The Yomiuri Shimbun:-  Since the 2007 school year, the education ministry has been promoting its own program, separate from the health and welfare ministry’s efforts, to utilize space such as empty classrooms at primary schools for various after-school activities for children. Called “hokago kodomo kyoshitsu” (after-school children’s class), the program is basically designed for children whose parents both work andRead more

Caretaker Palestinian Authority prime minister Rami Hamdallah said Sunday that the PA is dedicated to finalizing an agreement with teachers after months of strike action. "I can't pledge things which are impossible to fulfill, but we have followed a policy of transparency so as to be able together to go through these hardships and continue to build our institutions," HamdallahRead more

Malaysian Education Minister Idris bin Jusoh arrived here on Sunday on a snap visit. The minister and his accompanying delegation will discuss with several Egyptian officials a host of issues related to education.Read more

The first wave of students who will occupy the new Yale School of Nursing on West Campus arrived for orientation Aug. 19. About 80 entering graduate and doctoral candidates received their first introduction to the new headquarters, which features dynamic simulation and behavioral labs, flexible and open classrooms, as well as study and group space to foster continual collaboration. TheRead more

A school district in San Bernardino County, California has agreed to end its policy of requiring elementary school students kneel down before their principal before being dismissed to class. Calimesa Elementary School Principal Dana Carter reportedly instituted the policy as a "safety measure." Students were required at certain times throughout the day, such as after recess or before classes began,Read more

A three-day international conference on ‘Applications of Molecular Biology in Medicine and Agriculture started here at Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) on Tuesday. The conference was organised with an objective to foster fellowship and collaboration among the biochemists, molecular biochemists and the scientists of related fields. State Minister for Education, Training & Standards in Higher Education, Muhammad Balighur Rehman in his inauguralRead more

Thousands of teachers severely disrupted access to Mexico City's international airport, forcing some travelers to abandon cars and roll suitcases on foot during a protest against education reform. The striking educators descended on the capital this week from across the country, staging sit-ins at the chamber of deputies and senate that forced lawmakers to move their debates in a conventionRead more

Kuwait Red Crescent Society has completed the structure of Al-Mubarikiya School and handed it over to Banda Aceh province, located at the northwestern tip of Indonesia. Handing over the school comes as part of completing Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah village project in the Indonesian Province that has started back in 2009, Chief of KRCS Barjas Al-Barjas said during a ceremonyRead more

The Arunachal Pradesh education department has launched a new scheme, ‘Guide’, for nurturing government schools and to improve the education scenario of the state. The new scheme is premised on the concept of mentoring, official sources said here on Tuesday. Mentoring as a concept has been in practice in the context of schools in some states successfully. Learning from theseRead more

Indian Minister of Human Resource Development (HRD) M. M. Pallam Raju hailed the historical relations between Syria and India in all the fields, expressing hope that life in Syria will return to normal as soon as possible. During a meeting with Syria's Ambassador to India Riyad Abbas, Raju voiced his concern over the acts being committed by the armed terroristRead more