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On September 5, 1944 Allied bombs began to fall from the sky onto the port town of Le Havre, France. The second most important port city in France, according to www.encyclopedia.com, was targeted by the Ally troops and bombed in order to keep the German Army from using the port city as a gateway to an invasion of Great Britain. Many civilians fled the town on foot after the Germans captured the town in 1940, but many others who remained in the town were injured or killed during the bombings. Nearly

Despite the recent increase in access to education, the poor, socially disadvantaged, and people in remote areas are often deprived of basic education. When basic education is available, the poorest are not able to benefit from it because the direct costs and associated opportunity costs are too high for them Thus, the relationship between education and poverty reduction is as honest and linear as education is; it enables the person to participate in the development process, instilling the knowledge

1.0 INTRODUCTION Conservation of heritage building in Malaysia started in 1970s where the first building to be preserved is the Central Market building In Kuala Lumpur (Harun,2011). In 1988 Malaysia have become member of UNESCO`s Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Since then more and more building have been conserved and restored with the references and guidance of international charters. National Museum, 1992, heritage building inventory study estimated

Education: A World’s problem Education has become a major problem in the development of future generations. Financial issues, government interference, cultural diversity, an innumerable account of limitations have been hindering education over the past centuries. Many may disagree, wondering why we consider this to be an issue due to the apparent improvement reports we receive through different types of media. Nevertheless, there are a range of global issues beginning from the availability of education

“Making Heritage Buildings and Spaces Alive”, I was introduced to ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) by Dr. Rohit Jigyasu (Vice-President, ICOMOS). Realizing my keen interest in the field, he offered me an internship opportunity with UNESCO in their Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan project of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railways, where Dr. Jigyasu was heading the disaster risk and vulnerability assessment of the colonial station buildings. My responsibilities in the project included

1. Introduction The current study derives from my research about Hosios Loukas Monastery: a living site and its cultural components, which was conducted between December and April 2015 at the University of Leiden for my MA degree in the program Heritage Management in a World Context. This study is also connected to my previous experience during my first MA degree in Byzantine Archaeology and History of Byzantine Art at University of Crete, through which I obtained extensive knowledge about the Byzantine

Heritage buildings as described by Feilden (2000) are “buildings that give us a sense of wonder and make us want to know more about people and culture that produce it”. A more elaborate definition was made by Kamal and Harun (2002) where they defined them as buildings built in the past which have high historical and architectural values and require continuous care and protection to preserve their historical, architectural, aesthetic, archaeological, spiritual, social, political and economic values

Education and schooling has always played a pivotal role in the development of societies the world over and specifically in the context of Trinidad and Tobago. Education and schooling in this country as in any other is an investment in citizens that will reap benefits for all through research and innovation, physical and social mobility, improved opportunities and health. Though the exam – driven nature of our system makes it different from North America (Lochan 2005), education remains the means

According to Labaree (1997) “a public good is one where benefits are enjoyed by all the member of the community, whether or not the actually contributed to the production of this good”. On the other hand, economic literature states that a good can be considered public if it is not excludable and nonrival. The first characteristic means that if an individual consume this good the other people are not excluded from consuming it. The second means that when one person consumes the amount available to

Malala Yousafzai once said, “I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.” This quotation means that education is a right every human being should have, many have been fighting for equality, peace and dignity, but their voices were never heard, but in today society we are still fighting for equality, and the rights