A University of South Alabama campus police officer Saturday shot and killed a student who was nude and acting erratically, a school spokesman said. The slain student was identified as Gilbert Thomas Collar, 18, of Wetumpka, AL.com reported. University spokesman Keith Ayers said he was shot once in the chest, the news website said. The name of the officer whoRead more

Two Florida girls who spent most of one night in an elementary school face felony burglary charges, police said. Kaitlynn Wagner, 13, and Samantha Savich, 11, were also charged with petty theft Friday, WBBH-TV in Fort Myers reported. Investigators said the two, both students at Port Charlotte Middle School, sneaked into Neil Armstrong Elementary School Sept. 17. They were reportedRead more

Humaid Mohammad Obaid Al Qutami, Minister of Education, launched the vocational education guidance project in general education and unveiled the national document for guidance, an unprecedented step in the Arab world. The minister said the project will create for the first time in public schools the position of academic counsellor, whose key mandate is to advise students on the correctRead more

Around 300 teams of schoolchildren are vying to represent the UAE in the World Robot Olympiad to be held in November in Malaysia, the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) announced in a statement. The schoolchildren are up against one another in the National Robot Challenge, which will select 19 teams from across the UAE. The national contest is being sponsoredRead more

Humaid Al Qatami, Minister of Education, has underlined that the UAE values the teaching profession and respects teachers, indicating that the leadership backs teachers and upgrades their societal status to match their message. The minister congratulated the teachers on their World Teachers' Day, which corresponds with Oct. 15, annually. He reiterated that President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed AlRead more

Bahrain Ambassador to Washington Huda Nonoo today hosted a group of students from Boston University and updated them on the Kingdom’s history and strong political, economic and cultural relations bonding both countries. She also stressed the challenges which faced Bahrain last year, stressing the crucial role of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa in addressing the situation with greatRead more

Philippine School Doha, Philippine International School Qatar, DPS-Modern Indian School, Birla Public School, Ideal Indian School, and Al Khor International School (Indian Stream) have qualified for the finals of the Indian Women’s Association’s 16th Inter School Quiz contest. The finals of the event, with Commercialbank as the main sponsor, is taking place today at the Birla Public School auditorium fromRead more

Students across Italy protesting government austerity measures and budget cuts to education clashed with police on Friday. In Rome student demonstrators said that they were beaten with clubs and manhandled by police as they marched in the Porta Portese neighborhood. Six police in the capital city and two in Turin reported injuries. Digos security police in Rome said they detainedRead more

A series of student protests took places in cities across Italy on Friday to oppose the cutting of education funding, according to local media. Earlier this morning, a group of student protesters managed to hang a huge poster over one of Rome's most famous monuments, The Altar of the Homeland, depicting Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti as a vampire. TheRead more

The Ministry of Education plans to celebrate World Teacher's Day under the aegis of Education Minister Prince Faisal bin Abdullah at the King Fahd Cultural Center in Riyadh on Saturday. This coincides with the international celebration of teacher’s day on Oct. 5 of every year as implemented by the UNESCO since 1994. “Over the past few years, the Kingdom’s teacher'sRead more