Six weeks. That’s how long each team at the Buckeye Regional FIRST Robotics Competition had to design, build and learn to use a basketball shooting robot. The robotics competition at the Wolstein Center brought 60 teams from from Canada and nearby states including Lorain County students from Avon, Avon Lake, Lorain and Amherst high schools. Teams purchased robot kits withRead more

A group of 1,000 Pakistani students of colleges and universities from all over Punjab on Saturday made the world’s largest painting — 41,685 square feet — at the National Hockey Stadium in the eastern city of Lahore. It is learnt that the previous record of 33,000 square-foot painting had been acclaimed by the Guinness World Records. According to the organisers,Read more

Nursery staff and childminders are allowed to work at pre-school groups without displaying basic literacy or numeracy skills, according to a Government-commissioned review. Colleges demand more qualifications for students training to look after animals than for those who will care for babies, the report said. Professor Cathy Nutbrown, an expert in early childhood education from Sheffield University, conducted the researchRead more

Afghan President Hamid Karzai called Saturday on tribal and religious leaders to encourage the education of girls, a right which was denied to them under Taliban rule. Afghanistan's leader, speaking at a ceremony marking the start of the country's school year, also urged insurgent groups not to attack teachers and school children, saying that the country could only develop throughRead more

Greek riot police attack protesting school teachers in the capital Athens on the eve of Independence Day celebrations, making 29 arrests. Scuffles broke out on Saturday just before the start of pupils’ parade, held on the eve of the Independence Day in the capital every year, as the riot police blocked the demonstrators advancing towards the Syntagma Square, Kathimerini, anRead more

Despite obstacles facing women in many regions of the world, over 130 female students from 30 countries were urged to help bring about change by simply showing the willingness to engage and champion causes. A variety of speakers held up examples for students on the concluding day of the Dubai Women's College's (DWC) Insight Dubai Conference last week on howRead more

In the classrooms they lurk, hungry little minds distracted by a natural love of undisciplined fun, waiting to drive their inexperienced teachers crazy. But they will soon meet their match, as primary school teachers are being trained in the practical skills they will need to keep these disorderly little people on a clear road to learning. "When I taught myRead more

More than one-in-seven pupils across England are being forced to accept second, third or fourth-choice schools this September, it emerged. Data published by the Department for Education suggests almost one-in-20 children were rejected from at least three state secondary schools. Nick Gibb, the Schools Minister, said too many parents had been left with a “Hobson’s choice”. According to figures, someRead more

GCC meeting for heads of Cultural Attaches in Britain discussed here Saturday means to facilitate visa procedures for students studying in the UK, KUNA news agency reported. The meeting focused on measures to facilitate the steps to acquire the studying visa for GCC students, the Cultural Attache at the Kuwaiti Embassy in London told KUNA. Participants would further discuss theRead more

The Tanque Verde High School student council has organized a charity dance for a school in Uganda. The dance will be Saturday at the Tucson Convention Center in the Copper Ballroom from 8 to 11 p.m. It is open to all high school students with a valid 2011-12 school identification card. The money raised will go to Keframa College inRead more