The Arab Spring could bring about the momentum and political will needed to improve failing higher education systems in the Arab world, said educators speaking at the third annual World Innovation Summit for Education in Doha, Qatar, last week. Despite laudable investments in post-secondary education in many Arab countries, the region suffers from the highest youth unemployment rate in theRead more

Israeli authorities on Wednesday presented demolition orders for the Khirbet Susa primary school south of Yatta village and threatened to close the Zeif primary school south of Hebron, locals said. Rateb Jabbour, a popular committee official in Yatta, told Ma’an that soldiers and the army's civil administration entered Susa school and handed the principal a demolition notice. It includes demolishingRead more

Over 1,500 Kuwaiti students gathered in Beverly Hills, California to attend the 28th annual conference of the National Union of the Kuwaiti Students US branch, which is held under the patronage of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah. The four-day conference is held under the theme (aspiring generation; homeland restoring glories). It is an opportunity for KuwaitiRead more

The principal of an Indian school in Dubai that's in the eye of a storm returned to office on Wednesday. But it's still not clear whether the crisis which led to his ouster in the first place has been resolved. Rajagiri International School (RIS) principal Father Varghese Puthusarry was forced to step down on November 13 amid a takeover tussleRead more

Mothers in deprived areas are put off from playgroups by fears about cliques of other mothers - or because they think they are not from the "right social class", research suggests. A study from Bristol University has been trying to find out why families most in need of help are often the least likely to use children's centres. It foundRead more

When Fudan University professor Zhang Qingxiong went to deliver his lecture at 1:30pm on November 10, he came upon an empty classroom. The professor of philosophy learned later that Hong Kong entertainers including movie superstar Tony Leung Chiu Wai were to appear on campus at 6:30pm, but students had begun to gather at 3pm. Anticipating the draw of these celebrities,Read more

Following online developments on social media, people’s reaction to the uploaded viral YouTube video, since Saturday Nov. 19 the day of the school fire incident, has been varied online as well as on the ground. The amateur video images of around two and a half minutes garnered more than half a million online views, with additional tags, tweets and FacebookRead more

Egyptian officials indicated Wednesday they would questioning three U.S. college students accused of tossing Molotov cocktails during protests at Tahrir Square. The second interrogation of Derrik Sweeney, Gregory Porter and Luke Gates will occur in the presence of U.S. Embassy legal representatives, CNN reported. The three, spending the semester at American University in Cairo as part of a study-abroad program,Read more

Secondary school students learned how to analyse a simulated disease outbreak during a new interactive outreach programme that was developed by Carnegie Mellon. The programme aims to engage students through a laboratory experience, teach them lab techniques, and inform them about Carnegie Mellon''s new programmes in Biological Sciences and Computational Biology. Twenty-five students from 14 different schools across Qatar participated.Read more

For the past 36 years, Chu Zijia's daily routine has included fetching water from a well early every morning, putting it in a special instrument and making a measurement. He has mixed feelings toward the answer - it rarely changes, which bores him. But if it fluctuates, it could bode bad news. A teacher at Tanggu No 2 Middle School,Read more