HMC has achieved the institutional accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education – International (ACGME-I) thus becoming the first hospital system in the Middle East and making Qatar the second country after Singapore to achieve the top status by the US accrediting authority outside the United States. The accreditation, effective from July 1 this year so that medicalRead more

Experts are calling for more international cooperation in the establishment of vocational and technical schools. "China and the world should combine forces in running vocational and technical schools," said Wang Jiping, director of the Central Institute for Vocational and Technical Education, under the Ministry of Education. "The priority in China's vocational education has been transferred to the pursuit of qualityRead more

 A report, tabled by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), stating that only one out of five schools in Dubai fulfils the recommended duration of physical activity per week is disturbing, highlighted a UAE paper. "What makes these observations critical is the non-adherence to the recommended level of physical activity, wherein almost half the schools 47 per cent flout guidelines thatRead more

The importance of educational and cultural exchanges was emphasized here on Monday as the "Scotland in Conversation with China" series program went to this major city in northeast Scotland. Hosted by University of Aberdeen, the program event attracted around 300 audience to King's College conference center who are interested in the educational and cultural exchanges between Scotland and China. InRead more

Children flocked to reopened schools across New York Monday for the first time since superstorm Sandy, but colder weather piled on the misery for hundreds of thousands of people still lacking power. The sight of yellow school buses crisscrossing the Big Apple marked a major step back to normality for a city that suffered unprecedented damage from the hurricane-strength storm,Read more

The sixth edition of the Schools Olympic Program (SOP) under the theme ” Sport and Investment” begins today at Qatar Tennis Federation Court. 9450 students (boys and girls) are expected to participate in the volleyball, basketball, football, handball, athletics and tennis competitions to be held in the fourth week. According to the SOP program, the tennis competitions will begin onRead more

Imagine learning the English language through rhythm, rhyme and rap! Yes, English language specialist Jason R Levine has been doing precisely that and more. He has developed an approach to English language teaching based on songs that he writes and performs. In Oman for a trip put together by the US Embassy in Muscat, as part of the US DepartmentRead more

Education Minister Abdul Razaq al-Ashwal inaugurated on Monday the developed schools’ manual and a workshop to develop the abilities of mentors to oversee the developed schools in Yemen. At the inauguration ceremony, which was organized by the Education Ministry over three days in collaboration with UNICEF, the minister confirmed the importance of the developed schools’ role in improving and developingRead more

Some 20% of students, or 24,000 young people per year, leave Southern Italy to pursue higher education in central or northern Italian universities, according to data released by research body Ipe on Friday. The report is based on data provided by the education ministry. The South of Italy also loses about 18,000 local university graduates each year when they receiveRead more

The President of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC), Dr. Khaldoun El Charif announced on Friday that two billion Lebanese pounds is allocated for textbooks in public schools for Syrian and Palestinian students. Dr. Khaldoun El Charif was informed of the cabinet’s decision by The Minister of Education Hassan Diab. This decision applies to students from primary classes to the ninthRead more