The far-reaching Right To Education Act, now in its fourth year of implementation, obliges the central and state governments to provide eight years of free and compulsory education to all children between 6 and 14 years of age. But the country is a long way from achieving that goal. India has always been a land of extreme dichotomies and theRead more

The Federal Republic of Germany's Ambassador in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Her Excellency Mrs. Sabine Taufmann, presented certificates to 41 students of the German language classes at a ceremony held at the German Embassy here in Manama.Germany currently ranks third in the world in terms of foreign students enrolled. There is an increasing interest in the Gulf region for GermanRead more

Students at schools around the Kingdom are in gear for the 2013 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix after Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) mascot Speedy paid them a visit.Speedy led a team of BIC personnel at separate promotional visits to the Middle East School, Sehla, and St Christopher’s Senior School, Isa Town, in the build-up to the Bahrain GPRead more

Stabbing attacks at a Texas community college Tuesday morning wounded at least 15 people, Xinhua reported.A suspect, identified as Dylan Quick, was in custody after the stabbing at the Cy-Fair campus of Lone Star College in the Houston area, local newspaper The Houston Chronicle quoted a law enforcement source as reporting.Thomas Gilliland, spokesman for the Harris County Sheriff' s Office,Read more

A total of 163 local students were caught for securing admission to eight foreigner-only schools in Seoul despite their failure to meet enrollment requirements, the municipal education office said Wednesday.After a special audit of the city's 19 international schools, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education ordered the eight institutions to dismiss the students who did not meet admission requirements, accordingRead more

Al-Azhar Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed el-Tayeb held talks on Tuesday with Saudi Ambassador to Egypt Ahmed Qattan on means to enhance bilateral ties between religious scholars from the two Islamic states. During the meeting, both sides underlined the deeply-rooted Egyptian-Saudi relations.Read more

The Vice-President of the Republic, Dr Al-Haj Adam Yousif inaugurated Monday the Summer's projects and programs of the General Sudanese Students Union(GSSU) in Dongla, the capital of Northern State. Addressing inaugural ceremony, Haj Adam affirmed the Government concern with all educational stages and completion of implementation of the vital developmental projects in the State. He hailed efforts of the GeneralRead more

School children in Bethlehem concluded national reading week on Sunday with a ceremony at Solomon's Pools.The event, organized by the Tamer Organization for Community Education and the education ministry, included traditional activities and performances denouncing Israeli settlement activities and land confiscation.Sami Imruwwa, director of the ministry's office in Bethlehem, said the event was held at Solomon's Pools to reassert PalestinianRead more

Facebook had a negative effect on the academic performance of 78 percent of Saudi secondary school students, said a recent survey conducted by Musaed bin Hamdan Al-Sharari, a Saudi student of Jordan’s Yarmouk University. “About 67 percent of Saudi students do not use Facebook for academic purposes,” said the study by Al-Sharari, a postgraduate student of the university’s Faculty ofRead more

The Kuwaiti education ministry has decided to recruit teachers from Tunisia to start working in Kuwaiti public schools next year, news agency KUNA has reported. A nine-member delegation from the ministry is currently interviewing Tunisian candidates willing to sign contracts to work in the Gulf country starting from 2013-14 academic year, the ministry said.Read more