More than 100 school students have been trained to teach their classmates about injury prevention this year. Pupils aged between 12 and 15 from 17 schools in Dubai and Sharjah attended three-day workshops conducted by the DHA and Unicef on how to prevent drowning, burning, traffic accidents, poisoning and falling. "This programme uses a peer-to-peer strategy so that children canRead more

Greek families spend more than five billion euros a year on educating their children despite the fact that most children go to public schools and all universities are free, according the results of a study presented on Wednesday and published by daily Kathimerini. The research, carried out by experts working for the General Confederation of Greek Labor (GSEE), the country'sRead more

The Forum on Advancement of Arabic Language, concluding on Thursday its first edition at Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC), has endorsed the Doha Declaration that included the most important visions and ideas that the forum's participants have reached regarding the advancement and protection of the Arabic language. The declaration has launched the Qatari Initiative for Arabic Language Advancement, which coversRead more

My dream is to help children unleash every drop of their ability to become globally responsible citizens on behalf of the UAE. Why? Because I believe that we have a great nation that has done great things in 40 short years — and its greatest assets are its people. Professor James Heckman has a name for this : The EconomicsRead more

An evaluation committee from the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi and the Abu Dhabi Education Council was at the Islamia English School in the Capital on Tuesday assessing how much the school was able to do for the environment in the present academic year. Islamia is one among the 30 schools in the emirate that were shortlisted for the finalRead more

Parents of children with special needs claim schools are not willing to make even small changes to help accommodate special needs children, and the authorities are also not much help. Neha Sharma, mother of a 12-year-old girl with mild cerebral palsy, says she has had to run from pillar to post to get her child educated. “ Even schools suchRead more

Teachers unions announced Wednesday they not correct end-of-school examinations for grade 9 and grade 12 to protest the government’s failure to abide by a previous agreement on their salary scale. The teachers also warned that they would decide within 10 days whether to even hold the exams. The decision was taken by the Union Coordination Committee, a coalition of associationsRead more

Commandeered buses blocked off the main bridge linking Nigeria's largest city Wednesday, stranding thousands of commuters as protesters took over the 12-kilometer span to demonstrate against the country's president. Their rage didn't focus on rampant government corruption, increasing terrorist attacks or massive unemployment in Africa's most populous nation. Instead, it came down to simply a name. Students at the UniversityRead more

Days of talks between students and the Quebec government to resolve three months of protests over tuition fee hikes continued, ending hopes of a quick settlement. Talks had appeared to be moving forward earlier in the week but a student leader, Martine Desjardins, said late Wednesday during a break in negotiations she was "disappointed" the government had not responded toRead more

Seven students and an adult were hospitalized Wednesday after a vehicle struck them on a street near Hemet High School in Southern California, authorities said. Riverside County Fire Department officials said three of the injured were in critical condition -- after the driver of a sport utility vehicle ran a red light at a crosswalk in front of the schoolRead more