The State Council, China's cabinet, met on Wednesday to discuss deploying a modern vocational education program to improve the quality of the country's vast labor force and increase employment. Presided over by Premier Li Keqiang, the meeting agreed that developing the program is a strategic move for economic transformation and improvement of people's wellbeing. The Chinese government has advocated aRead more

His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the U.A.E. Armed Forces has received 52 U.A.E. scholarship students currently studying in a number of Japanese universities, at his residence in Tokyo. During the meeting, Sheikh Mohamed was briefed on the academic disciplines of students and their living conditions inRead more

A man who admitted the 1989 rape and murder of a high school student was put to death early Wednesday in Missouri. Michael Taylor was executed after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a last-minute request for a stay, the Kansas City Star reported. Earlier in the day, Gov. Jay Nixon rejected Taylor's bid for clemency. Taylor and a co-defendant, RoderickRead more

The official opening of the first Arab Forum on "Education for Intellectual Citizenship" was chaired on Tuesday by Caretaker President Moncef Marzouki. In his speech, President Marzouki stressed the key role played by educational institutions in disseminating the concept of citizenship in the Arab world and respecting the principles of democracy. He also said that the Arab forum for citizenshipRead more

Education Minister Abdul-Razaq al-Ashwal and Education Director of UNICEF in Sana’a Mohammed Ben Bella on Tuesday discussed bilateral cooperation and how to enhance relations. Both sides approved creation of a joint committee to review the operation manual of the Global Partnership for Education program, pointing out to the program’s 2014 plan. During the meeting, Al-Ashwal praised efforts exerted by theRead more

Pu Tsering, a good-natured primary school teacher, is very stubborn when it comes to which language his students have to speak. "We should speak standard Tibetan," the 37-year-old language teacher often tells his students at a boarding school in Yushu, a Tibetan autonomous prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province. "As a Tibetan teacher, I'm responsible for preserving our mother tongue,"Read more

Education Minister Dr. Majid bin Ali Al Nuaimi received here today the delegation of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), led by the Head of the Middle East and North Africa Department at OHCHR Fraj Fneish, along with Giorgia Brignone and Mazen Shaqoura, currently on a visit to the kingdom.During the meeting, a presentation on theRead more

HE Dr Mohammed bin Abdul Wahid Al Hammadi, the Minister of Education and Higher Education and Secretary General of the Supreme Education Council (SEC), met here with Finnish Minister of Education and Science Krista Kiuru. During the meeting, they discussed aspects of cooperation between the two countries in education, in addition to ways of enhancing such cooperation, including the exchangeRead more

Education Minister Dr. Majid bin Ali Al Nuaimi inaugurated the first batch of the new school buses of 62 buses out of 550 that will be provided during the coming period.The Minister was briefed on the advantages of those buses, especially regarding the provision of security and safety precautions, where there are the safety belts on the seats, 3 camerasRead more

International horizons have opened up for students sitting the national college entrance exam as an increasing number of overseas universities accept the exam's scores, according to educational analysts. Millions of Chinese students sit the exam, also known as gaokao, every year but only a select few enter the top domestic universities. "The situation has changed as more foreign universities acceptRead more