Saudi Student Abdullah Al-Salloum of National Ghad Schools in Riyadh won a bronze medal at International Physics Olympiad 2012, concluded in Estonia today. Other Saudi students including Mohammed Al-Hajji, Homoud Al-Harbi and Ali Hilmi have been awarded certificates of merit at the ten-day Olympiad.Read more

Six Hamas-affiliated students said Sunday that they had ended a 3-week hunger strike at Hebron University after the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority pledged not to pursue them over their political activities on campus. Representative of the protesters Rami Rajoub told Ma'an the group had received a written notice from the PA Ministry of Interior guaranteeing that security forces would not summonRead more

A Palestinian student in Syria has scored the highest test results in nationwide high school exams, a Ma'an correspondent said Monday. Ola Majed Amoura, originally form Haifa, obtained 100 percent in her high school science exams. Amoura lives in al-Sheikh refugee camp located west of the Syrian capital Damascus. Her father, Majed Amoura, is an Arabic teacher and her motherRead more

Health officials in several countries across South East Asia are on alert over a deadly virus that has killed more 50 young children and which the authorities fear could spread further. This week, officials in Cambodia closed all its kindergartens and primary schools to try and prevent the spread of hand, foot and mouth disease, caused by the Enterovirus 71Read more

The head of the Private Schools Teachers Association slammed the sluggishness of the work of the ministerial sub-committee tasked with looking into new salaries of teachers and civil servants and said it should look to more short-term solutions, in comments published Saturday. “The ministerial committee tasked with reviewing the draft on introducing a new salary scale for the public sectorRead more

Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour said additional public schools will open to house the thousands of Syrian refugees streaming into Lebanon for fear of a massacre in Damascus, in remarks published Friday. An-Nahar quoted Abu Faour as saying that Head of the Progressive Socialist Party Walid Jumblatt and Minister Alaaeddine Terro tasked him with asking “Education Minister Hasan DiabRead more

For the thousands of Saudi students, who pursue their higher studies in foreign universities, fasting in Ramadan is a big challenge. Those in Western countries have to fast 16 to 18 hours while studying at classrooms or engaging in project works. These young Saudi men and women miss their Ramadan customs and traditions when their families exchange visits, mothers prepareRead more

The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Education on Thursday announced the 2012 results for the country wide Tawjihi exams. A press conference was held in Ma'an Network's Ramallah office and broadcast on Mix TV. Over 87,000 students sat for the Tawjihi exams, with 62.2 percent of them passing the exams, Deputy Minister of Education Jihad Zakarneh said. The Ministry of EducationRead more

261 preparatory school students have completed a basic police training course in Fujairah. The ceremony which was held for graduates of the "Police Generations" was attended by H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, crown prince of Fujairah and senior officials. The new graduates join a total of1680 students who graduated in the last 9 years from theRead more

The Union Coordination Committee (UCC) said Wednesday it will participate in the meeting with the educational ministerial committee and Prime Minister Najib Mikati tomorrow 16:00 at the Grand Serail, adding that UCC will continue to boycott corrections if the salaries and degrees grid isn't approved.Read more