Dai Bilingual Education Project raises student self-confidence and ethnic pride (July 2011) The Yunnan Ministry of Education gathered a panel of experts at the Xiaojie Manbie Complete Primary School in Jinghong City, Yunnan, China, on 2 June. They met to evaluate the Dai Bilingual Education Project, a joint effort of the Yunnan Institute of Education, the Jinghong City Education Bureau and SIL East Asia. Read more about Dai Bilingual Education Project raises student self-confidence and ethnic pride
Andika Regular, phase three of the Andika literacy font project (July 2011) SIL’s Non-Roman Script Initiative (NRSI) is pleased to announce the release of the Andika Regular font. Andika is a sans serif, Unicode-compliant font designed especially for literacy use, taking into account the needs of beginning readers. Read more about Andika Regular, phase three of the Andika literacy font project
China’s Bai Bilingual Education Project evaluation (July 2011) On 31 May at Jianchuan Shilong Village Primary School in Yunnan Province, China, a group of education experts from the Yunnan Ministry of Education convened to evaluate the Bai Bilingual Education Project. Elizabeth Lee, Program Director for the SIL East Asia Zero Barrier Bilingual Education Program, reported on the project’s progress. After reviewing case files, conducting interviews, and taking part in a panel discussion, the experts concluded: Read more about China’s Bai Bilingual Education Project evaluation
Experts from China’s language communities to partner with SIL (July 2011) About 70 provincial officials from various government bodies visited the Zero Barrier Jianchuan Bai project from 3-6 May 2011. Many of these officials are minority language experts who are themselves members of minority language communities. Because of what they learned during their visit, many expressed an intention to partner with SIL East Asia. Read more about Experts from China’s language communities to partner with SIL
International Conference on Language, Education and the Millennium Development Goals Read more about International Conference on Language, Education and the Millennium Development Goals
