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Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
ISESCO aims to promote the separate and distinct educational, scientific and cultural heritage that combines the 57 OIC member countries. The primary purpose of the organisation is to coordinate the activities of specialist agencies responsible for similar functions within each of the OIC member...
LINK | 2 October 2007 | EN
The Arab Regional Network for Science and Technology Management
STEMARN is a non-profit organisation, founded by UNESCO. Headquartered at the Arabian Gulf University of Bahrain, it provides a forum for promoting regional technology development and science and technology management. STEMARN carries out training programmes and studies into Arab science and...
LINK | 2 October 2007 | EN
Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation
The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) COMSTECH is an entity created by the OIC in January 1981 to promote cooperation among the 57 OIC member states and to draw up programmes and proposals for increasing the capability of the Muslim countries in the fields of science and technology. ...
LINK | 2 October 2007 | EN
Arab Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
TIMSS is an international study of science and mathematics achievement of schoolchildren carried out in four-year cycles. The purpose of the study is to help developing countries measure the science and maths scores of their students, compare these across participating countries and assess the...
LINK | 2 October 2007 | EN
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