Minister of Education Ahmad Al-Mulaifi inaugurated on Monday the 21st cultural education season of the Gulf Arab States Education Research Center, highlighting schools as the source of true citizenship. Al-Mulaifi, also Minister of Higher Education, stressed in a speech the importance of promoting citizenship within a rapidly evolving world, adding that the role of the school is vital in creatingRead more

Education Minister Dr. Majid bin Ali Al Nuaimi held a meeting with Head of the Civil Service Bureau (CSB) Ahmed bin Zayed Al-Zayed at CSB building.They discussed developing performance of the High Education Council Secretariat General and providing it with the needed qualified human resources to optimise its educational services. Secretary General of the High Education Council Dr. Riyadh YussefRead more

Estonia's three major cities, Tallinn, Tartu and Narva, on Saturday held the International Russian Language Grammar Test "Total Dictation" despite domestic disputes over the Russian influence amid the ongoing Crimean Crisis. During this annual cultural event, local people got together to write down a dictation in Russian language, which will be checked and nominated by a special grammar commission. TotalRead more

Student protesters began to exit Taiwan's legislative building on Thursday evening, ending their three-week occupation of the site prompted by controversy over a cross-Strait service pact. The withdrawal began at about 6 p.m. as students streamed out of the main chamber of the legislative building in Taipei. Student leaders announced the retreat decision on Monday, saying the protest had metRead more

An American student stabbed 19 teenagers and a security guardin a bloody 30-minute rampage in the classrooms and hallways of a Pennsylvaniahigh school on Wednesday, officials said.At least four students were critically injured in the shocking assault at FranklinRegional High School, said Thomas Seefeld, chief of police in Murrysville, an outersuburb of Pittsburgh.The 16-year-old boy walked down a hallway flashingRead more

UAE Education Minister Humaid Bin Mohamed Obeid Al-Qatami conferred here on Wednesday with Muhyiddin Yassin, the Malaysian DeputyPrime Minister and Minister of Education , now visiting Dubai.The two ministers underlined the significance of exchanging successful educationalexperiences and know-how between their two counries in addition to cementing tiesof joint cooperation especially as far as education technology and smart educationaffairs are concerned.Read more

Five pro-terrorist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group students at Minya University were remanded in custody for 15 days pending investigation in charges of attacking police personnel. The charges include staging protests without necessary security permission, setting fire to a police vehicle, blocking the agriculture Cairo-Aswan road, instigating violence against police and army troops. The students staged illegal rally in a protestRead more

Two students were injured in the terrorists' mortar attack on the Architecture Engineering Faculty and the old Damascus fairground in Damascus, a source at Damascus Police Command said Tuesday. The source added that militants fired two mortars on the Faculty and the fairground, causing the injury of two students, SANA reportedRead more

Omani Education Ministry and its Singaporean counterpart signed Monday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on joint cooperation in education fields.Omani Education Minister Dr Madiha Al-Shibaniyah, quoted by Oman News Agency, said that the MoU is in the field of education, specifically in the areas of teacher training, educational evaluation and exchange of visits, as Singapore has an educational system whichRead more

The advancement of nations is linked to their programmes and projects targetting human development, primarily in-demand technological and engineering skills, said Public Authority for Applied Education and Training chief Ahmad Al-Athari Monday. Developed nations have acknowledged the importance of the skills of their students and have adopted exceptional educational projects such as STEAM, he said. Al-Athari was speaking at theRead more