Leaders of a teachers’ union in Lebanon called for the government to pass a wage hike, as an open-ended strike continued Wednesday. The strike that began in mid-February has affected government operations and public schools, The Beirut Daily Star reported. Teachers took to the streets Wednesday in Beirut carrying signs demanding the Cabinet refer a wage hike measure to Parliament.Read more

Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) today announced the winners of its 13th Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP), with participation from 68 Qatari students, the highest number to date. the past six years, UREP has provided more than 2,000 undergraduate students in Qatar with the opportunity to gain significant experience in team-based research collaboration with faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, andRead more

Elba Esther Gordillo, the head of Mexico's powerful teachers union and an influential political figure, has been arrested for allegedly embezzling funds for personal use, including plastic surgery and shopping sprees, authorities said. Attorney General Jose Murillo Karam said Gordillo was arrested Tuesday at the airport of Toluca, in the center of the country. Speaking to reporters, Murillo Karam saidRead more

The Ministry of Education (MOE) on Tuesday announced at a press conference that the excessive merging of schools in rural areas had been halted. Du Kewei, an official on elementary education from the ministry, said school restructuring has been halted in many places, including the provinces of Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi and Henan, as well as the Xinjiang Uygur and NingxiaRead more

The UAE leadership pays proper attention to education as the engine for development, visiting UAE Foreign Minister Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan emphasized on Tuesday. “The UAE has invested heavily in education out of its belief that spending on this vital sector will generate positive output on the long run, not only for the citizen but also in otherRead more

New York City officials have announced a software engineering pilot program will be offered at 20 of the city's public schools beginning in this fall. Under the program an extensive computer science and software engineering curriculum will be available to more than 1,000 middle and high school students, Slash Gear reported Monday. "We know it's vital to prepare our childrenRead more

Educational coverage for people with more types of disabilities, such as autism and cerebral palsy, will expand, according to a draft revision to the regulation on the education of the disabled. The current regulation, which was promulgated in 1994, only ensures education for people with sight, listening, speaking and intellectual impairments. The newly-revised draft was released Monday by the LegislativeRead more

China's Ministry of Education on Tuesday reiterated it will fully implement the school bus safety regulation after some local schools were not aware of the new rules. A number of illegal kindergartens are still using disqualified school buses and overloading continues to exist in some regions, the ministry said. An effective safety management mechanism has not yet been established inRead more

A delegation from the General Organization for Youth and Sports (Goys) Youth Affairs Directorate made a number of field visits to several schools across the kingdom. The visits were part of Goys efforts to develop the abilities of young students by identifying the youth programs that enrich work and elevate the movement of youth in Bahrain. They were based onRead more

India and Britain Wednesday signed two MoUs for strengthening educational ties between the two countries. The Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) signed by Minister of State for Human Resource Development Jitin Prasada and British Minister of State for Universities and Science David Willetts will focus on strengthening community colleges, an official statement from the ministry said. The two sides also discussedRead more