Indonesia will host the ASEAN Women Students Conference in the capital city of Jakarta in 2012 to encourage women's participation in the world's peace. Chairwoman of Women Corps of the Indonesian Islamic Students Movement Irma Muthoharoh told Xinhua after a discussion with the People's Consultative Assembly that women must also cover the issue in the globalized world. "We are preparingRead more

Following the success of last year’s conference, the British Council Developing Teachers’ Conference took place earlier this July. Teacher Development falls under the ‘Engaging Teachers’ strand of the British Council MENA ‘English for the Future’ work and aims, to help provide teachers with access to high quality resources and materials so that they can in turn help students realise theirRead more

Prosecutors said Tuesday that they have sent a summons to the head of a private Seoul university over suspicion of embezzlement. Park Chul, president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, was asked last week to appear before prosecutors to face questioning about the embezzlement suspicion, officials at the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office said.Read more

Parents in Britain spend far more educating their children privately than those in any other European country, a study has revealed.In a damning indictment of the state system, 11.3 per cent of school funding in the UK comes directly from the pockets of parents, almost double the level in France.The figures indicate that families are increasingly unhappy with the qualityRead more

Pakistani Ambassador Mohamed Sarfraz A Khanzada said that QR3.2mn would be spent on the renovation and upgrading of the Pakistan Education Centre (PEC). Speaking at a reception in his honour, by the Pak Youth Society (PYS), the envoy, who is also chairman of the board of directors of the Pakistan Education Center, announced that new faculty members, including a principalRead more

HSBC-sponsored students, who have been working as interns during the summer months, completed a team project in honour of all blue collar workers at the bank. A special ‘appreciation-for-service’ event was held during which all office assistants and janitors received a special certificate for excellent service and a gift voucher in appreciation of their loyal and hard work. “The aimRead more

A child who uses a computer regularly has an edge in school and possibly in life compared with a child who is less computer savvy, a U.S. researcher says.Shelia Cotten of the University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts & Sciences says exposure to computers may give young people the technological attitudes and skills they need to do wellRead more

Some 11,532 Emiratis students have bee enrolled at local universities for Fall 2011-2012. Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and scientific research, approved on July 31 the enrollment of the students. Some 5,533 students will join Higher College of Technology (HCT), while 3,737 will enroll in the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) and 2,272 are setRead more

Thirty-two high school seniors and 22 juniors benefited from Carnegie Mellon Qatar’s Summer College Preview Programme (SCPP), which concluded on Thursday in a festive closing ceremony at the university’s campus. The three-week college preparatory course aims to give high school students an insight into university life and help prepare them for admission and enrolment in a top university. “We areRead more

Teachers and educators have lauded the outcomes of the first phase of the Hurouf project, which was launched by Kalimat Publishing House at the beginning of 2011, under the direction Founder and CEO Sheikha Bodour Bint Sultan Al Qasimi. The implementation proceeded as planned in 32 schools, with 51 teachers attending training workshops ahead of time. The Hurouf programme wasRead more