A total of 139 primary and secondary school students committed suicide last year due mainly to family problems or low test scores, a lawmaker said Tuesday. In a report based on 2009-12 data from education offices, Rep. An Min-suk of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) said that while the number of students killing themselves has been on a declineRead more

A record number of students who attended LSE access programmes in 2012-13 will be enrolling at the School in October. LSE's two flagship Widening Participation programmes, LSE CHOICE and Pathways to Law, are proving a success, with 30 sixth form students who attended one of the programmes last year set to join in October. Both programmes aim to provide studentsRead more

The teachers' union on Sunday urged the Palestinian Authority to improve working conditions for teachers, after regular strike action earlier in the year calling for improvements. Ahmad Suhweil, secretary-general of the union, said the secretariat held a meeting Saturday to discuss demands to improve working conditions for teachers. The union is confident that President Abbas will fulfill his promises toRead more

Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said Monday that Malaysian students registered in Egyptian Universities for the fall semester, to begin in September, will not be allowed to travel to Egypt due to political and security instability witnessed there. Yassin said in a press statement that the Malaysian Ministry of Education coordinated with the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education concerningRead more

The science pass rate is set to drop as a result of examiners making physics, chemistry and biology papers tougher A growing number of secondary schools are in danger of failing to reach the Government’s minimum target for performance as a result of this Thursday’s GCSE results. The science pass rate is set to drop as a result of examinersRead more

A Japanese teacher may face punishment for slapping and kicking a sixth grade student who forgot his homework, officials said. The 31-year-old elementary school teacher slapped a student in the face and kicked him in the shins July 19, shortly before the start of summer break, because he forgot to bring in an assignment, The Mainichi Shimbun reported Friday. TheRead more

Global exam results for ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) reveal that a record number of students around the world, including those in the United Arab Emirates, successfully completed their final exams in June 2013. Over 195,000 candidates took almost 358,000 papers around the world, with an additional 55,000 students sitting computer based exams. More than 7,700 students haveRead more

In a campaign to improve its image abroad, the Israeli government plans to provide scholarships to hundreds of students at its seven universities in exchange for their making pro-Israel Facebook posts and tweets to foreign audiences. The students making the posts will not reveal online that they are funded by the Israeli government, according to correspondence about the plan revealedRead more

More than 200,000 students from southern provinces hade trachoma screening and received appropriate care as part of the national campaign of fight against this disease, said Pr Ammar Ailem, expert in ophthalmology.  Read more

A new study has found that even the most disadvantaged children in Vietnam are educationally years ahead of their peers in India, and this is likely to have significant consequences for both economies. The study by Oxford University's Young Lives research project found that 95% of 10-year-olds in Vietnam could add four-digit numbers, 85% could subtract fractions, and 81% wereRead more