Nepal Teachers' Union and Nepal Educational Republican Forum called strike on Sunday saying the Ministry of Education (MoE) was not positive to address the demands of teachers' unions. The two alliances of teachers' unions have announced closure of all public and private schools indefinitely from Sunday. Teachers' unions have blamed the MoE for failing to implement its commitment to giveRead more

Muslim students across the region now have the opportunity to delve into ongoing debates on the relationship between science and religion. This opportunity comes after a recent Dh3 million grant was awarded by the John Templeton Foundation to Prof Nidhal Guessoum, professor of physics at the American University of Sharjah (AUS). Prof Guessoum and Dr Jean Staune from the InterdisciplinaryRead more

Two years before most students take the IGCSE college entrance test, 14-year-old Syazwina Hamdan is getting ready for the examination this year. She says she owes her preparation to a teacher who knows her best - her mum. "My mother knows my weaknesses, so she teaches my weakness and challenges my strengths," said Syazwina, an expressive teenager who hopes toRead more

More students wear glasses - that was the first thing fourth-grade teacher Qu Tingting noticed when she entered the classroom at the beginning of the new semester at Tairi School in Shanghai's Fengxian district a month ago. The 9-year-old students have few school homework assignments, Qu said, and almost all of them play games on tablet computers every day. "DigitalRead more

The number of students who took their own lives in Japan in 2011 was up almost 11 percent from the previous year, the National Police Agency reports. The total number of suicides fell by more than 3 percent to 30,651, The Yomiuri Shimbun reported. The year was the 14th straight when more than 30,000 people committed suicide in the country.Read more

China should make academic fraud a crime to curb dishonesty, a deputy of National People's Congress (NPC) proposed at the annual two sessions, China Youth Daily reported Friday. "Academic misconduct seriously impacts the social credibility of scientific research and provides a hotbed for corruption," said Yan Xijun, a deputy of NPC. "Academic cheating has widened from academic papers to theRead more

In the summer of 2012, the New York Public Library will be hosting a variety of workshops for teachers in which they can explore education outside the classroom. Workshops: Adam Shatz  - Black Bohemia: Poetry, Painting, and Jazz on the Lower East Side July 16th – July 20th Laura Shapiro -Writing Food: A Workshop in Creative Non-?ction July 23 –Read more

Press Complaints Commission (PCC) chairman Lord Hunt today defended plans to scrap the body before Lord Justice Leveson completes his inquiry into media standards. The industry's self-regulator will close this year after failing to recover from its decision not to fully investigate phone hacking allegations at the News of the World. Lord Hunt, who became chairman after predecessor Baroness PetaRead more

Saboteurs have escalated their campaign against educational establishments. Twelve vandals today attacked Manama Girls' Secondary School. They hurled a barrage of stones, smashing classroom window-panes. The Balqis Girls' Primary School also came under attack as arsonists set fire deliberately near its external fence in a bid to spark panic. Concerned authorities have been informed to take necessary measures. Read more

An Israeli expert’s lecture at a Jordanian university has been cancelled after hundreds of outraged Jordanian students protested his participation in a conference. Hundreds of Jordanian students demonstrated outside the University of Jordan in Amman on Thursday to protest a scheduled lecture by an Israeli expert at a mental health conference. The protesters demanded that Dr. Gideon Anholt's lecture beRead more