Senior legislator Chen Zhu on Monday urged education authorities to improve teachers' income to ensure sound development of the teaching sector. While examining how the Compulsory Education Law is implemented in northwest China's Xinjiang, Chen, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), said, "Teachers, especially those working in border and ethnic minority areas, have madeRead more

The country is facing a serious shortage of national and public kindergartens due to insufficient state funding to expand eduction facilities for preschoolers, data showed Monday. According to the data compiled by Rep. Ahn Min-suk of the main opposition Democratic Party, 1.4 million children reached the age of entering preschool as of early this year, far more than the currentRead more

About 100 boys ages 13 to 18 gathered this weekend at a camp in Detroit to learn leadership skills from soldiers, organizers said. The Steve Harvey Mentoring Camp for Young Men began Friday at the Northwest Activity Center Detroit, The Detroit News reported Saturday. The camp is held in cities throughout the country and was sponsored by the U.S. ArmyRead more

It is a truism that youth is catalyst of development and social change. It is also a truism that the best way to solve poverty is through education. And these are precisely the philosophies behind the three Bangladesh private university students who have been providing free basic education to the underprivileged children of capital Dhaka. The youths of Dhaka's leadingRead more

Dozens of Palestinian students and patients demonstrated Sunday outside the Rafah crossing point in the Gaza Strip, demanding priority to enter Egypt. The stranded students rallied outside the Rafah crossing point, which Egypt opened Saturday after eight days of closure, and then patients joined, witnesses said. Police from Hamas, the Islamic movement that seized control of the Gaza Strip inRead more

Families of students in Hebron on Sunday closed down a primary school in protest at the lack of English teachers, locals said. The families of primary school students in Surif called on the Palestinian Authority ministry of eduction to immediately intervene to solve the problem. The school currently has no English teachers for grades 1 to 4. The families toldRead more

Every Namibian child deserves to be educated regardless of where they live in Namibia, says Deputy Prime Minister Marco Hausiku. “We are aware that there are limited teaching facilities at schools in rural areas and that teachers are forced to teach under harsh circumstances, but such teachers must remember that they have the responsibility to educate our children wherever theyRead more

As many as 16 major software development companies, including Infosys, have come forward to carry out a comprehensive e-governance project mooted by Kerala higher education department for improving the service delivery and transparency in governance of universities, collegiate education department and technical education department in the state. The e-governance initiative has been mooted with an aim to provide faster deliveryRead more

As Greek universities struggle under austerity measures that have seen their funding cut drastically over the last few years and the loss of more than 1,500 administrative staff as part of the government’s mobility scheme, the Canadian Embassy in Athens presents a university partnership between institutions in Canada, Greece and Cyprus aimed at boosting ties in the tertiary education sectorRead more

A team of five academicians from Assam will leave for a tour of the US this week to study the education system there and put this experience to use back at home. They will return in December. The academicians, who are working as teacher-educators in the state, will spend three months at the Arizona State University (ASU). They are amongRead more