At least 67 million children of school age are still denied the right to education due to financial, social or other challenges, such as health problems and armed conflict, according to statistics released on Monday by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). On its annual high-level meeting opened Monday in Geneva, ECOSOC said, about 796 million adults stillRead more

Anti-landmine activists in western Uganda were stunned to discover a primary school using an unexploded mortar bomb as a bell, the group's coordinator told AFP on Monday. "It was a big shock. When we arrived at the school we even found one of the students striking it," Wilson Bwambale, coordinator of Anti-Mines Network Rwenzori, said. Bwambale said his team visitedRead more

The Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) organized a ceremony for honouring its ICT Division that received both the ISO27001 certification for Information Security Management Systems and the Network Middle East 2011 Innovation Award for the Best Wireless Implementation in the Middle East. The Network Innovation Awards 2011 included 21 categories that span end-user implementation, and company and product categories. WinnersRead more

Malaysian students in South Sulawesi are safe from the Soputan Volcano eruption, the Malaysian Student Affairs Department in Indonesia said today. Ludinata Misnun, the education attache, said the students were at Hasanuddin University, Makassar, which is about 1,000km from the volcano, situated in North Sulawesi. "We contacted Muhammad Hafiy Mohd Rusli, the student leader there and were informed all 887Read more

BNA The Director of Public Administration Institute Dr. Raaed Mohammed Shams recently uncovered an additional initiative which is a sign of trust on the part of the international community which boosts the Kingdom of Bahrain's renown and place when the Public Administration Institute has been assigned with the hosting and organizing of the annual conference of the international league ofRead more

That cannot be true for everyone, but many South Korean companies and individuals seem to believe it is. For them, English is the only thing that stands between them and the vast global markets. The importance of English as a lingua franca in business deals can't be overstated. It's especially so for South Korean companies that depend heavily on exportsRead more

As a way to cater to the UAE government's drive to save on energy consumption, PRTM, a global management consulting firm, is developing its energy practice. And it has hired a Masdar Institute graduate for the job. The firm, which focuses primarily on utilities and renewables, has decided to extend its global energy practice into the Middle East, said DrRead more

Thirty top-performing Emirati students have set sail for Bendigo, a city located less than two hours north of Melbourne, as part of the Abu Dhabi Education Council's (ADEC's) sixth overseas summer programme. The students are part of an ADEC-approved list of 600 top-performing Emirati pupils in Grades 10 and 11 from across Abu Dhabi emirate as part of the programme,Read more

The calls of regional business leaders for a need to nurture youth entrepreneurship have been answered by the recent establishment of the UAE branch of the Kairos Society. Kairos is a global network that brings undergraduate students together to collaborate in the solving of global issues through entrepreneurship. Affiliates and visitors to the society's annual summits include the likes ofRead more

Living in the fast-paced world of the 21st century, it is important for students to gain an edge over their peers to ensure a successful career after graduation. This is a notion not lost on the youth of today who are proactively running student organisations to help groom the leaders of the future. AIESEC is one such initiative and isRead more