Merged template revised with visible commentary

(VISCED staff should copy across any Re.ViCa information on universities and polytechnics but should not create any new information or even update any information unless it is quick to do so.)

(Read other pages to ensure you are not providing too much detail.)

(Detailed information on relevant ministries, agencies and institutions should be created on separate pages and linked in to this page.)

by authorname authorsurname

(Replace by name(s) of lead author(s) and also cite the main Re.ViCa author.)

Partners and Experts in Country

(This should include VISCED partners in the country, or partners from other current/former relevant projects such as Re.ViCa, as well as members of IAC and other experts in universities, key ministries or agencies.)

Country in a nutshell

Enter a few sentences - focus on name(s) of country, location, population, capital city.

(Please look for up to date information especially for population.)

Education in Country

(Overview of all sectors (schools and post-secondary), focussing on laws, statistics, organisation, ministries and agencies.)

(If already in page, make the Re.ViCa header Education Policy in Country a subheader of Education in Country.)

Schools in Country

(Cover pre-primary, primary and secondary (all kinds including vocational.)

(Please include an introduction to schools and a list of schools. If there are too many schools in this country, link to an external list of all the schools (on Ministry’s website or Wikipedia) and list the most important ones: well-known school or exemplar.)

(Make sure you include private schools - non-profit, e.g. foundations. and for-profit.)

(Include a section on homeschooling if applicable.)

Further and Higher education

Universities in Country

(This should already cover public and private - non-profit and for-profit - including open universities.)

Polytechnics in Country

(This should already cover polytechnics, universities of applied sciences, university colleges etc - and public and private - non-profit and for-profit - including open polytechnics.)

Colleges in Country

(Colleges with university-level provision - such as US community colleges - sbhould be covered here unless they have over 50% university-level provision, in which case they should be covered under Polytechnics in Country.)

(Cover public and private - non-profit and for-profit.)

Education reform

(Focus on the last 10 years at most.)

Post-secondary

(Divide into universities, polytechnics and colleges if need be.)

(VISCED authors should focus just on colleges.)

(If already in page, make The Bologna Process a subheader of universities.)

(Copy any Re.ViCa information on universities and polytechnics but do not create or update any information.)

Administration and finance

Schools

(Describe any issues of school fees or other costs if state schools are not free.)

Post-secondary

(Divide into universities, polytechnics and colleges if need be.)

(For colleges, describe the student fees regime if colleges charge student fees.)

Quality assurance, inspection and accreditation

Schools

(Describe the inspection agencies.)

Post-secondary

(Subdivide as necessary - QA for HE is usually very different from QA for colleges.)

(For colleges, describe the accreditation regime and the QA agency or agencies relevant to colleges.)

Information society

(For some background on this rather vague but still pervasive concept see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_society.)

(Overview, focussing on laws, statistics, world rankings, ministries, agencies and initiatives.)

(Include any Re.ViCa material from the section Country's HEIs in the information society.)

ICT in education initiatives

Virtual initiatives in schools

(Include virtual schools, virtual classes, schools consuming virtual classes, and other initiatives including not-schools and services for homeschoolers.)

(Create a separate wiki page per "school" and add here a short introduction and link to the separate school wiki page.)

Virtual initiatives in post-secondary education

(For important countries you will want to divide this into universities, polytechnics and colleges.)

(Include virtual campuses and virtual universities - distance education- as well as on-campus initiatives.)

Lessons learnt

(You cannot write this until other material is complete and you have had time to review it.)

Notable practices

(Include exemplar practices (ones to follow) as well as practices to avoid.)

References

(Cite the relevant Wikipedia, OECD, UNESCO, EU, EUN, ICT4D, etc reports.)

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(Don't forget to change Category:Pangaea to the relevant country.)

(Also add relevant containing continent or continental/oceanic/political (sub)regions.)

(Also add categories for language communities.)