A director for basic education under the Ghana Education Service, Stephen Adu, on Tuesday advised pupils under basic educational system and others to make their education a priority by making full use of the opportunity provided to become responsible adults in future. The call was made following public assertion that the standard of education in the country keeps falling yearRead more

Children who are born in summer are considerably less likely to attend top universities than pupils with autumn birthdays, a new research has revealed. The youngest children lag behind older classmates by the age of seven and struggle to properly catch up throughout compulsory education, according to the report published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Despite being given additionalRead more

An artist hired to head up the Austrian International School of Sex says the announcement of "the world's first international sex school" was a publicity stunt. Ylva-Maria Thompson, a Swede announced as head of the organization in November, said the "sex school," which was to open in mid-December with "hands-on" lovemaking lessons, was a hoax masterminded by The Bird, anRead more

This week the federal government published new National Assessment of Educational Progress test score data for some of the nation’s largest cities – including DC. And Dana Goldstein at the Nation has analyzed these scores for the District, trying to paint a more complete picture of student achievement in DC over the past decade. What strikes Goldstein immediately is thatRead more

Three UAE mathematics whiz-kids returned home victorious this week, after beating 5,500 students from 41 countries to become world champions at the 17th International Abacus and Mental Arithmetic Competition, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Aditya Gaurav Verma and Gayathri Girish, both 13, and six-year-old Karim Al Nourof, all residents of Sharjah, beat more than 100 children in their respective categoriesRead more

Several private schools in the Kingdom are in deep crisis following the sudden loss of one-fourth of their teachers last month.Over 9,000 Saudi private sector teachers have left their jobs to fill vacancies in the government sector, Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper reported on Monday. A senior official at the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry said that many private schoolsRead more

A draft regulation on school bus safety management was made public by China’s State Council on Sunday. And the public are invited to comment. The regulations require governments above county level to take "overall" responsibility for school bus safety. Stringent standards are set for the operation and purchase of vehicles. Bus drivers are required to renew their safety qualifications everyRead more

Several private schools in the Kingdom are in deep crisis following the sudden loss of one-fourth of their teachers last month. Over 9,000 Saudi private sector teachers have left their jobs to fill vacancies in the government sector, Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper reported on Monday. A senior official at the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry said that many privateRead more

Making preparations to send her 2-year-old son to kindergarten in Hong Kong has been the prime concern of Shenzhen homemaker Chen You, 36, since she gave birth to her second child in Hong Kong in 2009. "I have to get my son enrolled in kindergarten in Hong Kong because he was born in the region, and he will be ableRead more

A team of Imam Khomeini (P) International University airspace experts tested an unmanned plane with range of 240 KM and continuous flight of 3 hour successfully. A young team of airspace scientists of Imam Khomeini (P) International University succeeded in building an unmanned plane, equipped with radar and professional ground-based surveillance station with the ability of sending live videos andRead more