The results of the General Secondary Education Certificate Examination (Tawjihi) summer session which will decide the fate of more than 138,000 students will be announced on Friday, according to the Ministry of Education. Education Minister Fayez Saudi will hold a press conference at 9:00pm on Friday to announce the results, the passing rates and the names of the top studentsRead more

President of Jala Islamic University in Thailand Dr Ismail Lutfi Javakia has highly evaluated the support HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani provided for the construction of the teaching hospital of the (the founder) Sheikh Jassim bin Mohamed bin Thani in Salam Fatani city in the Thai State of Jala. Praising the effort exerted by the StateRead more

Singapore's Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong launched a new fund on Monday to enhance school-based parent partnership efforts in education. Goh launched the Parents in Education Fund worth 150,000 Singapore dollars (120,000 U.S. dollars) at a local primary school. The money was raised through Goh's private golf game for charity. He also pledged to raise at least 450,000 SingaporeRead more

International students contribute more to the Canadian economy than the value of some of the country's top aerospace exports, according to official data. Foreign students spent eight billion U.S. dollars in Canada in 2010, up from 6.5 billion dollars in 2008, said a Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada study released Friday. Meanwhile, Canada's exports of helicopters, airplanes and spacecraftRead more

Yemeni Minister of Higher Education Yahya Al-Shuaibi announced his resignation, to be the first minister to resign from the reconciliation government. Al-Shuaibi said in a statement on his Facebook page, in response to Yemeni students abroad asking him to solve their problems, that he had left the country and the ministry and that they should communicate with his deputy Dr.Read more

President Obama signed an executive order Thursday for an initiative to improve education for African Americans. Obama announced the initiative Wednesday in remarks at the National Urban League conference in New Orleans. The initiative sets a number of goals, including: -- Increasing the percentage of African-American children who enter kindergarten, improving access to high-quality early learning and development programs; --Read more

Mathematics should be compulsory for all students staying on at school after the age of 16, regardless of what subjects they are studying at A-level, according to a report by a parliamentary committee. The House of Lords science and technology committee said that improving numeracy among school leavers was not only increasingly important to employers, but would address the growingRead more

Cash-strapped French universities will become film sets or host special courses to make money this summer. Paris' prestigious Sorbonne university is renting its interiors rich in history - the chapel is the resting place of Cardinal Richelieu - as a set for period movies and action films, French daily Le Figaro reports, saying one fourth of French universities is inRead more

Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) organized 16 workshops to introduce the Abu Dhabi Environment, Health and Safety Management System (AD EHSMS), approved by Abu Dhabi Center for Environment, Health and Safety (AD EHS Center), to public and private schools in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. "The workshops aimed to get schools familiar with AD EHSMS requirements and processes designed inRead more

The Malaysian Embassy in Damascus evacuated 58 Malaysian students to Beirut in order to board a flight on board a commercial plane to Kuala Lumpur today. Malaysian President Najib Abdulrazaque, issued instructions last Saturday ordering immediate repatriation of all Malaysian citizens from Syria including the Malaysian Embassy staff members in view of rapid deterioration of the security situation there. TheRead more