The Mohammed Bin Rashid Foundation (MBRF) has donated AED one million to the emirate of Fujairah to contribute to efforts to improving education in the emirate. The donation is in line with directives by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum toRead more

Dr. Hamda Hassan Al-Sulaiti, Director of the Evaluation Institute at Supreme Education Council has strongly denied rumors about the existence of errors in the calculation of the secondary school examinations or in the correcting of the examinations and their re-correcting, or even the occurrence of dissatisfaction amid the parents due the circulated incorrect information. In an exclusive interview with QatarRead more

The Information Technology Department at the Supreme Education Council (SEC) will organize on Monday an awareness campaign in the summer centers aiming at introducing the e-learning initiative in the Independent Schools. The campaign will highlight the importance of technology in education and shed light on the SEC e-learning initiative and its different programs. The campaign also aims at raising awarenessRead more

Education and Higher Learning Minister Hassan Diab said that school teachers would resume correcting official examinations as soon as possible. Diab said that such fresh stance of teachers came after the ministry and educational coordination committee treated all pending items and discussed the salary grid as well as the date of retroactive effect.Read more

Mesaieed International School (MIS) recently held various events to mark the end of the academic year and to recognize the excellent performance of its students in various areas. An educational institution owned by Qatar Petroleum (QP) and which follows British curriculum, the MIS events included an 'End-of-Year Singing Celebration' involving nursery and reception pupils on July 2, a prize-giving ceremonyRead more

A group of more than 40 primary teachers from Independent Schools, who participated in the inaugural Qatar University ExxonMobil Teachers Academy to enhance math and science education, were honoured at a gala dinner last week. QU President Dr Sheikha al-Misnad, ExxonMobil Qatar president and general manager Bart Cahir, US embassy charge d’affaires Mirembe Nantongo, Social Development Centre general manager AmalRead more

When schools reopen in September, Qatar’s student athletes will be greeted by a new logo promoting their involvement in the 6th edition of the ever-expanding Qatar Schools Olympic Programme (SOP). Set for an official launch on September 19, the new SOP logo will debut at a ceremony designed to celebrate the programme and its many partners, among them aspiring youngRead more

Eligible students for the Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al-Khalifa’s scholarships are being urged to start sending their papers on Sunday (July8) online on email info@nbhf.bh. Royal Charity Organisation board of trustees’ chairman and Bahrain Olympic Committee President Shaikh Nasser today directed the committee in charge of the scholarships to start receiving applications. Under the scheme, a batch of five-hundred eligibleRead more

Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and President of the Hamdan bin Mohammed e-University, has ordered to provide scholarships to 20 outstanding high school students to pursue their academic studies in the university. Lieutenant-General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Commander-in Chief of the Dubai Police and Chairman of the university’s Board of Governors, thanked Shaikh HamdanRead more

A Tunisian university dean who is to face trial on Thursday for allegedly slapping a female student wearing a niqab dismissed the proceedings against him as “astonishing” and an attack on freedoms. Speaking to AFP on the eve of the trial, Habib Kazdaghli, dean of the faculty of arts, letters and humanities at Manouba University, said the case was theRead more