Several Palestinian schools in Jerusalem will be using Israeli education materials in their curriculums after the municipality offered economic incentives for the switch. The Israeli materials are being incorporated in fourth through eighth grade classrooms. One teacher reportedly said, "This step is very dangerous and touches the awareness of Palestinians in Jerusalem in an effort to brainwash them and controlRead more

A United Arab Emirates newspaper has commented about the escalating costs of education in the UAE, urging regulators of the education sector to 'plug the loopholes'. "Quality comes with a price. However, when it comes to education in the UAE, one is not sure if it is fully true. Tuition fees in some schools in the UAE are even higherRead more

Former US president George W. Bush reportedly quipped once that the French have no word for entrepreneur. But the French innovation minister on Tuesday said she wants to launch a school to teach people how to become one. Of course, the very word “entrepreneur” comes from French, although its meaning in France is broader, meaning “contractor” or “manager” as wellRead more

Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Giftedness and Creativity (SACGC), founded by Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, will organize on September 1 a seven-day cultural tourist trip to South Korea for outstanding high school students as an appreciation for their distinctiveness. Dr. Omar Al-Bannai, the General Manager of the SACGC, told KUNA that the administration has prepared a schedule fullRead more

The director of education in Jerusalem has urged families with schoolchildren in Jerusalem to be aware that at least five Palestinian schools are switching to Israeli education materials. Sameer Jibril said the Ebin Rushd and Abdulla bin Hussain schools were using Israeli education materials in the seventh and eighth grades. The Sour Baher school is using them for fourth, fifthRead more

Twenty-five MBA students and their professors from Hitotsubashi University in Japan recently visited the Higher Colleges of Technology - Dubai Women's College (DWC). The students were visiting the UAE as a part of their Tourism and Hospitality Programme with the aim of learning about culture, educational institutions and businesses in the UAE. They requested a visit to one of theRead more

For the third year running, INJAZ Bahrain, a non-profit organization aimed at inspiring and preparing young Bahrainis to succeed in a global economy, attracted a large number of participants in Youth City 2030, with 100 students joining the organization's programmes and activities in the city. INJAZ Bahrain offered three of its programs in Youth City 2030, two for the 10-14Read more

A former Montana high school teacher who had an affair with a teenager who took her own life was sentenced to 15 years -- with all but 31 days suspended. Stacey Dean Rambold, 54, who taught at Senior High School in Billings, was given credit for a day he has already spent behind bars, reducing the effective sentence to 30Read more

Director of Building Maintenance at the Ministry of Works (MoW) Huda Mirza stated that her directorate has conducted comprehensive maintenance work of 40 schools, among 205 ones in the kingdom, ahead of the new school year, as agreed upon between the ministries of Works and Education at a total cost of BD 2.38865 million. She added that the maintenance workRead more

Tamkeen announces that the upcoming workshops for its Training and Education Performance Support (TEPS) programme, which seeks to empower institutions in Bahrain’s training and education sector to apply international best practices and up-skill Bahrainis employed in this sector, are quickly approaching full capacity. The programme, which is conducted by Third Wave International (TWI), is part of Tamkeen’s Human Capital DevelopmentRead more