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The Greek Education Minister Anna Diamantopoulou had triggered student protests due to reforms introduced by her which left student without textbooks in schools and universities alike. The student protesters welcomed her with black crosses outside the Byzantine Museum in Athens. Read more  

Social media and networking websites have become a new platform of student protest all over the world. Student unions are mobilizing and driving protests using social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Read more  

The Year 2011 will be marked as the year of social unrest and protests in the Latin American history. People came on streets protesting to defend their rights for education, to save their lands and demanding peace. In Chile and Colombia the major protest happened on the issue of education. […]

In Japan, traditionally university lasts four years. The students spend more than half of their time in job hunting, as if they do not get employment during the last two years of  university education, it is next to impossible to get a job after graduation. The students are so fed […]

The proposed 60% hike in the tuition fee by Québec’s premier fueled students protest in Québec, which is considered the cheapest education destination in Canada. The provincial and city governments have passed laws to crack down these student protests. Read more