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08.09.2009 International Literacy Day
Almost 4 million inhabitants of our planet can read and write. Although the number of literate people increases each year, the fight against illiteracy still remains a pressing problem: over 860 million adults are still illiterate and more than 100 million children do not even go to school. The annual International Literacy Day has been celebrated on UNESCO’s initiative since 1966. The period of 2003-2012 was proclaimed the Literacy Decade in a UN General Assembly Resolution...
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04.09.2009 The Season of Theatre Anniversaries
In September-October the cultural life of Kharkov will be marked by the beginning of the new theatre season. Many Kharkov theatres will stage premiere performances, and the Opera House is to host a new experimental theatre.On 16 September Kharkov’s Academic Opera House will start its 136th theatre season with the premiere of the opera “The Little Shoes” (Cherevichki) by Tchaikovsky. Also, on 17 September theatre goers will be able to see the classical ballet “Swan Lake” performed on the stage of the Opera House’s Great Hall...
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01.09.2009 September – another step towards the light of knowledge
September marks the symbolic Day of Knowledge. The Stella Systems Company wishes all schoolchildren to be successful in their learning and wishes schools to have enthusiastic students. This year around 10,000 first-graders will start their studies at Kharkov schools, the head of the city’s Board of Education Olga Demenko said.According to Demenko, recent years have seen the number of first-graders...
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In honour of the State Flag Day and the Independence Day of Ukraine a Ukrainian “vyshyvanka” shirt (a Ukrainian traditional embroidered shirt) was put on Duc de Richelieu’s Monument in Odessa and part of Potyomkinska Stairs was covered with the Ukrainian flag. In addition, on 24 August people dressed in vyshyvankas (see above) lined up on Potyomkinska Stairs. Moreover, on 23 August young people raised the Ukrainian flag measuring 12 by 18 metres over Potyomkinska Stairs...
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18.08.2009 Ukrainian Followers of Einstein Win Bronze
On 21-28 July the Chinese city of Tianjin hosted the International Young Physicists' Tournament (IYPT 2009). The students of Richelieu Lyceum (Odessa) valiantly defended the honour of Ukraine at this contest. The team consisted of: Dmitry Fleita (the team captain), Vadim Asofailo, Alexander Chaikovsky, Tatiana Britaevskaya, Irina Brynza. The lyceum’s physics teachers Alyona Grigorievna Filatova and...
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12.08.2009 Ukrainian “Zany Fairy Tale” will take part in a major international film festival
The Ukrainian-Estonian feature film “Zany Fairy Tale” (2008) directed by Roman Shirman at the Kyiv film studio has been selected as a contestant at the 10th International Children’s Film Festival of China, which is being held 9-14 September 2009, the press service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Tourism said. It is one of the biggest and most prestigious children’s film festivals in the world...
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07.08.2009 Chuguyivsky district’s public administration Department of Education has joined EDUkIT project
We are pleased to inform you that Chuguyivsky district of Kharkov region has recently joined the EDUkIT project. We expect that in the short run you will be able to get acquainted with the full version of the site of Chuguyivsky district’s public administration Department of Education . We believe that the increasing number of EDUkIT participants is indicative of the project’s constant development...
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04.08.2009 Ukraine at the International Mathematical Olympiad for High School Students
From July 10 to July 22, 2009, Bremen (Germany) hosted the 50th Anniversary International Mathematical Olympiad, in which 565 young maths lovers from 104 countries took part. Ukraine was represented by the students of Kyivo-Pecherkiy Lyceum “Leader” # 171, Physics and Mathematics Lyceum # 208 (Kyiv), Kharkiv Physics and Mathematics Lyceum # 27 , Ukrainian Physics and Mathematics Lyceum of Kyiv Taras Shevchenko National University...
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28.07.2009 Kharkov invites science fiction lovers
Following an already established tradition, Kharkov is to host the International Science Fiction Festival Star Bridge-2009, which will take place 17 to 20 September.Renowned writers, critics, translators and painters have been invited to this event, which promises to become a feast for science fiction lovers. Interestingly, the first Science Fiction Lovers’ Club appeared in Kharkov in the 1950s. At that time science fiction had become a popular literary genre and its lovers often formed clubs and movements...
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23.07.2009 Innovations in curriculum
Innovations in curriculum Ninth grade schoolchildren will study such a subjects as art culture starting from this school year. According to Olga Kornilova, chief specialist of the Department of secondary and pre-school education of the Ministry of Education, children will learn all kinds of art except literature at these lessons. From 9th to 11th grade pupils will learn the history of art, famous works of its representatives, the development tendencies of cinematography, theater, photography in the world of today...
