An overhaul of the state education system is expected this year. The biggest change is to unfold in high schools, where a new curriculum is to be tested by the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec). The number of subjects taught is to be cut from 13 to less than 10 and pupils are to have more options to choose from.Read more

The Ministry of Education's undersecretary for Curricula Affairs Dr. Abdullah Yusuf Al-Mutawa chaired today in Tunisia a meeting of the Executive Board of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO). In his speech, Al-Mutawa emphasized the national and pan-Arab dimensions for the development of curricula and urged the Organization to initiate programs far from conventional, routine curricula whichRead more

The Indian High School, Dubai, team bagged gold medals in the CBSE National Tennis Championship for Under-14 girls held in India. They won the team championship after beating Delhi Public School from Surat 2-0 in the final, while Rikeeta Pereira bagged the individual championship gold medal in the Under-14 girls singles event, defeating Dwani Kumar of Kensri School, Bengaluru 7-2.Read more

Telegraph uncovered that teachers had been attending seminars where they were given inappropriate advice,  writes Robert Winnett at the Telegraph. The postponement has been ordered following an enquiry conducted by Ofqual, the exams regulator, in the wake of an investigation into exam systems that found teachers across the country paying up to £230 a day to attend seminars with chiefRead more

Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei urged Iranian students studying abroad to acquire knowledge in a diligent way and at the same time elaborate on and delineate the stances of the Islamic Republic. The Leader made the remarks in a meeting Monday with members of the Islamic Associations Union of Iranian students studying in Europe. As forRead more

The constant struggle to make ends meet has become more apparent in recent years. Current global financial circumstances make student life even more of a struggle for families supporting youths who do not have much to begin with in terms of cash flow. However, it is often said from scarcity, creativity and improvisation are born. In the case of MariamRead more

Starry-eyed youngsters living in the birthplace of Nicolas Copernicus have taken up celestial gazing like the father of modern astronomy, but using telescopes he could only dream of. "Nicolas Copernicus inspired us greatly. He was born in Torun, so we wanted to create a programme that would do him justice," says provincial councillor Piotr Calbecki of the project made possibleRead more

Thousands of public school teachers will undergo further training to improve their methods of teaching, a senior official said. About 11,000 public school teachers will be evaluated to determine if they need training, as many areas in the eduction system need improvement, a senior official said. The availability of financial resources for training public school teachers, and decisions on whetherRead more

About one-third of a given population may be willing to work cooperatively, researchers in Spain found. Francisco Marcellan of the Fundacion Ibercivis and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Miguel Angel Garcia of the Aragon regional government and Ricardo Cavero of the Zaragoza municipal government and colleagues said a total of 1,303 high school students in Aragon participated in an onlineRead more

A program in Hawaii to build students' social, emotional and character skills resulted in significantly improved overall quality of education, researchers say. Brian Flay, a professor at Oregon State University's School of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, said the program included organized activities to build character that go beyond more traditional rules or policies to control or punish problem behaviors.Read more