Emirati parents want children to focus on improving their English during summer school, educational institutions said . The second annual Skills4Life Summer Programme, to be held next month, offers Emirati children in grades 6 to 12 the chance to explore career options. The subjects include robotics, photography, aviation, nursing and web design. The three-week programme, from July 1 to 19,Read more

Prime Minister Najib Mikati promised teachers Thursday to pass in June a new salary scale for the public sector which would allow them to benefit from a salary raise introduced to the private sector in January. Given this promise, teachers went back on their threat not to proctor grade 9 and grade 12 official exams, but said they would notRead more

Islamic schools in the Netherlands have greatly improved the academic performances of their students in only a few years. The Dutch Ministry of Education has congratulated the schools for making rapid improvements, Radio Netherlands reported Thursday. In March 2011, one-fifth of Dutch Islamic primary schools obtained a poor performance score and 7.5 percent were deemed very poor in performance, notedRead more

The Saudi Arabian education directorate has decided to push for “stricter” and “more decent” girls’ school uniforms after it noticed tendencies among students for open collar designs and “inadequate” belts, a Saudi daily has reported. According to Al Sharq, the general education directorate in Makkah has stressed in a note to schools that girls must remain committed to wearing decentRead more

The Dean of students at Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology is accused of confiscating the student’s ballot box and announced the cancellation of the students’ electoral process and the student union on Tuesday. The Dean, Majok Kelei, appeared at the polling station at the University and confiscated the ballot box containing ballot papers terminating the electoralRead more

The Saudi Arabian education directorate has decided to push for “stricter” and “more decent” girls’ school uniforms after it noticed tendencies among students for open collar designs and “inadequate” belts, a Saudi daily has reported. According to Al Sharq, the general education directorate in Makkah has stressed in a note to schools that girls must remain committed to wearing decentRead more

Information on Abu Dhabi’s environmental heritage is just a click away for nature-loving pupils in the emirate — helping them to experience and learn about nature in an entertaining manner. The Environment Agency — Abu Dhabi (EAD) on Tuesday launched an online interactive version of the popular Environmental Atlas of Abu Dhabi Emirate that was unveiled at the Eye onRead more

The Sultanate's Embassy in the Korean capital, Seoul received students of the Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) who are currently visiting the country on an annual grant extended by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos. Mohammed bin Salim al Harthy, Sultanate's Ambassador to Korea, explained to the students the importance of this journey in providing them with knowledge and experiences.Read more

Three Rye, N.Y., high school students face charges in the alleged hazing of eighth graders in a "Freshman Friday" ritual, police said. Rye High School juniors Sean Pinson and Tristan Scragg, each 17, and Max Myerson, 16, were arrested Saturday, and charged as adults, with assault, hazing and unlawful imprisonment, after allegedly kidnapping several young boys at a local library,Read more

A Chinese college has issued an apology for a nursing student who took pictures of newborn babies being posed in dangerous positions and posted them online. Zhejiang University apologized Sunday for Xiao Shiyu's behavior while she was an intern at Children's Hospital, which is affiliated with the school, China Daily reported. In April, Xiao posted photos of babies she workedRead more