REPRESENTATIVES of 23 Canadian colleges and universities are currently in the island for the Jamaica leg of the 2013 Caribbean Regional Education Tour (CRET), an education fair initiative being staged by the High Commission of Canada. The four-day event, which opens today at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston, is part of the Imagine: Studying in Canada! Programme of theRead more

It is not good for children to be taught early mental and super-quick maths programmes before they’re able to recognise numbers, said an official from the Hanoi Department of Education and Training. Pham Xuan Tien, Head of the department’s Primary Education Board, said this method is neither new in Vietnam nor in many other countries. In reality, this method isRead more

Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday proposed setting up of a music and fine arts university for higher training and research in all forms and genres of music and performing arts. Higher education minister P Palaniappan moved the Tamil Nadu Music and Fine Arts University Bill, 2013, proposing to set up the institution here or within 100 km of radius fromRead more

A 10-year-old Chinese boy jumped 30 floors to his death after failing to write a self-criticism letter demanded by his teacher, state media reported Thursday. The fifth-grade primary school student had been ordered to write a 1,000-character apology by his teacher for talking in class, China National Radio (CNR) reported on its website, citing a neighbour. The educator allegedly toldRead more

US News editors unveiled here Thursday a test version of a directory of more than 800 universities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) before a group of top regional academic officials at the fifth World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE). The Arab Region University Directory, created by US-based provider of information analysis US News and World Report, willRead more

Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Palestinian Affairs Mohamed Sobeih has accused Israel of acting to impose Zionist curricula on schools in Al-Quds with the aim to teach Palestinian students Israeli history. Addressing the committee of academic curricula taught to Arab students in the occupied territories, Sobeih said the committee issued very important decisions on how to deliver correct informationRead more

HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser presented this evening the WISE 2013 awards at the gala dinner of the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in Doha. The WISE awards went to six groundbreaking projects, which are: Medersat.com; Casablanca, Morocco  PEAS (Promoting Equality in African Schools); London, United Kingdom ALISON (Advance Learning Information Systems Online); Galway, Ireland Pathways to Education; Toronto,Read more

Minister of Education and Higher Education Mohammed bin Abdulwahid Al-Hammadi, who is also the Secretary General of the Supreme Education Council of Qatar, separately met here today with Director General of the Organization of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) Irina Bo Cova; and Secretary of Basic Education of Chad Batoul Zakaria, on the occasion ofRead more

Board Chairman of Kuwait Scientific Club (KSC) Eyad Al-Kharafi on Wednesday loaded the close cooperation between the KSC and Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR). "In many activities KISR puts its potentials at the disposal of KSC members, whether students or whoever else," Al-Kharafi said in a ceremony marking KSC planting of 300 palm trees. KISR dedicated the 300 palmRead more

National school students have participated in the artistic competition organized by Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture (MACIC). The 2013 contest - due to wrap up later Wednesday - is held under the theme of glimpses of India. The head of the general assembly of national institutes, Ahmed Musad, said extra-curricular activities are one of the pillars of the educationalRead more