Two French high schools have started to offer the Korean language as a formal subject, a Korean education center in Paris said Thursday, indicating a growing interest in the country among the French. Lycee Francois Magendie in the southwestern city of Bordeaux picked Korean as a regular foreign language subject at the start of the new academic year earlier thisRead more

Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development has launched the Promising Students Programme to help prepare students for admission into Education City universities. The programme is expected to support prospective Qatari students interested in studying at the universities in Education City, in areas like standardized testing and college admission. Around 300 students have applied for the programme, but onlyRead more

Over 100 students with special needs will benefit from robotics training in Abu Dhabi. The Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) held two days of robotics training workshops for teachers at the Zayed Higher Organization for Humanitarian Care and Special Needs (ZHO) to support robotics education amongst students with special needs in the UAE. Robotics introduces the concept of teaching modernRead more

Mexican teachers are striking against rampant crime after some educators have reported being extorted, kidnapped and intimidated by local gangs, officials said. About 7,000 teachers marched up the main tourist strip Tuesday in the coastal Mexican city of Acapulco with banners demanding security from government officials, El Universal reported. Several anonymous death threats have been sent to teachers by criminalRead more

A housewife who abused her son for his poor test scores was Wednesday ordered to pay her husband 10 million won ($8,500) in a divorce case which highlights South Korea's obsession with education. The ruling by the Seoul Family Court, which did not name the family, was reported by Yonhap news agency. It said the couple married in 1992 butRead more

The nation needs American students' passion, ideas and energy now, not just tomorrow, President Barack Obama is to tell students, the White House said. "Our country used to have the world's highest proportion of young people with a college degree -- now we're 16th," Obama is tell students at 1:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday at Washington's Benjamin Banneker Academic High School.Read more

Ningshan county, in southern Shaanxi province, has begun offering 15 years of free schooling to children this year, making it the first impoverished county in the country to do so. The change means the county will have to put 40 percent of its annual revenue into schools. China's Compulsory Education Law stipulates that children should receive nine years of freeRead more

Labour should have done more for the 50% of youngsters who do not plan to go to university, Shadow Education Secretary Andy Burnham is to sayHe will tell Labour's annual conference that schools have been seen "solely as preparation for university" for too long.Those who go straight into work or apprenticeships are left to fend for themselves, he will sayHeRead more

Chile's student federation agreed to talks with the government on education reforms after nearly five months of demonstrations. But student leaders said they would be calling for no classes to be held while the talks are ongoing, to maintain pressure on the government. "We are participating to continue out constant struggle for free, democratized education in Chile," said Giorgio Jackson,Read more

Ningshan county, in southern Shaanxi province, has begun offering 15 years of free schooling to children this year, making it the first impoverished county in the country to do so. The change means the county will have to put 40 percent of its annual revenue into schools. China's Compulsory Education Law stipulates that children should receive nine years of freeRead more