During their policy conference in May 1992, the ANC made specific commitments to education in South Africa, inter-alia, provision of a minimum of 10years free and compulsory education, provision for those with special learning needs, improving educational quality, ensuring education for young people expelled or having dropped out of school as a consequence of apartheid, provision of adult education, leading to the establishment of a single non-racial, equal and democratic education system.
The overarching objective of the student conference was to promote Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education.
In an effort to find common ground on education, the president-elect met with a bipartisan contingent of congressional lawmakers -- although key Democratic players in education such as Sen.
Top-down, centralized, anti-democratic approach to education decision-making.
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According to Mr Mogra, these include - respect for other people and the rule of law, freedom of expression and religious practice, participation in the democratic system and valuing education.
According to DFER spokesperson Devin Boyle, the Speakers Bureau will support current Democratic legislators with a commitment to education reform and facilitate ongoing discussions on reform efforts in Democratic policy circles.
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Many of these, such as Indiana, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arizona, have Republican governors, while others, such as Colorado, have Democratic governors but influential Republican education leaders.
Poorly maintained and ill-equipped schools in South Carolina's "corridor of shame" were an issue during the Democratic primary as evidence that education reform had to be an imperative for the next president.
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The proposal helps Mr. Thompson, a former city comptroller, differentiate himself on education policy from other Democratic mayoral candidates.
The literacy initiative, which targets a traditionally Democratic issue -- federal investment in education -- demonstrates that the GOP has woken up to the importance of the crossover vote.
The stimulus package the Democrats are now working on would work differently: It could provide states with funds to cover mandatory Medicaid spending, which would help state governments avoid cuts to education and other programs, Democratic leadership aides said.
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Al Gore, in contrast, could sit back and watch Congress act on traditionally Democratic issues, such as health care and education.
Watch this, then please add your voice to those protesting education cuts and the incompetence of Democratic and Republican economic policy making.
The discussion will include representatives of civil societies and education ministries of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal and Rwanda.
Among Clinton's VIP box guests will be Harold Varmus, director of the National Institutes of Health, and Florida Democratic Gov. Lawton Chiles, whose state education and child-care programs are sources of some of the national proposals advocated by the president.
She pointed to her Democratic stance on policies such as gay marriage and education funding.
Unfortunately, education is so deeply entrenched as a Democratic issue that even the most strenuous Republican efforts look defensive.
Our education reforms have been praised by both Democratic and Republican governors.
The Morrill Act represents a dramatic and necessary change to the face of the American education system by making it much more democratic.
Senior Democrats don't think lawmakers should prioritize travel delays over other effects of the sequester, such as cuts to the Head Start early-education program, according to a Senate Democratic aide.
Carnahan's challenge forced Ashcroft, a conservative Republican, to campaign on Democratic issues like Social Security, health insurance reform and education.
They now find the struggle continues under a Democratic administration a sign, perhaps, that education reform will cause some pain, no matter who's in charge.
Let me simply say that we in the Democratic Party hope that this administration is serious about improving education and health care for all Americans, and addressing such domestic priorities as restoring the vitality of New Orleans.
Ahmeti said Albanians, who make up about a third of Macedonia's population and say they are discriminated against by the majority Slavs in everything from jobs to education, should follow the lead of other democratic nations divided by language.
What might be called the objective facts of the election still favour Al Gore: the long period of economic expansion and the voters' belief that the most important matters in the election are education, Social Security and health care, Democratic issues all.
Rep. Vic Fazio (D-Calif.) said voters are more concerned with education, Social Security and health care, and the Democratic caucus meeting reflected that.
Those wondering why need look no further than 2002, the year that Ms. Moskowitz, then a Democratic City Council member, became chair of the city's education committee.
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He won convincingly among blacks, Latinos, self-identified liberals, voters angry or disappointed about the economy and those for whom the most important issues are health care, education, Iraq and taxes all the usual Democratic suspects.
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If the black vote can be taken for granted by the Democratic Party, why should Democratic candidates go out of their way to meet black concerns over education, health care and jobs (black unemployment is running at 8.7%, compared with a rate for whites of 3.8%)?
Sean Farren of the Social Democratic and Labour Party is to become the minister for higher and further education.
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