US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Arab participants on Monday launched the Open Book Project to expand access to free, high-quality, open education materials in Arabic, with a focus on science and technology. "Our hope is to lower geographic, economic and even gender-based barriers to learning," said Clinton, whose four years as the top U.S. envoy ends on Friday.Read more

Doha announced Sunday it would pay school fees for displaced Syrian students in Qatar. Upon instructions of Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the government allocated 2.8 million Qatari Riyals for school fees for the displaced Syrian students in the Syrian and Jordanian schools in the Gulf country, official news agency (QNA) reported. The move is part of Qatar'sRead more

The Ministry of Education is preparing a comprehensive report, based on the statistics of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), to classify schools according to student density, or the number of students to a classroom. The study will also analyze students by gender, educational stage, type of school building and education’s office in each department of education. Some schoolsRead more

About 15,000 places will be created by the opening of new government schools in the upcoming academic year. An update on the institutions was discussed last week when Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, announced plans to spend Dh330 billion on projects in the capital over the next fiveRead more

Yemeni Minister of Education Dr. Abdulrazzaq Al-Ashwal met with Japanese Ambassador to Yemen, Katsu Yoshie Hayashi. During the meeting, they discussed the challenges facing Yemeni education march and ways of enhancing Japanese contributions to supporting Yemen's educational process, in particular in the area of Girls' educationRead more

About thirteen students were injured when a fire broke out in a private school located in Nothia area of Peshawar Thursday morning, according to reports. Fire engulfed classrooms of the private school due to short circuit that occurred in a mobile tower fixed within the school boundary,local sources said. Firefighters rushed to the school and quelled the blaze. The 13Read more

Chinese writer Mo Yan on Tuesday recalled his poor performance at college as the 2012 Nobel laureate was hired as a literature professor by a Beijing-based university. Beijing Normal University on Tuesday afternoon held a ceremony to welcome and issue the employment certificate to their "alumnus Mo." The author was granted a master's degree in literature and arts in 1991Read more

Education Minister Prince Faisal bin Abdullah yesterday issued new rules to regulate tuition fees in private schools. According to the new regulations, a school will have to apply to the ministry before the end of the first semester of an academic year for any change in its fee structure. The Council of Ministers had authorized the Ministry of Education toRead more

A delegation from the Communications and Media Centre of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan has visited the Dubai Economic Council (DEC) premises recently. The delegation was headed by Mr. Papacomarov, Director of the General Central Communication Authority of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and consisted of officials from several high ranking institutions. During the meeting, both parties discussed areasRead more

Her Majesty Queen Rania met with beneficiaries of scholarships offered by various universities around the world. These scholarships in Her Majesty's name are offered to young Jordanians in recognition of the Queen's efforts in the education field, locally and internationally. During the meeting, the scholarship beneficiaries told Her Majesty about their experiences and the positive effect these programmes had onRead more