Israeli Arabs, who constitute 20 percent of the Israeli population, are harshly discriminated against in Israel's education system, according to data published by the daily economic TheMarker on Wednesday. During the 2012-13 school year, Jewish students got an average of 2.9 percent more teaching hours than their Arab counterparts did, the data showed. The report said the Education Ministry hasRead more

The young diplomats and business leaders of the future are ready to represent their nation on an international stage. The 42 Youth Ambassadors have been split into two groups to travel to South Korea and China for the next three weeks, where they will meet some of the Far East's influential figures. Eighteen will jet off for China tomorrow, andRead more

Omani Ambassador Shaikh Dr. Suleiman bin Saud Al-Jaberi hosted a party at the Crowne Plaza in honour of outstanding Omani students enrolled in Bahrain. He congratulated students and hailed their academic achievements, urging them to arm themselves with knowledge to contribute to building their country and promoting its progress and prosperity. He commended parents for following-up their children's studies, payingRead more

A new language discovered in a remote indigenous community in northern Australia reveals insights into how languages develop, a U.S. linguist says. University of Michigan linguist Carmel O'Shannessy has studied a language she has dubbed Light Warlpiri spoken in a small region of Australia's Tanami Desert. Residents there speak a highly endangered traditional language, Warlpiri, but a small group inRead more

Australia must boost its education to compete with science-focused countries, said a report released Wednesday. The report by the Australian Council of Learned Academies recommends introducing maths as a compulsory subject throughout high school, stronger prerequisite requirements for university programs that require knowledge of science and maths, and recruiting science Ph.D. graduates into teaching. Peter Andrews, former Queensland chief scientist,Read more

Somali government on Tuesday said it was to give education the same priority as defense and security as a key gathering of education experts started in the Somali capital. Two decades of conflict devastated Somalia's education infrastructure with schools and other institutions ruined in the horn of Africa nation. Somali prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon said "education will be theRead more

More than 1,000 representatives from over 30 universities in Beijing on Monday joined in a ceremony held to mark the start of the military recruitment of college students. Brochures introducing recruitment polices were distributed and students' questions about the policy were answered in the event, which was jointly organized by the Ministry of National Defense (MND) and the Ministry ofRead more

Three young men have been charged with aggravated violence over an attack on Chinese students in southwest France, prosecutors said on Monday. The three men, aged 19 and 20, were in custody after being charged with "aggravated violence" and "using or threatening to use arms," late Sunday, the Bordeaux prosecutor's office said. French Interior Minister Manuel Valls and Agriculture MinisterRead more

The Minister of Education, Dr. Majid bin Ali Al-Nuaimi, approved this morning (Tuesday: 17 June 2013) the results of the first round of Secondary Schools Exams 2012-2013 for general, technical and vocations secondary schools. In an official speech on this occasion, the Minister of Education congratulated successful students, their parents and teachers, expressing his gratitude and appreciation to the KingdomRead more

About 850 teachers and staff at Chicago Public Schools were laid off as 48 Chicago schools are set to close this month, officials said. Among those laid off are teachers, some of whom were tenured, paraprofessionals, bus aides and part-timers, all of whom were informed about the layoffs Friday, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Some teachers and staff retained their employmentRead more