Paine College in Augusta, the U.S. state of Georgia and several nearby schools are on lockdown following a shooting incident on campus, the second in two days, local officials confirmed on Monday. Local law enforcement officials responded to a shooting incident on the campus of Paine College Monday afternoon, in which one person was shot and taken to hospital, RichmondRead more

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday ordered top security chiefs and officials to secure the safe release of 223 schoolgirls abducted three weeks ago by suspected Islamists, his spokesman said. Gunmen believed to be Boko Haram Islamists stormed the girls' boarding school on April 14, forcing them from their dormitories onto trucks and driving them into the bush. Anger atRead more

A delegation from the Kuwait mosques endowment center, which visited Lebanon recently as part of the 12th campaign aimed for the relief of the displaced Syrians in Lebanon, launched the biggest educational project for 8,000 displaced Syrian children in Lebanon. Head of the delegation, Khalid Mohammed Al-Subaihi, said in a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that this distinguished educationalRead more

The Burundian educational authority on Friday urged students who have been on strike since March 13 to go back to school and resume lectures as of Monday. "All students at the University of Burundi and at the Teacher-Training School are requested to stop their strike in order to resume academic activities as of May 5, 2014 at 08:00 (0600GMT) inRead more

Saudi Arabia will focus on the safety of schools under the current situation of the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus, Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday. The Saudi Minister of Health Adel M. Fakeih highlighted in a meeting with concerned organizations that there should be cooperation on safety enhancement with the education ministry to avoid the spreadRead more

Sorry, Harvard -- Kwasi Enin, the wunderkind from a New York City suburb who was accepted by the entire Ivy League, has picked Yale. In a news conference Wednesday at William Floyd High School in Suffolk County on Long Island, the modest senior said he only applied to all eight schools because he thought that would give him a shotRead more

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has approved naming the Islamic Saudi Academy in Washington as King Abdullah Academy. The proposal to name the academy after the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques was introduced by the academy's board. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, Minister of Education, thanked the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques forRead more

Protesters will hold a "million-woman march" in the Nigerian capital Wednesday over the government's failure to rescue scores of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists two weeks ago. Angry Nigerian parents lashed out at the government Tuesday as a local leader claimed the hostages had been sold as wives abroad. "May God curse every one of those who has failedRead more

Bordeaux Management School (BEM), a Dakar based private higher learning institute plans to send 37 of its best performing students to China in September for a one semester training program, the institute's director Pape Madicke Diop said on Monday. The training program will be conducted at China's University of Liaoning and Zhejiang Ocean University. Diop was speaking at the openingRead more

A sex abuse scandal at one of Indonesia's most prestigious international schools has sparked a heated debate about the failure to protect youngsters in the country and prompted calls for harsher punishments for paedophiles. Accusations that a six-year-old boy was sexually assaulted by cleaning staff at the nursery of the Jakarta International School, a favourite with the capital's expatriates andRead more