A group of South Korean and U.S. academics is working to revisit the Korean War six decades later in a tech-savvy way: by digitizing photos, maps, official documents and video footage of interviews with war veterans. The move comes as the two Koreas this week mark the 61st anniversary of the start of the 1950-53 war, in which a totalRead more

Concerns are rising that teachers are becoming victims of violence at schools as shown in recent cases in which several teachers were attacked or insulted by unruly students, according to educators and officials Wednesday. In late April in the southeastern city of Ulsan, a high school student severely beat his teacher, leaving him with serious injuries in his face andRead more

Thousands of school and college students are expected to stage walkouts this month as part of a growing wave of occupations and demonstrations planned to support the co-ordinated strike action organised by trade unions. Students behind last year's demonstrations against cuts to post-16 education are mobilising in schools and further-education colleges as part of a wider campaign to turn JuneRead more

The National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) in Abu Dhabi will soon launch an awareness campaign in Abu Dhabi schools for the prevention of substance abuse, an official told Gulf News Monday. The NRC is the national body that oversees the rehabilitation and treatment of drug addiction. "It is part of a two-tier prevention programme for the youth, which will be implementedRead more

Kuwait's education ministry has warned expatriate women teachers that they would deport their husbands in case they broke the family visa rules by taking up jobs in the country. Under the visa, the husband is sponsored by his wife and can stay with her in Kuwait, but is not allowed to work. "All expatriate teachers who wish to sponsor theirRead more

FINE Hygienic Paper Company, one of Nuqul Group's companies, has participated in the “Formula One Technology Challenge in Schools”, a competition that was organised by the Jubilee School at its premises. FINE’s participation came in the form of sponsoring the Amman National School’s team. The Formula One Technology Challenge in Schools (F1 in Schools), is an international programme designed toRead more

Teachers will be trained on the job in the classroom under a radical shake-up of training to be announced by the Government. The Education Secretary, Michael Gove, is planning to set up 100 teaching schools designed to do the same job as teaching hospitals from this September. Eventually, between 400 and 500 schools will receive this designation. The idea isRead more

Police have warned schools of the need to increase security ahead of the summer vacation to prevent theft. An official at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at Sharjah Police said the number of thefts increases in school grounds when the holidays approach as valuable equipment is left unattended. "Schools, whether private or public, should employ at least two security guardsRead more

The venue for the film's premiere was a tent erected over the hard-packed earth of the school playground. Instead of a red carpet, there was a dusty green tarpaulin, and the white plastic chairs were a little unsteady. Two classrooms had temporary screens set up, with the rough-hewn wooden desks piled up outside, under a tree. Never can an audienceRead more

Southeast Asian universities have been showing unique enthusiasm in this year's Beijing International Education Expo. The Malaysian embassy in China is represented by 12 universities, the largest group among all the international exhibitors, Saturday's China Daily reported. The Chinese and Malaysian governments reached agreements on frameworks to facilitate mutual recognition of higher education qualifications during Premier Wen Jiabao's visit toRead more