THE National Commission implementing Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) recommendations yesterday hailed steps taken to reform the media and education sectors, describing them as important initiatives to bolster national unity. This came as Shura Council and panel chairman Ali Saleh Al Saleh presided over a meeting to review government procedures to carry out BICI proposals. He urged all partiesRead more

A large proportion of Kuwaiti citizens are dissatisfied with the education provided at the Gulf state’s public schools, according to new research figures quoted by local media. Some 83 percent of people who took part in a schools survey said there was a lack of strategic planning in public education, while 85 percent thought not enough effort was made toRead more

An Indian university has tied up with a university in Mozambique to help provide “global career opportunities for students”. The O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) Tuesday signed here a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of St. Thomas of Mozambique (USTM), a communique said. USTM Rector Joseph Wamala said: “The MoU...marks an important beginning in institutional collaborations between Africa andRead more

Figures show 46 per cent of places are empty around six months before courses start. The Training and Development Agency for Schools, which administers the process, insisted numbers were up on last year but admitted there was “still an urgent need for even more high quality recruits”. It also emerged that courses in other subjects such as science and foreignRead more

All educational institutions in Abu Dhabi will undergo a dedicated auditing process, starting with public and private schools in October, a senior official from the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) said on Tuesday. "For the next six months, we will begin the process of registering schools for this initiative, which aims to ensure that all school buildings meet the environment,Read more

The two-day roundtable on the challenges faced in education for girls, hosted by Dubai Cares and Plan Canada, began on Monday. The meeting was part of a global movement that supports social justice for children in developing countries. “The greatest and most urgent moral challenge ahead of us this century remains gender inequality, specifically discrimination against girls” Titled ‘Bridging theRead more

The Global Education Show 2012 will be launched at Tatmadaw Hall in Myanmar's Yangon this month, according to the education circle Tuesday. The Global Education Show 2012, organized by IESM, is scheduled to take place from March 23 to 25, the sources said. The show is aimed at contributing to education guidelines of Myanmar, uplifting learning opportunity, quality and healthRead more

African-American students, who make up slightly less than half of those enrolled in Chicago Public Schools, face harsher discipline than their white and Latino classmates but have better access to quality education than minority students in other large, urban districts, according to a study to be released Tuesday by theU.S. Department of Education. African-American students comprised three-quarters of school suspensionsRead more

England's faith state schools are failing to mirror their local communities by shunning the poorest pupils in their area, analysis by the Guardian of the latest government figures shows. The Roman Catholic church, which has repeatedly insisted its schools are inclusive, comes out particularly badly in the examination of data published by the Department for Education (DfE) last month andRead more

In one classroom, pupils are being evacuated during an earthquake; in another, a young man's life is falling apart because of drug addiction. These are some of the scenes being played out in schools across the emirate as part of the Dubai Police security-education programme. The initiative takes place in all public schools, primary and secondary, and 20 private schools.Read more