HRH Prince Ghazi, chief adviser to the King for religious and cultural affairs and the King’s personal envoy, on Sunday emphasised that the future of the nation depends on the quality of education. He added that education is the only path to social development. Deputising for the prince, Chief Islamic Justice and Imam of the Royal Court Ahmad Hilayel deliveredRead more

The Greens have called for a minimum wage set by law, higher pay to welfare recipients and wealth taxation to boost education. Claudia Roth drew much of the focus, as her party re-elected her as its co-leader. The 700 delegates to the Greens' annual conference in Hanover largely adopted their executive's welfare and education proposals, including a standard minimum wageRead more

Thousands of students took to the streets across Italy on Saturday during the International Students' Day to protest against the education cuts carried out by Prime Minister Mario Monti's technocratic government. According to the student protesters, the austerity policies adopted by the emergency government to tackle a dangerous debt crisis have led to less efficiency in the school system. "OurRead more

Nearly one in 10 South Korean primary and secondary school students has been victimized by various acts of violence, a government survey said. The country's education ministry released the online survey Friday, noting it involved 5.14 million students and was designed to devise measures to stop a wave of suicides by young victims. The survey indicated 8.5 percent of theRead more

Education Minister Dr. Majid bin Ali Al Nuaimi received here today, in the presence of the Japanese Ambassador to Bahrain Shigeki Sumi, a delegation from the Ritsumeikan University in Japan, including mainly the Vice-Chancellor of its Board of Trustees Professor Monte Cassim. Talks focused on the procedures to open a Japanese Science and Technology University in Bahrain in order toRead more

Croatian President Dr Ivo Josipovic visiting Qatar Robotics Surgery Centre yesterday Croatian President Dr Ivo Josipovic has lauded the giant leaps in scientific discovery Qatar has achieved through unique models of international collaboration, including the work of organisations such as Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP). President Josipovic visited QSTP yesterday and toured its facilities as part of his officialRead more

When you were younger did you take milk out of the refrigerator and shake it before pouring? These days we don’t shake milk because of homogenisation (fat droplets are emulsified so that the cream does not separate, don’t you know). However, do you still catch yourself shaking milk cartons today even though you don’t need to? Do you also rememberRead more

The “Educate A Child” initiative was launched by Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, the second of the three wives of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar and the UN children’s fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday. They signed a three-year agreement aimed at working towards the goal of quality primary education for all the world’s children. TheRead more

The Ministry of Education has set up a new office in charge of preschool education in order to improve administration and professional quality in the sector. The ministry has issued a circular concerning adjustments for its internal divisions, including the establishment of offices in charge of preschool education, special education for handicapped children and continuing education, respectively, according to aRead more

Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar Assistant Professor Simone Muscolino launches “The Moving Postcards Project.” Funded by a VCUQatar Faculty Research Grant, the installation will be will be presented for the first time by the Qatar Museums Authority and the Orientalist Museum at the “Art of Travel” exhibition in the Alriwaq Doha Exhibition Space, located next to the Museum of IslamicRead more