U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled a plan that would help relieve the burden of Americans who are struggling to pay their student loans. "We should be doing everything we can to put a college education within reach for every American," Obama said at the University of Colorado in Denver. "It's never been more important, but, let's face it,Read more

Education Minister Dr. Majid Al Nuaimi is attending the 36th Unesco General Conference taking place in Paris (France), with the theme "How Unesco can contribute to the construction of a culture of peace and sustainable development." The first day of the Conference was reserved for the presentation of the conference’s chairman, Hungarian Katalin Bogyay. It included the election of itsRead more

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the German government Tuesday inaugurated seven new classrooms in the Talitha Kumi co-educational secondary school in Beit Jala near Bethlehem, said a press release by the UNDP. The project, which is part of the Poverty Oriented Employment Generation Program, was funded by the government of Germany via its Development Bank KfW, and implementedRead more

The global demand for secondary education has risen exponentially, says a new United Nations report, which adds that governments, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, are having a hard time keeping up and many children are being left out.The 2011 Global Education Digest, released Tuesday by the Institute for Statistics of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, saysRead more

President Barack Obama Tuesday unveiled steps to accelerate a plan to ease student loan burdens of cash-strapped college graduates squeezed by a tough economy and a grim job market. The plan, which will be effective next year instead of in 2014, will cap monthly payments of student loans for more than 1.5 million current college students and borrowers at 10Read more

Former screen siren Brigitte Bardot has joined forces with militant environmentalists to call on Japan to halt its "campaign of death" in the annual Antarctic whale hunt. In a letter to Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, the sixties sex kitten said it was "indecent" for the Japanese government to be spending an additional $27 million on beefed-up security for thisRead more

Teachers' pay should be revised to make the job more attractive, especially for Emiratis, a top education official said yesterday. For now, many Emiratis, particularly men, are reluctant to enter the teaching profession mainly due to the low salaries on offer. "Teaching is a hard job. It is not attractive to many since the salary is somewhat lower compared toRead more

Kuwait's Ministry of Education (MoE) launched on Monday a program that aims to replace textbooks with e-books. Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Ahmed Al-Mulaifi indicated at a press conference that "this project will present books in an exciting way, making them more fun and appealing to students. He added that the first batch of flash memory sticksRead more

The Kuwaiti Al-Youm Gazette has reported that a new company has been established, with a capital of KD one million, to provide education-related services. The closed shareholding company, which will offer 10 million shares at 100 Fils, will establish schools and educational and training institutions, catering to all levels of education. The company will reportedly be licensed to act asRead more

Higher university fees are putting off one in 10 potential students, a survey commissioned by BBC Inside Out suggests. The survey of 1,009 A-Level students in England found most would probably still go to university despite higher fees. But about half said they would consider selecting a university closer to home to cut living costs, or one abroad with cheaperRead more