A large number of children have been refusing to eat free mid-day meals in schools across the eastern Indian state of Bihar, after 27 students, all aged below 12 years, died of food poisoning after consuming free school lunch Tuesday, an official said Thursday. "School children are now refusing to eat free mid-day meals in state-run schools across Bihar. TheRead more

Nigerian Police Force (NPF) high command has placed its officers on red alert at all schools and sensitive areas across northeast Adamawa State following a threat by Boko Haram insurgents to attack schools. State police spokesperson Mohammad Ibrahim on Wednesday told Xinhua in Yola, the state capital, that the measures were taken by police to protect schools in the state.Read more

The deaths of at least 22 schoolchildren in a massive food poisoning case in the eastern Indian state of Bihar could be caused by deliberate poisoning, said a local official Thursday. Meanwhile, local TV channel Times Now said at least 27 children are believed to have been killed in the food poisoning rather than 22 as officially confirmed. The TVRead more

A Detroit college student who created book-filled benches for city bus stops said his project has gotten him orders from paying customers. Charles Molnar, 23, a student at Wayne State University, said he started placing benches with books for commuters to read at city bus stops about two months ago and the seats are made from wood reclaimed from demolishedRead more

Tsinghua University, China's top education and research institute, launched a joint global MBA program with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Tuesday. The program will include 21-month long bilingual MBA courses for Chinese and foreign students. It plans to enroll two classes of 120 students every year, including students from at least 12 different foreign countries. The first batchRead more

Eight children died and 60 others were taken ill, some hospitalised, on Tuesday after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India, officials said. "The eight children died after consuming the midday meal in their school," local Bihar state administrator Abhijit Sinha told AFP by telephone.Read more

Four Italian students turned themselves in to police on Tuesday, admitting to having set their school on fire after failing exams, causing at least 200,000 euros' (260,000 dollars') worth of damages, dpa reported. The Socrate high school in Rome was attacked early on Saturday, badly damaging eight classrooms. The fire made national news, and was condemned by the office ofRead more

Prime Minister Dr. Wael al-Halqi said that the key element in rebuilding Syria is building the human being on proper and correct basis. During a meeting with members of the Teachers Syndicate's executive bureau on Monday,  al-Halqi said that the government will focus in the upcoming stage on developing human resources to help the rebuilding and development process and participateRead more

Around 49.4 per cent of students who sat for the Shamel (comprehensive exam for community colleges) passed, according to Balqa Applied University President Nabil Shawaqfeh, who also heads the Shamel higher committee. A total of 11,612 students from 49 military, public and private community colleges across the Kingdom sat for the exam, 5,743 of whom passed. Shawaqfeh noted that newRead more

Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)’s position as one of the world’s leading aluminum smelters that places high priority on safety, environment and technological excellence was emphasized during a recent visit to the Alba plant by a group of over 70 international student members of Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (AIESEC), a global youth organization. The students –Read more