mexico
The Mexican Council of Educational Research is an association aiming at coordinationg actions and interests of educational researchers and at promoting quality research. This homepage provides in tabular form information on status, organization and activities of the Council.
611 - Asociación Española de Orientación y Psicopedagogía (AEOP)
Spain
The Spanish Association for Orientation and Psychopedagogy is a professional association of people involved in orientation and counselling in the fields of education, work, business both in governmental as well as non-governmental institutions.- A tabular overview on the homepage provides access to information on character, objective, structure and activities of the [...]
612 - Asociación para la Investigación y el Desarrollo Educativo en Extremadura
Spain
Association for Research and Educational Development in Extremadura.- This website is thought as a interdisciplinary platform to exchange educational materials as in-service training tools. Collaborations are accepted.
613 - Education in Mexico the Education in Mexico
Mexico
The portal of the Secretariat of Public Education provides structured information on the following educational areas and levels: basic education, secondary education, higher education, indigenous education and technological education. Besides a variety of links is offered containing more information on education and training in Mexico. Focal point is the National Education [...]
614 - Merkblätter zum französischen Schulwesen
France
This website contains multilingual information about the French school system: nursery school; civics education; modern languages; education in the arts; information technologies in education; managing student educational difficulties; priority education; school education in figures; glossary of abbreviations. [English homepage: substitute D0039 for D0034 in the URL]
615 - Latin American Council of Social Sciences / Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)
Latin America
Founded in 1967, the network CLACSO now counts more than 580 participating institutes, centres and associations in more than 45 countries doing social science research on and in Latin America. Among the members and research subjects, you will also find educational ones. CLACSO moreover runs a network of virtual libraries and repositories with an overall search over more than [...]
616 - Red Escolar Nacional (RENa)
Venezuela
The school net of Venezuala provides curricular texts for various curriculum subjects; pupils are called to enter own texts. The sites are designed colourfully and adjusted for kids.
Adult University
Dominican Republic
Founded in april 1991, the distance university of the Dominican Republic (UAPA) is a private institution supported by a foundation. The website informs about the branches of studies and admission modalities. Furthermore, publications such as professional journals or university documents can be found.
618 - Instituto Nacional de Capacitacion Professional (INACAP)
Chile
INACAP is an organization, subject to private law, of the Chilenian entrepreneurs and the chambers of commerce and industry which provides programs of vocational training for many occupations in centres throughout the country, including continuing training and distance courses. The website gives information about these programs.
619 - Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC): Educación / Statistisches Amt: Bildung
Argentina
The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) is the technical government agency responsible for the coordination and supervision of all public statistical activities taking place in the Argentine territory. Under the heading "Sociedad" you can find statistics on education.
620 - masEducativa.
Bulgaria
This is a Spanish portal to educational information in the Internet. By clicking on "inicio" or "indice" a list of 13 portals or link lists ( directorios) is opened.
Cooperation for the Development of University Education
Ecuador
The non-governmental organisation Cooperation for the Development of University Education (CODEU) has the objective to support the academic staff of Ecuador in improving their didactic and pedagogic capacities. The website gives information about various support projects, e.g. distance study for professors and the program RTAC-II which, in co-operation with USAID, distributes [...]
622 - redined - red de bases de datos de información educativa
Spain
The databases REDINET contain information on educational research, periodicals, innovations in education and on didactical ressources produced in Spain. Via "Comunidades Autonomas" one can find regional resources.
623 - Direción General de Universidades
Spain
The information provided on this website of the Higher Education Department of the Education Ministry includes information about all issues of higher education policy such as legislation, evaluation of higher education staff and other evaluation issues, congresses, research etc.
624 - Instituto Nacional de Evaluación Educativa (INEE)
Spain
INEE, the National Institute for the Evaluation of the Education System, is a department of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science that depends on the General Secretary of Education and Vocational Training. It is located in the Spanish capital Madrid. Its main goal is to evaluate the quality of the education system. Important supplementary information will be found in [...]
625 - Confederación Española de Asociaciones de Padres y Madres de Alumnos (CEAPA)
Spain
The Spanish Confederation of Associations of Pupuls' Fathers and Mothers (CEAPA) units parents, whose sons and daughters are studying in public non-universitarian educational institutions. CEAPA is a state association of provincial and autonomous federations and confederations acting on behalf of parents. This homepage provides information on: objectives, government organs, [...]
626 - Confederación Católica Nacional de Padres de Familia y Padres de Alumnos
Spain
The National Catholic Association of Family Heads and Pupils' Parents was founded in 1929 to protect family interests and to make sure that their children in school receive an education according to their beliefs and convictions. The confederation promotes the unity and co-operation of family and school. At present it counts 51 provincial federations integrating a great [...]
627 - Revista Española de Pedagogía
Spain
The Revista Española de Pedagogía publishes three issues a year, which constitute a volume of about 600 pages. This website provides a table of contents and abstracts of the various contributions. Articles of previous years can also be found.
National Institute for Statistics and Informatics
Peru
The Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas e Informática (INEI), the central statistical office in Peru, offers education statistics on its website. The topics dealt with are analphabetism, teacher statistics, curricula, alumni and years of study in Peru. These educational statistics are accessible via the following path: Peru en cifras - indicadores sociales - educación.
629 - Condiciones de vida: educación
Venezuela
This site provides several links by which one gets tables with statistical information about education (numbers of students and teachers at the various levels, financial support for students).
National Institute for Youth
Uruguay
The National Institute for Youth (INJU) is responsible for all issues concerning adolescents and promotes the integration of youth into society by means of education, vocational education, counselling, health education, information, cultural and social work and other political activities. The homepage presents links to texts from these and other areas. The link "C. de [...]
631 - Consejo Nacional de Universidades (CNU)
Venezuela
The National Higher Education Council is the central office for higher education planning in Venezuela. At the homepage one can click: 1) a the results of the admission process to higher education, 2) statistics (until 1998) about numbers of students, teaching personnel and degrees, 3) information about the Council and some links.
632 - Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas: Cultura / Kultur- und Bildungsstatistiken Chile
Chile
The National Statistical Institute (INE) offers only few statistics on education most data relate to culture.
633 - Ciencia y Tecnología - Ministerio del Poder Popular para Ciencia y Tecnologia, Venezuela
Venezuela
The site of the Ministry of Science and Technology provides information about mission and activities of the Ministry and affiliated institutions, mainly concerning technological development. With "Indicadores y Estadísticas" one can find information about funding; human capital in science and research; and results of science policy.
634 - Ministerio de Educación
El Salvador; Central America
The site of the Ministry contains full texts of some areas of activity and projects of educational policy, e.g. about quality, modernization and funding of the education system. Furthermore, the Ministry presents itself and provides information about current issues (see "comunidad".
635 - Oficina Nacional de Estadística
Dominican Republic
The website of the national statistics office offers, amongst others, statistics on education. Under the rubric "Productos sociales - Educación", several statistics about the number of students in different institutes respectively regions, about the different education institutes as well as about the teaching staff can be found. The data cover a period of about 10 years.
Academical Network Uruguay
Uruguay
The Academical Network of Uruguay (RAU) is an association of the faculties and institutes of the National University and ov numerous other institutions of education and research. One focus is the promotion of the use of information technologies and the Internet for academic purposes. The site provides access to institutions with similar missions and to national, Latin-American [...]
Tarea - Association of Educational Publications
Peru
This organization promotes the democratic development of education and education policy in Peru, including both the local and national levels. High participation of the citizens and citizenship education are the leading principles. The website provides educational news and policy documents and a journal named "Tarea" - content pages of the journal can be viewed.
Executive Committee of the Bolivian University
Bolivia
The Executive Committee of the Bolivian University (CEUB) is the central joint body of the Bolivian universities and represents them against the state and abroad. The web site of this organization provides full texts about the structure and missions of the CEUB, documents mainly about study courses and degrees, university admission (also for foreigners), statistics and various [...]
National Accreditation Council
Colombia
The National Accreditation Council (CNA) is responsible for the accreditation of institutions and programs of higher education; the result of the evaluation process is a proposal about the accreditation which is given to the Education Ministry if the program seems appropriate. The website provides information texts about the structure and mission of CNA, the standards used, [...]
Colombia: Universities and Higher Education Institutions
Colombia
The website offers a link list of higher education institutions in Colombia and some further education links.
Education in Panama
Panama
Link list of public and private higher education institutions and colleges in Panama. The main text of the homepage contains annotated links of further education related institutions.
642 - International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)
international
The IIEP was established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1963 as a specialized centre for training and research in the field of educational planning and management. It was set up to meet the critical needs of UNESCO Member States - many of which were newly-independent - that sought to improve their educational systems. Thhe [...]
643 - Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (OEI)
Caribbean; Latin America; Spain; Portugal
OEI is an international organization of the Ibero-American countries which promotes the co-operation in the fields of education, science and culture and has a "governmental" character. Its aim is to advance an integrated development of the region in these matters. The website offers (see "que es la OEI?") information about the organizational structure, implemented activities [...]
644 - Centro de Recursos Documentales e Informáticos (CREDI)
Caribbean; Latin America; Spain; Portugal
The institution is the information and documentation centre of OEI (see there), responsible for educational documentation in the Ibero-American countries. The website provides access to all information services: searching in the CREDI databases, selective dissemination of information, catalogue of new acquisitions of journals and monographs in the CREDI library, indexes of [...]
645 - Centro de Cooperación Regional para la Educación de los Adultos en América Latina y el Caribe (CREFAL)
Caribbean; Latin America; Central America
Unfortunately there is no text describing the mission of the Centre. The main task seems to be the training of adult education teachers - the respective courses and seminars are presented. There are further links to discussion forums, conferences and about the library and documentation centre and a link list of related web-sites.
646 - Red Latinoamericana de información y Documentación en Educación (REDUC)
Caribbean; Latin America
REDUC is a network representing the regional centre for educational information and documentation in the Latin American countries which collects and disseminates literature and research documents about education in the region. It consists of 22 centres in 19 countries. The site contains a description of the tasks and work of REDUC and information about publications, training [...]
647 - Le Fabert. (L'enseignement privé en France)
France
This URL provides all information about the private education sector in France. Among others there are links to texts about further education and labour market in this sector, publications and information materials.
National Ministry of Education Colombia
Colombia
The website of the Colombian Education Ministry provides information about the mission and objectives of education in Colombia (peace, equality), assessment and accountability, and access to relevant material for the different sectors (from pre-primary to tertiary education).
649 - Educación y formacion por pais
Latin America; Spain
Link list in alphabetical order of the countries.
650 - Global Links Television: Education
international
"Global Links Television", an award-winning documentary series produced by the World Bank Institute, is licensed to over 60 broadcasters around the world. Video cassettes are also used for educational purposes in secondary schools, universities, and professional seminars.-The Education for all series examines the experiences of three countries that undertook bold and [...]
651 - Consejo Nacional de Educación (CNED)
Chile
The CNED is a public and autonomous institution with the mission of accreditation, control, evaluation and quality assurance of the private higher education sector (strongly represented in Chile). The homepage leads to full texts about the accreditation process, its legal basis (regulations), implementation, methods, instruments (handbooks) and to a guide for students and [...]
652 - Junta Nacional de Jardines Infantiles (JUNJI)
Chile
JUNJI is an autonomous institution associated to the Education Ministry. Its mission is to plan and promote the (free of charge) education of children from 3 month to 5 years of age in various establishments of preschool education. The site gives information about tasks, organization and programmes of this institution.
653 - Sociedad Española de Educación Comparada (SEEC)
Spain
The website of the Spanish Society of Comparative Education provides information about the Society, the publications of its members and other relevant publications concerning comparative education, indexes of the SEEC journals, actualities and interesting issues for comparatists. A link list of national and international research and documentation centres, international [...]
654 - Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN)
Mexico
The National Polytechnical Institute is the leading tertiary educational institution in the field of technology. The institute with its activities renders a significant contribution to instruction and research as well as to the dissemination of findings of science and technology. On the websites the user can find information on the calendar of studies and on issues of [...]
655 - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica (CIDE)
Mexico
The Centre for Research and Business Education is a higher education institution specialized in the field of social sciences. For more than 25 years experiences have been gained which are utilized to acquire and spread knowledge on essential issues of contemporary social reality. Providing specific and modern core programmes of high quality and priority a contribution is to be [...]
656 - Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI): Educación / Bildungsstatistik Mexiko
Mexico
INEGI provides geographic, demographic, social (including educational) and economic information on Mexico. It provides the public service of statistical and geographic information.
657 - European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE)
Europe
The European Trade Union Committee for Education represents 81 teachers' unions in 19 EU Member States and EFTA countries. The ETUCE has also associated member organisations in the Central and Eastern European countries. The website offers the calendar of activities, information on decisions of the Executive Board, a newsletter and references to publications.
Ministry of Higher Education
Cuba
This website offers an overview regarding the mission of the Ministry od Higher Education in Cuba. Its main functions and objectives in view of personality development of undergraduates are explained in fulltexts. In this context politico-ideological values as well as aspects concerning the economic development of the country play an important role.
659 - European School Headmasters Association (ESHA)
Europe
ESHA is an international organisation whose members include heads and deputy heads of secondary schools throughout Europe, including both EU members and non-member states. ESHA's aim is to increase communication between European Secondary Heads and Deputy Heads from 30 European countries and to provide opportunities for sharing information and developments in the field of [...]
Bet El Institute
Argentina
The Instituto Bet El A-743 offers an educational programme which is implemented as a special project of the Ministry of Education of Argentina. Pre-school education and five years of primary education are followed by grades 6 and 7 (Intermediate Level). At this level, teaching is particularly orientated towards the development of cognitive, affective and social competencies. [...]
661 - Centre National des Oeuvres Universitaires et Scolaires (CNOUS)
France
The Centre and its 28 Regional Centres attends the improvement of living conditions of the French students, offers service for foreign students and promotes student mobility in Europe. Full texts about coming to France to study, international relations, European programmes concerning the mission of CNOUS, student social services in France.
662 - Sistema Nacional de Evaluación de Desempeño de los Establecimientos Educacionales Subvencionados 2002-2003 (SNED)
Chile
The SNED evaluates the schools in Chile. A general overview and an text about methodological issues are accessible - evaluation results of specific regions, communities or schools are accessible only for registered customers.
663 - Formation and Employment Advice
Spain
This website provides a searchable database and link list through which all educational institutions in Spain can be found. The homepage shows four groupings: higher education, postgraduate studies, "Colegios" (i.e. pre-school and school), vocational education. Additionally, there are various services and information about special areas e.g. e-learning
664 - Instituto Nacional de Empleo
Spain
The INEM network server includes background information (Framework, Adress and telephone numbers), services offered to the citizen (Employment, Unemployment benefit, Vocational training, Workshops and Handicraft Centres), statistics (monthly advance of unemployment, rate recorded, Employment arrangements, recorded contracts, training courses), specific legislation and further [...]
665 - Revista electrónica de investigación educativa
Mexico
The contributions to the journal can be viewed and downloaded, except the articles of the current issue.
Colombian Institute for the Promotion of Higher Education
Colombia
The Colombian Institute for the Promotion of Higher Education is subordinate to the Education Ministry and responsible for planning and implementing all higher education policy initiatives. The homepage has 4 links which lead to full text information: 1) The institute: its departments and mission, including research and information. 2) Online services: the information system [...]
General Direction of Culture and Education of the Province Buenos Aires
Argentina
The General Direction of Culture and Education of the province Buenos Aires implements national educational policy at provincial level according to regional particularities. The Institution has an Educational Information and Documentation Centre.
Ministry of Education and Culture
Uruguay
The tasks of the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) of Uruguay are to advance the development of the Uruguayans through further training and formation on different levels and with different education programs, to increase the participation of civil society in administration, together with the local government, directors and teachers, to strengthen the autodevelopment of [...]
Foundation for an Open and Distance Learning Education System “Hernandarias”
Argentina
The System Educación Abierta y a Distancia "Hernandarias" (SEADH) is an Argentinian attempt to establish Open and Distance Learning facilities according to the Open University model in Great Britain and other countries as an alternative to traditional learning.
University Association of Interconnective Networks
Argentina
The University Association of Interconnective Networks (ARIU) is a joint enterprise of the national universitites and university institutions of the Consejo Interuniversitario Nacional (CIN), which was founded with the purpose to manage the university networks to facilitate the information communication of national universities on the national and the international level and [...]
Pestalozzi School
Argentina
Established in 1934, this school served children of emigrants to be taught in a spirit of democracy and freedom based on ideas of Pestalozzi. Today it is a successful bilingual school offering education from kindergarten to the secondary school leaving certificate of Argentine. Teachers of this school are recruited from Argentine and Germany.
National Statistics Institute
Bolivia
Statistical tables with data from 1992 to 2008 can be reached from the homepage of the National Statistical Institute via the path "estadisticas sociales" - "educación". The information can be specified in view of the theme, the space of time, the period and the characteristica.
673 - Instituto Latinomericano de la Comunicación Educativa
Latin America
The Latin American Institute for Educational Communication was established in 1956. It is a regional institution for the respective Unesco Member States. The institute is expected to render a contribution towards an improvement of education by applying the new information and communication technologies. On the website the user can find links to the school net, to educational [...]
674 - Ministerio de Educación Pública del Peru
Peru
The pages of the Peruvian Education Ministry are providing full text information concerning all issues of education and education policy in this county, the Ministry and its activities and mission, projects of modernization, publications and events (congresses), statistical diagnoses and analyses.
675 - Secretaría de Educación Pública (Gobierno)
Mexico
This homepage of the SEP offers a comprehensive overview on the organization and structure of the education system and provides an orientation with regard to the abundance of educational opportunities. Besides official documents are available.- In the centre of current educational developments particular attention is paid to a reform of Basic Education (more than 6 million [...]
676 - Red de Educación Continua de la
Mexico
REDEC is a network of UNAM, the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, in the field of continuing education. This homepage offers information on current events, documents and continuing education courses by using modern technologies.
Ministry of Education of Guatemala
Guatemala
The homepage of the Education Ministry provides an overview of all questions of education and education policy in this country. The links are leading to project and program descriptions of the Ministry (educational reform, literacy, educational planning), educational indicators and statistics. The education law and other documents concerning the Ministry's policy are offered [...]
678 - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Mexico
The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México is one of the leading institutions at tertiary level in this country. It is famous for its high standards in view of teaching and research, particularly in the field of educational sciences and culture.- On this website the university provides information characterizing its profile: the provision of Open Education; Distance [...]
679 - Ministerio de Educación
Chile
The homepage of the Chilenian Education Ministry is leading to full text information about the Ministry, the preschool, school and higher education system and reforms in these areas, cultural activities and one discussion forum named "round table". The education statistics may be shown as full texts, but individual searches in the statistical data base are also possible. Links [...]
Ministry of Public Education
Costa Rica
The web-site of the Costa Rican Ministry of Public Education (MEP) are rather extensive and well designed. The homepage is leading to full text information about education policy, education statistics, instructional information, information for children, youth and families (e. g. leisure activities and sports) and information for teachers (e.g. laws, educational [...]
Ministry of Culture and Education
Argentina
The homepage of the Ministry of Culture and Education has full texts, graphs and links referring to the following areas: education system, educational law, structure and organization of primary, secondary and tertiary education and fields of international cooperation as well as adult education. A comprehensive educational reform in 2000 changed the structure and contents in [...]
682 - Education Review
United States of America (USA)
ER publishes review recently published books in education. ER contains sixteen departments covering the range of educational scholarship, and is intended to promote wider understanding of the latest and best research in the field. All articles are published on-line, with current articles archived on the ER web page and disseminated via an e-mail distribution list (listserv) [...]
683 - Ministère du Travail, de l`Emploi et de la Santé
France
The French Ministry of Labour and Health is also responsible for vocational education and has installed an own department for this section (Formation professionnelle / Apprentissage). The URL is the entry to this area which offers full texts on the legal basis of work and vocational education, research and statistics and links to publications and documents and to the regional [...]
Goetheanum - School of Spiritual Science and General Anthroposophical Society
Switzerland
The Goetheanum is the headquarters for the School of Spiritual Science and the General Anthroposophical Society. The School of Spiritual Science with its eleven sections is active worldwide in research, development, teaching, and the practical implementation of its research findings and is supported by the Anthroposophical Society.
685 - L´Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)
international; Francophone Countries
Due to its presence on nearly every continent, AUF (Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie) is considered as a worldwide network of higher education and research institutions in the French-speaking countries. Piloted by its head office in Montréal (Canada) and supported by the central service office in Paris (France), this university association is operating under several [...]
686 - Observatorio Ciudadano de la Educación (OCE)
Mexico
OCE is a private organization of researchers, teachers, parents and other citizens who watch the development of Mexican national education and education policy and make critical propositions. The website offers discussion forums and publishes contributions of members about education policy matters.
687 - Commission d´évaluation de l´enseignement collégial du Québec (CEEC)
Canada
The Commission d´évaluation de l´enseignement collégial du Québec (CEEC) is an – from the government independently acting – organization whose evaluation mandate covers most aspects of college education, with special emphasis on student achievement and programs of studies. Legislation attributes the power to evaluate and make recommendations, as well as declaratory [...]
688 - Association Nationale pour la Formation Professionelle des Adultes (AFPA)
France
The AFPA is the largest organization in the field of adult professional education in France and Europe. Its tasks are counselling, advice and information for employees and job seekers as well as for State and Territorial administrations and employers in the administration of human resources. The homepage has links to training programs, the various services for employers and [...]
689 - Eduteka
Colombia
The foundation which operates EDUTEKA aims at promoting the quality of basic and middle school education in Colombia through the use of information and communication technology. For this purpose the website provides a variety of resources, texts, curriculum materials, projects and standards about ICT and its use in education.
690 - Comité National d'Evaluation des établissements publics à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel (CNE)
France
This institution examines and evaluates universities, schools and other (cultural) establishments in charge of the Education Ministry. It prepares recommendations for improving quality and efficiency of the French education system. The homepage contains links to: a description of CNE, contact addresses, phone numbers and e-mail numbers of CNE, full-text information of [...]
691 - Materials curriculars
Spain
Shis URL gives acces to a searchable database which collects and organizes relevant information on all areas of the curriculum, along with other materials and information of use in carrying out educational activities generally. It aims to be the documentary database at the service of ALL teachers in the Catalan education system.
692 - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
international
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization was founded in 1946 as organization of the United Nations specialized for education, sciences, culture and communication. The main objective of UNESCO is to contribute to peace and security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science, culture and communication in order to [...]
693 - Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS)
international
CORDIS provides on its website information on a vast range of research, development and innovation activities undertaken on a European level. CORDIS is the starting point for: keeping up-to-date on current research, establishing strategic directions and making policy decisions, identifying potential funding sources for research and technological development, finding partners [...]
694 - UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE)
international
The International Bureau of Education (IBE) is the UNESCO institute specializing in educational contents, methods and structures. Its overall mission is to contribute to the attainment of quality Education for All (EFA). To this end, the IBE builds networks to share expertise on curriculum development in all regions of the world, and aims to introduce innovative approaches in [...]
695 - Confederación Española de Centros de Enseñanza
Spain
The Spanish Confederation of Teaching Centres was founded in 1977 and is an association which represents the major part of private education in Spain. This website provides information on educational opportunities offered by more than 5.000 institutions in the non-universitary sector, in particular related to issues of teaching.
696 - Sociedad Espanola de Pedagogia
Spain
This society is dedicated to the fields of educational research and pedagogics and offers on its homepage information about the S. E.P. and its activities as well as electronic publishing.
697 - Pangea - Comunicació per a la Cooperació
Spain
PANGEA is a service institution for communication through cooperation. It provides information in Catalan language on activities, persons and service in the educational sector.
698 - Asociación Interuniversitaria de Investigación en Pedagogía Interuniversitäre Vereinigung für pädagogische Forschung
Spain
The Interuniversitary Association for Pedagogical Research offers a wide range of information for educational research reaching from electronic publications and the provision of teaching aids up to the organisation of virtual conferences. The association is a member of the European Educational Research Association (EERA).- The user can find a great variety of links to [...]
699 - LIBDEX-The Library Index: Spain
Spain
This homepage offers an opportunity to reach more than 16.800 libraries world-wide by means of a powerful search engine. Users have to insert a keyword or part of the name of the respective library for getting access. With the entry "Spain" 20 links to Spanish libraries are provided, including pedagogical ones.
700 - Eurydice / Eurypedia - National Education Systems: Spain
Spain
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides comprehensive country profiles on education systems in Europe in its "Eurypedia". All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit responsible for regularly [...]
701 - Zeitschriftenindex "Revista Investigación Educativa"
Spain
This website offers topic-related data from the recently published issues of the journal, in particular on evaluation, achievement and quality assurance in schools as well as analyses for decision-making and school administration.
702 - Revista de Educación
Spain
Revista de Educación is a quarterly published journal of the Instituto Nacional de Calidad y Evaluación (INCE), which belongs to the Secretaría General de Educación y Formación Profesional of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports in Spain. On the website the recently published issues on twelve subject categories are offered dealing among others with student [...]
Program of the new information and communication technologies
Spain
The centre is subordinated to the Ministry of Education and Culture. By means of its programme it inspires and supports the spreading of new technologies at non-universitary level in particular in the areas of preschool education, primary and secondary education.- On this homepage possibilities are explained which the Internet offers in view of interpersonal and [...]
Books, archives and libraries. Catalogues of the public state libraries.
Spain
This list of links offers access to the public archives and libraries in the ten autonomous regions of Spain.
National library of Spain
Spain
The homepage of the National Library offers information on catalogues, consultation rooms, the Spanish Focal Point, international cooperation, services, publications and resources of bibliographic interest. Besides there is reference to expositions and collections.
706 - Bases de Datos de Recursos Didácticos
Spain
This database of didactical resources offers on its homepage links to child literature, youth books, teacher guides, curricular materials as well as to educational software and didactical videos.
707 - Aula Mentor - Tutoría telemática por Internet
Spain
The project MENTOR "Telematic tutorials via Internet" is a system in the framework of Open and Distance Learning initiated by the Centro Nacional de Información y Comunicación Educativa (CNICE) of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports. It is a specific form of teaching and learning by applying new technologies, in particular the Internet. The telematic tutor is a [...]
708 - Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Spain
The homepage of the National University of Distance Education ( UNED) offers among other things information on the organization and structure as well as on the aims and activities of this educational institution. The user can find links to about 40 associated centres of this Open University in Spain. The UNED also operates a net of external centres in different parts of the [...]
709 - Generalitat Valenciana - ServiCEC (Conselleria de Cultura y Educacio)
Spain
The group of autonomous government institutions of the Valencian Community constitutes the Valencian Generalitat. Since 1991, the Valencian Generalitat has made significant investments in communications and interconnection of equipment, with a clear goal: modernisation of the administration (distance administration) and reduction of the time and paperwork involved in [...]
710 - Consejería de Educación - Junta de Andalucía
Spain
This clearly structured homepage of the Council for Education in Andalusia provides an overview on the structure and function of the Consejería and on its branches in various cities and on central services in the province. There is also a link to the School Council of Andalusia.
711 - Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deportes
Spain
The Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deportes offers profound information on the "new" education system in Spain (LOGSE) and on educational reforms on the Canary Islands. A comprehensive list of links includes teaching aids and other assistance. Particular attention should be paid to the collection of links regarding educational law and legislation.
712 - Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional
Spain
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports in Spain is responsible for all areas and levels of education in the country. There is an organizational chart of the Ministry on the website. According to the different responsibilities of this governmental institution links to educational institutions in the field of vocational training and adult education are available as well [...]
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