Sixth-formers at the private mechanical and electronic technical college in Lienz in Tirol have been building solar panels in Tanzania since 2006. They have also been travelling to the country to teach locals how to operate the solar installations in schools and hospitals – such as the one built in partnership with the organisation Life […]
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The Austrian project for a central matura – the equivalent of the A-Level exams – is being piloted in professional colleges this year. The controversial measure is an attempt to provide all pupils taking their final exams with the same paper. They are then marked according to fixed corrections. However, it has proven more difficult […]
A primary school in Vienna removed the crosses from all classes. The mother of a pupil found that it was religious paternalism as less than half of the pupils were registered as Christians. According to the initiative “Religion is a private matter”, several similar complaints exist at a special registration office. It is expected that […]