As hundreds of millions of Chinese pupils headed back to school for a new semester on Thursday, a handful of children in an old-fashioned private school in China's southern island province of Hainan met with an alternative to modern traditional schooling. No quizzes and no homework. Instead, these children focus on reciting and memorizing Chinese literary masterpieces from thinkers andRead more

Sex education, especially sex education for primary school students, may come as a shock to many older Chinese who grew up in different times. But, whether we like it or not, recent years have seen a dramatic increase in premarital sex, and unwanted pregnancies and abortions among young girls. And precisely for that reason sex education classes, complete with graphicRead more

Students at the University of North Texas in Denton now have the option to eat in a completely vegan dining hall. Mean Greens dining hall, located in Maple Hall, began serving vegan fare last month in an effort to reach out to students who are on special diets or seeking a healthier lifestyle, the university said. Vegans do not eatRead more

The new school year 2011/2012 begins Thursday for 210.000 students out of whom 20.000 first-grade pupils and 90.000 high school students. Due to high temperatures the Ministry of Education and Health Ministry recommended the classes Thursday and Friday to be shortened. Obligatory remedial and extra instruction, schools for parents whose children have failing grades, e-grade book and external testing ofRead more

The new Dh3 billion campus of Zayed University in Abu Dhabi will open its doors to students on September 4 for a new academic year. Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and President of Zayed University, said the new Zayed University campus in Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, is an important addition to theRead more

The Indian Scholarship and Trust Fund (ISTF) is providing financial assistance to qualified Malaysian students of Indian origin pursuing studies at universities, colleges, polytechnics and selected institutions in Malaysia for the academic year 2011-12. In a statement here today, the High Commission of India said the financial assistance was only supplementary in nature and would not cover the full costRead more

A lack of focus, not hyperactivity, is the main reason students with attention-deficient hyperactivity disorder don't finish high school, Canadian experts say. University of Montreal researchers looked at data collected from the parents and teachers of 2,000 children during a period of almost 20 years. Attention problems were evaluated by teachers who looked for behavior such as an inability toRead more

Prosecutors said Sunday they have sought an arrest warrant for a college professor on allegations that he dropped out of last year's election for Seoul's education chief in return for money. Park Myoung-gee, a professor at Seoul National University of Education, has been questioned since Friday over suspicions that he received 130 million won (US$120,147) from his then-rival, Kwak No-hyun,Read more

A leading Shanghai university and its affiliated hospital on Friday refuted recent accusations of scientific fraud lodged against a scientist who became famous for growing a human ear on the back of a laboratory mouse. Shanghai Jiaotong University, its medical school and the affiliated No. 9 People's Hospital held a joint press conference Friday to explain how the "ear mouse"Read more

Google chairman Eric Schmidt has attacked the British education system, saying a failure to appreciate the importance of computer science was holding the country back in the digital age. In a lecture at a broadcasting conference in Edinburgh on Friday, the chairman of the Internet giant accused Britons of "throwing away your great computing heritage" by promoting a separation ofRead more