Egyptian prosecutors extended the detention yesterday of a Coptic Christian teacher held over accusations of blasphemy of Islam and proselytizing Christianity, security officials said. In another southern Egyptian city, security officials said a Coptic Christian who stabbed his wife for converting to Islam has killed himself by jumping out of a fourth-story courthouse window. Officials say 24-year-old teacher Dimiana Abdel-NourRead more

A set of measures will be further strengthened to better manage foreign experts in China, according to the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs. "Of the 540,000 foreign experts coming to China every year, the vast majority are high-quality talents with outstanding work records," Xia Bing, director of the administration's cultural and educational experts department, said in an exclusive interviewRead more

Students at some colleges in the US state of Pennsylvania have been allowed to take guns with them on campus. At least five Pennsylvania state-owned universities now consent to firearms on campus following a conclusion by the state lawyers that a complete ban on weapons was probably unlawful, press tv reported. Students in Kutztown, Shippensburg, Edinboro, Slippery Rock and MillersvilleRead more

A group of MSc students of the department of Petroleum Geoscience at GUtech will participate in a field excursion to the southern coastal region of Devon and Dorset in the UK at the end of June. The group of GUtech MSc students and Prof Wiekert Visser, Head of the Department of Petroleum Geosciences, will study the geology of the coastRead more

The first planned strike in public education at all levels of the system from primary school through to university took place in Spain on Thursday. The strike, which has been organized by the State Platform for Public Education, protests spending cuts in the sector and a new law to improve the quality of education, known as the 'Wert Law' afterRead more

Her Majesty Queen Rania on Tuesday highlighted the need to have educational systems that are aligned with the job market in the region. “The number one issue for Jordan and for every Arab country is employment and education of our youth,” Queen Rania said at a meeting with representatives of international technology companies on the sidelines of the Arab EducationRead more

Math and reading ability at age 7 may be linked with socioeconomic status, including jobs and income, decades later in adulthood, British researchers say. Writing in the journal Psychological Science, researchers said childhood abilities in math and reading predict adult socioeconomic status better than associations with intelligence, education and beginning childhood socioeconomic status. Psychological scientists Stuart Ritchie and Timothy BatesRead more

The Kerala government Tuesday extended a helping hand to the children of the fisherfolk by earmarking Rs.6 crore towards meeting their educational needs. "With this, the total allocation that has been made to the children for their educational needs has gone up to Rs.12 crore," said State Fisheries Minister K. Babu in a statement issued here. Kerala has 222 marineRead more

Afghanistan's education minister has threatened to punish schoolgirls who claim to suffer from alleged "poisonings" that many officials believe are actually temporary psychological illnesses. Scores of girls' schools over recent years have seen mysterious mass faintings, nausea and similar symptoms that are often blamed by police and the local media on poisoning by Taliban insurgents or toxic gas leaks. ButRead more

Duma deputies are planning to adopt a federal bill which will specify the requirements for a new school uniform which should be compulsory for every school student, said Deputy head of the Duma Committee on Education Irina Mainulova ( from the United Russia). An initial bill had envisaged that every territory of the Russian Federation should design its own modelRead more