Hong Kong students and teachers protested Tuesday for a sixth straight day against plans to introduce Chinese patriotism classes, as political tensions rise days ahead of legislative polls. Protesters at the government headquarters said they would not vote for parties that supported "national education", which they say is a bid to brainwash children with Chinese Communist Party propaganda. "I feelRead more

Bruno Cholet, a serial rapist who operated an illegal taxi in central Paris, goes on trial on Tuesday for the 2008 kidnapping and murder of Swedish student Susanna Zetterberg. Cholet, 55, denies the charges in what was one of the most shocking murder cases in France in recent years. He faces spending the rest of his life in prison ifRead more

As part of implementing its initiative in the field of education, Qatar Charity (QC) has opened a centre to accommodate children who have left school and fled with their families in south of Mali. The Executive Director of International Operations at Qatar Charity (QC) Mohammed Mubarak Al-Adsani said that the initiative aims to help alleviate the suffering of parents andRead more

King Abdullah II on Monday received a reply letter from Education Minister Fayez Saud who expressed pride of the educational sector in the letter addresses by His Majesty to students and teachers yesterday on the first day of the school year. The minister said the King’s letter forms a work methodology and a roadmap for achieving objectives of the educationalRead more

Mongolian parliament speaker Z. Enkhbold said on Monday that the country will pay more attention on education and create more favorable conditions for its development. Addressing an opening ceremony of new semester in Mongolian University for Science and Technology, Enkhbold said Mongolian parliament attached great importance to the country's higher education. He said the parliament has been organizing the "educationalRead more

When Hsu Chung-hsin went to university three decades ago he became part of a small elite in Taiwan. Now virtually everyone can enter higher education. That, he thinks, is deplorable. “It’s become so easy. As long as you’re willing to pay the tuition, you can go to university. That’s no good,” said Hsu, a legislator with a PhD in lawRead more

The British Embassy in Khartoum celebrated Sunday the announcement of winners of scholarships within the UK programme that funds postgraduate studies for future leaders in developing countries (to obtain a master's degree). Seven Sudanese students (five male and two female) got full grades. The winners are from the Sudanese Foreign Ministry and the Faculty of Economics of the University ofRead more

On any given day in a state primary school in India, up to one in four teachers is missing. The cost for a country that sees its young population as its ticket to superpower status is huge. In the poor and agricultural district of Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh, a state that is home to nearly 200 million people, or oneRead more

A batch of policemen will start this month the third course on combating school violence and addiction. The Southern Governorate will host the training scheme “Together” at its headquarters in Awali. US-based experts will conduct the training course which targets schools, particularly primary and intermediate school students. Violence and Addiction Combating Committee Chairman Shaikh Abdulla bin Rashid Al-Khalifa is keenRead more

About 140 new secondary schools will open in December 2012 out of a total of 500, to cope with the problem of overcrowded classrooms, especially for first year. announced Thursday here Minister of National Education Boubekeur Benbouzid.  Read more