Oman's Ministry of Higher Education is finalising the selection criteria for 1,000 scholarships for Masters and PhD programmes announced by the government earlier this year. They were among a raft of reforms decreed by Oman's Sultan Qaboos Bin Saeed in the wake of protests staged in a number of cities in February and March this year.  Read more

The Japanese government will tighten radiation exposure limits for children at schools in Fukushima Prefecture. The Japanese education ministry said it will lower the threshold for cumulative external radiation permitted at schools and kindergartens to a maximum annual exposure of one millisievert. The figure translates to less than one microsievert per hour, Japan’s NHK website reported Wednesday. The previous standardsRead more

Highlighting that education is the backbone of society, Humaid Mohammad Al Qutami, Minister of Education, has vowed to continue enhancing the quality of the UAE’s education systems. From coming up with new curriculums to providing more teachers, advanced technology tools, and comfortable learning environments, the minister pointed out that the ministry would put forth all effort in helping students competeRead more

The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research will issue a decision in mid-September to enroll Jordanian students studying in Yemen and Libya in the Kingdom’s public universities, according to the ministry’s Secretary General Mustafa Odwan. Odwan told Petra that 988 students studying in Yemeni universities and a further 103 in Libya had applied for admission due to insecurity inRead more

Mindful that the learning process is not merely confined to the classroom, the Fairview International School in Malaysia has made it a point to organise excursions to widen the horizons of its students. Towards this end, a group of Fairview students recently came to this island, the first time that the institution had sent students on an educational trip abroad.Read more

Recent statistics, in a collaborative research study done by the UAE Ministry of Health, US’s Centre for Disease Control and the World Health Organization show that 45.3 per cent of children living in the UAE between the ages of six and 16 are classified as overweight or obese. With the UAE being classified among the top countries in the worldRead more

There are government programs to help children of U.S. families facing financial hardship from job loss, illness or moving, go back-to-school, officials say. Programs and resources are available for families who qualify for federal assistance, including low-cost lunches and affordable health insurance, federal health officials say. "The National School Lunch Program provides free, low-cost and nutritional lunches to eligible studentsRead more

More than 300 elementary, middle and high school students work as singers and actors in South Korea as the debut age of idol stars is increasingly getting younger, a report by the education ministry showed Tuesday. The number of students registered with city and provincial entertainment industry associations across the country stood at 366 as of May, the Ministry ofRead more

More than 1,000 Sudanese have benefited from the training in Malaysia under the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP) since its inception in 1980, Malaysian Ambassador to Sudan Mohd Ashri Muda said. Sudan has by and large benefited from the technical skills gained by its people who graduated from MTCP, which he said signifies Malaysia's commitment to the South-South Cooperation, inRead more

Some 70 students here, who will enter university for the first time, received assistance today to ease their financial burden. They are among 79 recipients of the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loan who received their advance payment from Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili. Under a new move by the government to ease theirRead more