Deputy Prime Ministers, HH Shaikh Ali Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa and Shaikh Khalid Bin Abdullah Al Khalifa paid a visit to Minister of Education, Dr. Majid Bin Ali Al Nuaimi’s Ramadan Majles in presence of the member of the Moroccan Supreme Scientific Council, and President of University of Karaouine, Prof. Dr. Muhammad, Dr. Abdul Rahman Al Wafi, a number ofRead more

Greek teachers demonstrated Friday to protest the austerity bill suggesting further cuts in public officials including teachers, in capital Athens. Around 500 teachers gathered outside Greek Ministry of Finance upon the call of OLME (Greek Federation of Secondary Education State School Teachers). Chanting various slogans and protesting the government, teachers said they would continue the protests. The Greek Parliament passedRead more

In a rare opportunity, school students will get a chance to capture images of earth as seen from space in a four-day workshop under a NASA-sponsored education programme, a statement said. Helping children learn more about earth from the unique perspective of space, NASA's Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students (EarthKAM) allows students to view and capture images ofRead more

Two Palestinian teenagers committed suicide on Thursday after failing their high school exams. The Ministry of Education published the results of the final high school exams, known as Tawjihi, on Thursday. The high school qualification is required for admission to universities. In Tulkarem in the northern West Bank, 18-year-old Nisrin Jumaa hanged herself in her family home after learning thatRead more

Minister of Education Dr Abdul Razzaq al-Ashwal praised efforts of and contributions of the German government in supporting the education sector in Yemen. During his meeting on Thursday with the German ambassador to Yemen Carola Miller, al-Ashwal pointed to the depth of the historic relations between the two friendly peoples. Al-Ashwal reviewed the Education Ministry’s efforts in cooperation with theRead more

At the 165th graduation ceremony of Turkish War Academies, Turkish President Abdullah Gul presented on Thursday the diplomas to the first ranking students of the Land, Air and Naval War Academies. 198 officers, including 29 guest officers, received their diplomas at the graduation ceremony held in the Turkish War Academies Command Ataturk Center of War Game and Culture. Attending theRead more

An Israeli court Wednesday has banned Palestinian students from entering a girls' school at Masjid Al-Aqsa for three months. Head of the school, Zinet Amr told the Anadolu Agency they would not recognize the court's ruling. "Students come here to  study. We will not recognize the court's ruling," said Amr. Amr said they would have a class in front ofRead more

Police on Wednesday arrested the head of a school in eastern India where 23 students died after eating food tainted with pesticide, an officer told AFP. "The principal surrendered... and we have arrested her for questioning," said Sujeet Kumar, police chief of Saran district in Bihar state where the children died.  Read more

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Monday met a group of Cuban schoolchildren whom he had invited to visit Russia during his trip to Havana in February 2013. The meeting took place at the Russian government building known as the House of Government. A bus took the schoolchildren to the House of Government’s first entrance where a landing site forRead more

As colleges in China begin delivering letters of admission, some parents cannot wait to make a deal with them -- like spend 1 million yuan (162,000 U.S. dollars) buying a place for their child. If their child has failed to perform well in June's national college entrance exam (CEE) and their scores have not met the college's standards, money isRead more