Emirati girls are being deterred from careers in science, technology and engineering because of stereotypes. There's also a lack of information for their parents about the subjects, says Noor Ghazal, a graduate of the Masdar Institute of Sciences and Technology. Ms Ghazal, 25, who graduated last year, interviewed about 2,600 Emirati students at federal and private universities and 18 academics,Read more

Start, a Dubai-based charity initiative, is using the power of art to heal, educate and empower orphans, refugees and children with special needs in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and the UAE Her innocent, pretty face might make you think Nermeen Abu Shashieh has had an idyllic childhood. But the pictures she paints tell the real story. The distorted face of aRead more

Recent reports of attempted abductions in the UAE have prompted Emirati poet and martial arts enthusiast Wael Al Sayegh to educate schoolchildren and even toddlers about the dangers possibly lurking around the corner It was a perfect sunny afternoon early in December when a car crept up to an eight-year-old girl - a Dubai British School pupil - just outsideRead more

Teachers and senior Liberal Democrats reacted with fury yesterday at plans to restore the O-level which they said would create a “two-tier system”. Education Secretary Michael Gove wants to axe GCSEs for 16-year-olds and return to a mixture of the O-level and a less-rigorous, CSE-like qualification for weaker pupils. But his reforms, leaked yesterday, came as a bombshell to otherRead more

A group of 12 teachers from across America have a new perspective to add to their curriculum in the upcoming school year, after returning from Qatar as part of the Fourth Annual Teach Fellowship (Teachers Educating Across Cultures in Harmony). An initiative of the Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce (Busacc), Teach is a cross-cultural exchange programme between educators from theRead more

The DeBakey High School for Health Professions (DHSHP) yesterday graduated its class of 2012 at a commencement ceremony held at the Diplomatic Club. The graduating class, which is the second batch since the school was established in Qatar in 2008, comprised some 27 students of 16 different nationalities including Qatar, who received their awards and a diploma certificate. DHSHP wasRead more

Dubai School children will be able to exhibit their innovative skills and creativity at the Dubai Children’s Science Congress, which has been organised by the Dubai Municipality in association with the Friends of Kerala Sasthra Sahitya Parishad, on Saturday at Al Ahli Club. Children between the age of 12 and 17 will get to present their projects in front ofRead more

Despite decades of European integration, less than one in two teenagers in the 27-nation bloc speaks a foreign language well enough to hold a conversation, the European Union executive said Thursday. Tests in 14 countries showed only 42 percent of teenage pupils competent in a first foreign language and just one out of four able to converse in a secondRead more

The government of Sharjah is spending Dh90 million to upgrade 46 schools in the emirate. The money will be used to build infrastructure including theatre halls and computer labs as all primary government campuses in Sharjah move to the Model School system, which has shown results by providing a more rigorous and stimulating environment than regular state schools. Dr SheikhRead more

Forty-six schools across Sharjah will be realigned to a new model school concept by the beginning of academic year 2013, benefiting 13,000 students in line with the directive of His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah. Dr Humaid Bin Mohammed, minister of education, has issued a decree setting upRead more