National Council of Secondary and Technical Education Teachers (CNAPEST) has decided to continue the strike started on October 13 in high, intermediary and primary schools, a leading member of the independent trade union said Friday.Read more

Police in Rotherham, England are investigating an incident at a secondary school in which at least six red-haired students were attacked by classmates. All of the attacks at Wingfield Academy happened on the same day as the victims made their way to class, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. Apparently, the coordinated attacks were similar to an episode of the U.S.Read more

A total of 17 students were injured and hospitalized Thursday afternoon when a pickup truck crashed into a school bus in a hit-and-run in the U.S. city of New Orleans, local media reported. The accident happened about 4:30 p.m.(21:30 GMT) near a toll plaza in New Orleans. The pick-up truck towing a boat trailer clipped the front end of theRead more

Teachers in England have gone on one day strike on Thursday for the second time this month causing the closure or partially closure of 3,492 schools in capital London, the North East and South East of the country. In a statement the National Union of Teachers (NUT) said that they regretted the disruption caused by strike action but felt thatRead more

A Kenyan student was killed and three of his sibling injured on Sunday evening in the northern town of Mandera after an explosive device they were unknowingly playing with went off in their hands. According to the police, the schools boys, one a secondary student and the others pupils at a local primary school, came across a shining object lyingRead more

About 75,000 students across Australia's New South Wales (NSW) are sitting for their first Higher School Certificate (HSC) exam on Monday, local media reported. English is up first at 11 a.m. (local time) on Monday, making the start of four weeks of HSC exams in the state. NSW Board of Studies president Tom Alegounarias acknowledges it 's a nervous timeRead more

Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest and his wife Nicola will make an donation of 65 million AU dollars (61.5 million U.S. dollars) to alma mater, the University of Western Australia, making it the single largest donation in Australian history, local media reported on Monday. All major newspaper websites and the Australian Broadcast Company (ABC) have been reporting the news sinceRead more

Police in riot gear used pepper balls, smoke and flash-bangs to disperse a crowd of 300 to 400 college students who rioted late Saturday in the town of Bellingham, Washington. Students turned violent after police broke up a block party at an apartment complex in the area, RT reported. Students occupied an intersection, throwing beer bottles and cans at officers.Read more

About 308,335 Israeli students commenced their academic school year on Sunday, as the higher education system fights to survive economic hardships and as students fight to finance their academic endeavors. According to data dispensed by the Ministry of Education, some 236,770 of the students are seeking to get BA degree, 59,700 to receive MA degree and 10,650 to achieve PhD.Read more

Iran’s Scientific Attaché to Indian peninsula Ali Azam Khosravi and the Chancellors of Sri Lankan Universities stressed the need for the further development of scientific relations between academicians of the two countries. The Islamic Republic of Iran and Sri Lanka on Saturday called for expansion of mutual academic and scientific cooperation. Speaking at a meeting with chancellors of the SriRead more