The Russian government has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Education and Science to support the higher educational establishment, which play a key role in the socio-economic development of the regions in which they are located. The official website of the Cabinet reports that the government also supports measures providing for the personnel needs of the regions in theRead more

As part of the Education Ministry’s preparations for the new school year, 2013-2014, the Ministry’s Undersecretary for Resources and Services Shaikh Hesham bin Abdulaziz Al Khalifa today paid inspection visits to a number of schools in which partial or comprehensive maintenance works were conducted during the summer holidays in order to get assured on their preparedness. A total of 41Read more

A group of three young North Koreans attended a United Nations' educational event that opened in the southern South Korean city of Gwangju on Thursday.` "We're here to attend a U.N.-organized event," a member of the group told reporters after attending the opening ceremony of the Youth Leadership Program (YLP) at Honam University. "We want to learn a lot," theRead more

President Obama Thursday is to propose ways of making college more affordable by reshaping how Americans pay for higher education, the White House said. "The president's comments will be focused on reducing the cost of a college education for families all across the country, because it's so important for middle-class families and those families trying to get to the middleRead more

A Pakistani madrassa slapped with US sanctions as an alleged terror training centre has denied the charges, insisting it teaches only religion and Arabic grammar to around 150 boys. The US Treasury said the Ganj seminary in the northwestern city of Peshawar was being used as a training and recruiting base by Al-Qaeda, the Taliban and militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).Read more

The first batch of educators working in public schools in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi graduated from the Nibras Scholarship Program. Launched in 2010 by the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), the program is specifically designed to allow the teaching, administrative and support staff the opportunity to obtain a masters degree in Educational Leadership from across prestigious universities in UnitedRead more

The fifth in Abu Dhabi's annual Tourism Youth Summer Camp series has got underway with over 60 Emirati students, all aged between 15 and 17, in the programme organised by Abu Dhabi Tourism '&' Culture Authority (TCA Dhabi) in conjunction with the European International College (EIC). Coming up over the next three weeks, the students, a mix of both boysRead more

The first batch for this school year of students from the occupied Syrian Golan crossed over via the crossing point at Quneitra to enroll in Syrian universities and institutes. The 35 students' crossing was supervised by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the UN forces operating in the Golan. Relatives of the students wished them luck andRead more

The government said Wednesday it will increase the number of teachers assigned to help disabled children at public schools to 7,000 in the next five years as part of a comprehensive program to improve education. With the increase, the government can meet the legal requirement of having one teacher with special skills for every four disabled students by 2017. LastRead more

Malaysia will begin evacuating its 3,300 students from Egypt beginning Tuesday night after days of deadly clashes that have killed nearly 900 people, according to a government official. The official, speaking to AFP on the condition of anonymity, said the decision was made after assessing the ongoing assault on supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi "They (the government) decidedRead more