The Consortium of Florida Education Foundation (CFEF), in conjunction with the State of Florida Department of Education, recently awarded St. Johns County Education Foundation $48,578 in matching funds through the School District Education Foundation Matching Grant Program. Through the collaborative effort of its members, CFEF successfully advocated for the creation of legislative matching funds in 2000, which has provided aRead more

A Saudi-based investment firm is planning to launch a first-of-its-kind private equity fund in the Middle East that will solely focus on investment in the fast-growing education sector in the Gulf Arab region, its top executive said. Itqan Capital, a unit of Bahrain’s Al Baraka Banking Group, is eyeing up to $200 million for the fund that it plans toRead more

Education regulators are anticipating hundreds of thousands of new students to be enrolled in private schools by 2020. With the number of private school students in the GCC expected to triple in the next seven years, regulators from Abu Dhabi and Dubai have cited the need for hundreds of new schools to accommodate the increase. “We currently have 200,000 studentsRead more

Sixty eight nursery and primary schools without the mandatory state recognition have been issued notices by the department of elementary education. If they do not comply and obtain recognition, they will be sent a second round of notices by the end of November. If these continue to function further without the required certificates, they will be directed to shut shopRead more

UNDER the pretext of foreign aid, many African countries would appear to have abdicated their developmental responsibilities, shifting the burden to the donor community. It is such that there is hardly any crucial sector of the national economies of several African countries without the imprints of donor states and agencies. Ordinarily, there is nothing inherently bad about foreign aid. However,Read more

Laxman shared his plans forf starting a school and a sports academy with students of the GRD School of Commerce and International Business in Coimbatore V.V.S. Laxman’s heart is full, having played his part with finesse for the country. But the stylish Hyderabadi batsman, who hung his boots last year, wants to play the second innings of his career withRead more

We are all aware of this momentous opportunity in India’s history. Over the coming years we will either reap the promised demographic dividend with lakhs of youngsters entering the working population (10 lakh every month as of now) or a demographic disaster of lakhs of ill-educated, unemployed youth. Unlike other issues of such import, this one cannot plead neglect andRead more

Officials of the Crown Prince’s International Scholarship Program (CPISP) met yesterday at the Court of the Crown Prince with officials from college preparatory schools in the United States, who are visiting the Middle East to explore means of cooperation with educational institutions in the region and to promote the benefits of boarding schools in preparing students at the secondary schoolRead more

Greek public school guards protesting a wave of mass dismissals of civil servants finished on Tuesday a unique 560-km "marathon" race in front of the parliament building in the center of Athens. A dozen school wardens, who were among the first group of 12,500 civil servants put on a mobility scheme this autumn with the prospect of layoff next year,Read more

The educational process in all Gharbiya schools is regular with a high attendance rate being reported by the daily follow-up committees, said Garbiya Education Undersecretary Fatma Khedr said on Wednesday. She stressed that any negligent or violator will be referred to the legal affairs committee for punishment.Read more