{"id":1292,"date":"2013-04-10T15:16:16","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T15:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=1292"},"modified":"2013-08-28T16:49:32","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T16:49:32","slug":"bikolos-nur-academy-a-journey-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=1292","title":{"rendered":"Bikolos Nur Academy: A Journey Started"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>By Bereket Aweke<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Bikolos-apr13-teachers-students1.1.pdf\">Read the Bikolos PDF file of students, teachers, school director reflections<br \/>\n<\/a><\/em>Bikolos Nur Academy became the first private school in Ethiopia to start the journey of becoming a Thinking School. 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