Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) has completed its study on the "Perlis Developed State 2015" to serve as a reference for the state government in achieving the vision. UniMAP vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Kamarudin Hussin said the study, conducted over two years, found that Perlis had achieved numerous indicators towards becoming a developed state. However, he said, the state needed toRead more

The top Malaysian student from each of the three universities in the State of South Australia (SA) is a woman. At a gala dinner here last night, the trio received awards from the Australia Malaysia Business Council, South Australia (AMBC, SA) chapter. 'Women power' comprised Fan Yee Mun, from the University of Adelaide, Elysia Chin Low Pei (Flinders University), andRead more

The Higher Education Ministry today launched its fly-the-Jalur Gemilang campaign in conjunction with the independence month. The campaign was launched by Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin who distributed the national flags to the representatives of institutions of higher learning. Also present were the ministry's secretary general Datuk Ab Rahim Md Noor and students of Nilai Polytechnic andRead more

The Ministry of Education has clarified that education zone administrations were instructed to obtain new unified school uniforms last year.Fawzia Hassan Gareeb, undersecretary at the ministry and assistant of the education operations section, said the Ministry did not instruct schools to enforce a unified school bag system, contrary to what some might be saying or doing by asking parents toRead more

"I reached the top of the snow and looked down. Wow! It's so cliffy! I carefully skied down. Suddenly I fell over. It hurt me badly, but I didn't give up," he wrote.While not perfect, it is impressive considering that Andy is Chinese, and not someone who has spent his early years listening to his parents converse in English. PicturedRead more

Earlier this summer, some 6,000 guests to the New England Aquarium in Boston were informed they could have been exposed to measles because a 17-year-old volunteer was infected. Measles, a highly contagious disease, is spread via secretions from coughing or sneezing of infected people. The germs can stay in the air for 2 hours, the New York State department ofRead more

Education and Higher Learning Minister Hassan Diab met at his office in the ministry with Armenian Ambassador to Lebanon Ashot Kocharian. Discussions reportedly tackled the bilateral relation on the educational level as well as the possibility of exchanging students' expertise and university scholarships. Father Louis Samaha, head of Caritas Institution in Lebanon, visited the minister at his office and tackledRead more

Several students were suspended after showing up intoxicated on the first day of school in Naperville, Ill., a school district spokeswoman said. Susan Rice of School District 203 said at least 20 students were questioned and an unspecified number suspended after an off-campus "before-school get-together" Tuesday night led to some Naperville North High School students showing up intoxicated for classesRead more

The education ministry said Friday it will give certificates of donation to those who contribute human resources and financial support to school education, as part of efforts to encourage more philanthropy of this kind. The recognition, which will also come with a plate bearing the inscription "DEㆍDonation for Education," could be used to promote donors' images as well as otherRead more

Thousands of Chilean students took to the streets on Thursday despite heavy rain to demand free education and call for an end to for-profit schools, rejecting the government's latest plan to resolve the education crisis. The protesters poured into Plaza Los Heroes in downtown Santiago. There were no reports of violence in Thursday's march. Similar protests also took place inRead more