Teacher Rebecca Ngovano talks to students during a class taken with VSO volunteer Paul Jennings, Angaza school, Lindi, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Friendly school girls, Mbanza Ngungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

Sanskrit School Professor, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Schoolchildren in classroom, elementary school, Vang Vieng, Vientiane Province, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Primary school, Pong Teuk, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Schoolchildren in classroom, elementary school, Vang Vieng, Vientiane Province, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Primary school, Pong Teuk, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Children in the classroom, Balaba School, The Gambia, West Africa, Africa

Primary school, Pong Teuk, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Old School buildings from Kings College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Fritz B. Burns Building, architect Frank Gehry, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, North America

Indonesia a kindergarten in banda aceh which lost many of children to tsunami, been rebuilt. schools director halimah anwar bustam (seen here in foreground) describes horrors suffered: area kids came from completely flattened by waves. On that fateful sunday children were in their homes, or many were already on beach having. So many died that morning. It devastating. Only we getting things back together, very grateful to helping with reconstruction of damaged building. staff give up a portion of their (already) salaries to sponsor poor children from outlying villages to come to school. structure includes offices staff, a library, prayer room wheelchair accessible classroom.__ Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

A light-filled elementary classroom. A white ceiling reflects light from the windows above. Traditional building methods and materials, such as the poplar and willow ceilings are combined with modern solar and passive solar technology. Druk Padma Karpo Institute. Shey, Ladakh, India

Vietnam crs (catholic relief service) work with people with disabilities extends into the college system with a project of inclusive education. at the hanoi college of it, shown here, there are 25 students with disabilities and 15 visually impaired. crs provides special mobility equipment such as wheelchair ramps, and with a joint grant shared by other funding agencies, provided an elevator at the college (seen here), so that wheelchair bound students could move easily to other floors of the building

Vietnam crs (catholic relief service) work with people with disabilities extends into the college system with a project of inclusive education. at the hanoi college of it, shown here, there are 25 students with disabilities and 15 visually impaired. crs provides special mobility equipment such as wheelchair ramps, and with a joint grant shared by other funding agencies, provided an elevator at the college (seen here), so that wheelchair bound students could move easily to other floors of the building

Vietnam crs (catholic relief service) work with people with disabilities extends into the college system with a project of inclusive education. at the hanoi college of it, shown here, there are 25 students with disabilities and 15 visually impaired. crs provides special mobility equipment such as wheelchair ramps, and with a joint grant shared by other funding agencies, provided an elevator at the college (seen here), so that wheelchair bound students could move easily to other floors of the building

A light-filled elementary classroom. A white ceiling reflects light from the windows above. Traditional building methods and materials, such as the poplar and willow ceilings are combined with modern solar and passive solar technology. Druk Padma Karpo Institute. Shey, Ladakh, India

A light-filled elementary classroom. A white ceiling reflects light from the windows above. Traditional building methods and materials, such as the poplar and willow ceilings are combined with modern solar and passive solar technology. Druk Padma Karpo Institute. Shey, Ladakh, India

Tanzanian school boy making mud bricks. Kisangara, same, in the north-east near kilimanjaro

Mozambique boy carrying mud brick, school building project, metangula

Fritz B. Burns Building, architect Frank Gehry, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, North America

Tanzanian school boys making mud bricks. Kisangara, same, in the north-east near kilimanjaro

Namibia woman with a child standing beside a -school building, rehobeth

An IDP camp (internally displaced people) in Amuru district of Northern Uganda has been created to accommodate the mass of Ugandan refugees fleeing the LRA (Lords Resistance Army) who are fighting the Ugandan government and its people. Here you can see some of the many children, lined up by their school building. Amuru, Uganda, East Africa

Constructing a new training block for the Merchant Navy school on Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu, Pacific

Boy wearing goggles posing with plastic blocks in library

Boys playing with toy wheels in library

Boys assembling plastic blocks in library

Boys assembling plastic blocks in library

Girl assembling plastic blocks in library

Boy assembling plastic blocks in library

Students assembling plastic blocks in library

Caucasian man with beard standing near pillars

Detail of Fountain in Main facade of Hofburg Palace,Michaelerplatz,Vienna, Austria

Skyline, Fez. Morocco

Medersa or Madrasa el-Attarine,medina, Fez el Bali, Fez, Morocco

Medersa or Madrasa el-Attarine,medina, Fez el Bali, Fez, Morocco

Medersa Abu al-Hassan, Sale, near Rabat, Morocco

The historic Long Room of the Old Library, in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Bou Inania medersa, Meknes. Morocco

Medersa or Madrasa el-Attarine,medina, Fez el Bali, Fez, Morocco

Detail, tiled, Medersa or Madrasa Bou Inania, Fez el Bali, Fez, Morocco

Bou Inania medersa, Meknes. Morocco

The Long Room, Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland

Medersa or Madrasa Bou Inania, Fez el Bali, Fez, Morocco

Bou Inania medersa, Meknes. Morocco

Medersa or Madrasa el-Attarine,medina, Fez el Bali, Fez, Morocco

Medersa Abu al-Hassan, Sale, near Rabat, Morocco

Fez. Morocco

Detail, tiled,ornamentation, in Bou Inania medersa, Meknes. Morocco

Medersa or Madrasa el-Attarine,medina, Fez el Bali, Fez, Morocco

Medersa or Madrasa el-Attarine,medina, Fez el Bali, Fez, Morocco

Medersa or Madrasa Bou Inania, Fez el Bali, Fez, Morocco

Medersa or Madrasa Bou Inania, Fez el Bali, Fez, Morocco

Debre Berhan University Debre Berhan, Ethiopia

Ulugh Beg Madrasah and Minaret at Memorial Complex of Al Gijduvani, Gijduvan, near Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Decorative wall, Tilla Kari Madrasah, also known as Tillya Kari Madrasah, Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Chor Minor Madrasah, also known as Chor Minar Madrasah, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Ulugh Beg Madrasah, also known as Ulugbek Madrasah, Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Ulugh Beg Madrasah at the Memorial Complex of Al Gijduvani, Gijduvan, near Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Ulugh Beg Madrasah and Al Gijduvani Memorial, Memorial Complex of Al Gijduvani, Gijduvan, near Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Qutlugh Murad Inaq Madrasah, also known as Kutlug Murad Inak Madrasah, Ichan Kala, Khiva, Uzbekistan

Ulugh Beg Madrasah, also known as Ulugbek Madrasah, Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Abdullah Khan Madrasah, also known as Abdulloxon Madrasah, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Ulugh Beg Madrasah, also known as Ulugbek Madrasah, Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

primary school in ethiopia

primary school in ethiopia

primary school in ethiopia

Decorative wall of Sher Dor Madrasah, also known as Shir Dor Madrasah, Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Detail, tiled, Medersa or Madrasa el-Attarine,medina, Fez el Bali, Fez, Morocco

Medersa or Madrasa el-Attarine,medina, Fez el Bali, Fez, Morocco

Detail, tiled,ornamentation, in Bou Inania medersa, Meknes. Morocco

Visitors and Reproductions of pages from the Book of Kells, inThe Old Library, in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Entrance to Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria

Mir I Arab Madrasah, Poi Kalon, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Biei, Hokkaido

Uzbekistan

Kagawa Prefecture, Japan

Kagawa Prefecture, Japan

School children queuing up on their way to school, Gisuma, Western Province, Rwanda, Africa

Kung Fu school in 1987 with simple equipment, Shaolin, Song Shan, Henan province, China, Asia, 1987

class, Buddhist College at Ganlu Temple, Jiuhuashan, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Jiuhua Shan, Anhui province, China, Asia

Kung Fu training at kindergarten age, at one of the many new Kung Fu schools in Dengfeng, school near Shaolin, Song Shan, Henan province, China, Asia

dining hall, Buddhist College, Ganlu Temple, Jiuhua Shan Village, Jiuhuashan, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Jiuhua Shan, Anhui province, China, Asia

Pupil holding a flag, Temple of Literature (Van Mieu), Hanoi, Bac Bo, Vietnam

School children on their way to school, Gisuma, Western Province, Rwanda, Africa

People standing at a bus stop, Cobh, County Cork, Ireland, Europe

childrens palace, former Marble House, 1931, ballett, after school education for gifted children, painting class

Baseball and sports field seen from Sunshine City Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan

young monk with calligraphy brush, evening school, Xixiang Chi monastery and temple, Elephant Bathing Pool, China, Asia, World Heritage Site, UNESCO

class, Buddhist College at Ganlu Temple, Jiuhuashan, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Jiuhua Shan, Anhui province, China, Asia

evening school for calligraphy, young monk, Xixiang Chi monastery and temple, Elephant Bathing Pool, China, Asia, World Heritage Site, UNESCO

Entrance to Wolfenbuettel castle, now a secondary school, pupils sitting on the bridge, Wolfenbuettel, Lower Saxony, Germany

School project, students installing a solar plant, Freiburg im Breisgau, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

School project, students installing a solar plant, Freiburg im Breisgau, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

JinJiang Amusement Center, school class, fun park, excursion

House of the Steyler Mission at St. Wendel in spring, Saarland, Germany, Europe

View over the blue cupolas of Mir-i Arab Madrasah and roofs of the city from minaret Kalon Bukhara Uzbekistan

Portrait of Michelangelo, detail from the painting, The School of Athens by Raphael, Stanza della Signatura, Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy, Europe

Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe