ENVIRONMENT-EUROPE:  Education Ministers Step In
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BELGRADE, Oct 12 (IPS) - Representatives from 51 countries agreed at a  three-day conference in Belgrade this week to undertake new  environmental improvements to build sustainable development.
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Ministers are outlining plans to close the UK's skills gap with other developed countries and boost basic training.
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Schools in England are given religious teaching guidelines aimed at promoting "understanding and respect".
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The education minister  is embroiled in an exchange of words over a teaching scheme for graduates backed by Tony Blair.
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On 24 November 2004 Ms Petra Buzkova, the Czech Republic Minister of Education, Youth and Sport, and Mr Lars FredEn, Head of ESA's International Relations Department, signed the Plan for European Cooperating ...
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Climate change, slavery and healthy cooking feature in a new curriculum for England's 11 to 14-year-olds.
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Europe's programme for funding scientific research in the member states is a step closer to being adopted.
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Scientific advisers to the government emphasize in a report the importance of teaching evolution in public schools.
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Â· Diplomas must be given equal weight with A-levelsÂ· Pupils should consider all options, says minister
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Smaller schools and scrapping AS-levels are among the proposals from a Tory working group.
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England's new education secretary stresses parents' responsibilities in their children's education.
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EU environment ministers agree in principle to cut emissions by 20% by 2020, and seek a global 30% cut.
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The education secretary is giving schools more time to agree plans for dealing with disruptive pupils.
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The pace of international climate negotiations need to be "accelerated considerably", EU ministers warn.
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European Union officials this week will aim to reduce corporate influence and make polluting more expensive.
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In an atmosphere of blockades by French fishermen and anger from Spain and Poland, the European Union&#39;s fisheries ministers have reached several compromises designed to restore what some say are dangerously low levels of several species.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Environment ministers  from 80 countries met on Wednesday for the final days of a U.N.  conference on climate change that has been unable to crack U.S.  resistance to join international efforts against global  warming.