Syrian students who faced beatings and worse for opposing President Bashar al-Assad's regime have traded textbooks for guns, taking to the front lines in Aleppo with almost no military training. Ahmed al-Shawaf was studying Turkish literature at Latakia University until he was kicked off the campus over a demonstration against Assad. "They saw us before we went to the demonstration,"Read more

Young people in Spain are more likely to leave school early and have difficulty entering the job market, according to a Unesco report published today. 'Education for All 2012, finds that one in three Spaniards between 15 and 24 years of age abandoned their studies before finishing secondary school. The European average is one in five. In a country hardRead more

More than 500 universities from 38 countries and regions have registered to attend the China International Education Expo 2012 scheduled to kick off in Beijing on Oct. 20, the event's sponsor revealed on Tuesday. "Twenty-one countries will attend the expo in groups to better demonstrate their education quality in a bid to attract Chinese students," said Zong Wa, deputy secretary-generalRead more

Hopes for Women in Education, a recently established non-profit organisation, is helping women from Jordan’s most disadvantaged communities get the education that many deserve but few can afford. The organisation aims to provide funding for post-secondary education and skills training to refugee, displaced and non-status women in Jordan and elsewhere in the region who cannot continue their education due toRead more

Minister of Education Prince Faisal bin Abdullah underscored the role of the General Education Evaluation Authority for the development of education in the Kingdom. “The setting up of this evaluation authority is one of my private dreams,” the prince said, adding that the ministry also pinned its hopes on the authority for bringing about a qualitative shift in general education.Read more

The National Center for Educational Development has started implementing a training plan for teams tasked with reviewing national educational curricula and management of schools, the center Director-General Dr. Reda Al-Khayat said.  Dr. Al-Khayat said in remarks to KUNA, on Tuesday, that the current phase of the project aimed at setting the criteria for the curricula, namely the Arabic, English languages,Read more

His Highness Shaikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, son of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander, today attended the opening of the 3rd Architecture Forum – Vision 2030. The University Of Bahrain College Of Engineering is organizing the symposium under the patronage of Supreme Council for Youth and Sport first deputy-chairman and Bahrain Royal EquestrianRead more

Mexican students protesting a new curriculum threw homemade explosives, fired rockets and hurled stones at police in a melee that left 176 arrested and 10 police officers injured, officials said. The protesting students are preparing to become teachers in rural areas, and they are angry because the new curriculum includes English and computer science, which they see as low-priority subjectsRead more

UAE Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan met here today with visiting Algerian Minister of Postal Services, Information and Communication Technologies Musa Bin Hamadi. During the meeting, they reviewed cooperation between the UAE and Algeria and ways to strengthening relations.Read more

The First Deputy of Supreme Council for Youth and Sports Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa will patronize on Monday, October 15 third architectural forum organised by the college of architecture at the University of Bahrain, Sakhir. The forum is under the theme "Vision 2030" and will be held at Shaikh Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa hall at the universityRead more