Urban Planning Council awards Estidama three pearl rating to the Abu Dhabi Education Council today at a press conference + box + pictures by Ahmed Kotty Abu Dhabi The Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) has been awarded a three pearl rating certification for complying with the Urban Planning Council's Estidama (sustainability) standard in the design of ten new public schools.Read more

The Organization of American States (OAS) on Tuesday called on the Chilean government to improve access to and quality of higher education in the South American country. More funding can help "low income youngsters receive enough quality education needed to compete for admission to better universities," said OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza in remarks broadcast live via the localRead more

The former head of Britain's MI5 spy agency said she worries children are losing their love of novels and reading because of electronic communications. Dame Stella Rimington, who currently chairs the panel handing out this year's Man Booker Prize for Fiction, warns children are spending too much time on mobile phones and social networking sites, The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday.Read more

A delegation of students from South Korea visited the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) headquarters on Monday to familiarise themselves with the working of country’s governing body for promotion of sporting events and activities hosted by Qatar. The visit came in the frame of the ‘Global Youth Leadership Training Programme’ organised by the Seoul Youth Center for Cultural Exchange (SYCCE). Douglas,Read more

Forty high school students participated in Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar’s third annual Pre-College Summer Programme (GPS), which concluded today. The full-time, three-week long programme that began on July 9 involved classes in a variety of academic subjects designed to train students in skills necessary for university admittance and university life. Besides English language classes to developRead more

Ten new public schools which are currently under construction, have for the first time achieved a three pearl rating certification as part of the Abu Dhabi Education Council's 2030 vision to meet sustainable requirements across all its schools. The ten schools, located in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, are the first government buildings in Abu Dhabi to achieve the highestRead more

These days millions of Iranian students are spending their summer vacation with a long spare time. Families must have supervision over their children’s free time to prevent them from drug abuse as a rising trend of addiction is gripping our society. The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, the Islamic Propagation Organization, Baseej and otherRead more

Some six university students who have won the “Running a Refinery” Case Study competition organised by Shell have travelled to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to witness the Shell Eco-Marathon Asia 2011 competition. The students, comprising four students from Texas A and M University Qatar (TAMUQ)and two from Qatar University (QU), made history as the first students from the Gulf region toRead more

In spite of the U.S anti-Cuba economic, commercial and financial blockade, 40 U.S citizens were awarded medical degrees (BMD) after finishing their studies here and new scholarships are also being granted to low-income American youths. The new medical graduates studied at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) and received their degrees at a ceremony attended by members of theRead more

As she scoops out some mouth-watering ice cream during training at Italy's "Gelato University", Holy Randrianasolo dreams of setting up the first gelato parlour in her native Madagascar. The 44-year-old is one of thousands of students from around the world flocking to courses near Bologna in central Italy at the headquarters of Carpigiani, the leading global manufacturer of ice creamRead more