A school bus carrying around two dozen elementary school children has overturned in northern Illinois. Lake County Sherriff's Office spokeswoman Sergeant Sara Balmes says there was no immediate word on any injuries. Fire department personnel quickly arrived at the scene near the village of Wadsworth. Television footage showed the bus on its side, with two mangled cars nearby. Debris wasRead more

Education chiefs in the Upper Egyptian city of Luxor have held an event in honour of Egyptian student Amany al-Nubi abdel-Aziz for her success in the Arabic grammar and classic Arabic language competition. Amany claimed a respectable second position in the pan-Arab contest. Several Egyptian education officials attended the event, including the secretary of Egypt’s Ministry of Education Safa Mahmoud,Read more

New learning models and low-cost solutions need to be created to deal with equality in skills, nutrition and housing, said Sam Pitroda, advisor to the prime minister on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations. Speaking at a session on 'Transforming India: Vision for India@2050' organised by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Pitroda said: "We need to create our own modelRead more

Veteran social activist Anna Hazare highlighted the issues of rampant corruption and rising inflation during nationwide campaign held in Amritsar city of India's northern Punjab state. The veteran crusader asserted that his campaign would not plunge into politics or lose focus. Anna Hazare also said, "Janatanra Morcha will not enter into politics and will focus on only one thing, thatRead more

Madonna is all set to sell an abstract French painting, which she has owned for more than 20 years, in order to support educating girls in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries. The modern masterpiece- "Three Women at the Red Table" by Fernand Leger- is expected to fetch 5 million dollars to 7 million dollars, the New York Post reported. TheRead more

Beneath a tranquil sky in the deceptive calm of a stunningly picturesque landscape, little children squat on bare ground, clutching their colorful text books. This is the border village of Keerni in Poonch District of Jammu, and the young students are in the open-air 'classroom' of their government school. Their days are unaffected by the recent media hype around theRead more

The 61st Meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), the highest decision making body in the field of education. The meeting will commence at 11.00 a.m. Earlier, the HRD Ministry had prepared an agenda to get considered while providing the framework of the national policy to address the needs and challenges of the education system in the 21stRead more

A total of 203 primary school students in southwest China's Sichuan Province have been hospitalized with fevers, vomiting and diarrhea, the local government said Thursday.The first pupil of the Central Primary School in Yingjie Township, Ziyang City, was admitted to the township hospital in Yingjie at 7 a.m. Wednesday after falling ill, according to the city's publicity authorities.The hospital hadRead more

Education Minister Dr. Majid bin Ali Al-Nuaimi today reiterated the Government's stance, opposing any backtracking on issues which have already been endorsed by consensus between all parties taking part in the National Dialogue. "The points endorsed on the National Consensus Dialogue on February can't be reconsidered", said Dr. Al-Naimi, who represents the Government's side in the dialogue sessions. He expressedRead more

A 21-year-old Jordanian student has died at Mutah University in Karak, where over the past five days there has been escalating violence due to student elections. The University has suspended study pending further investigations. The student reportedly died from tear gas inhalation, after security forces tried to dispel groups of students who were clashing violently. The Jordan Times has reportedRead more