Indonesia donated 500,000 U.S. dollars Wednesday to the soon to be established Fiji-based Melanesian Spearhead Group's (MSG) Regional Police Academy, the Fijian government announced. Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama received the donation on behalf of the Melanesian Spearhead Group from the Indonesian government's Secretary of Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Lieutenant General Langgeng Sulistiyono, who led aRead more

The National Union of Kuwaiti Students (NUKS) elected on Tuesday its administrative board council and the executive committee, at the conclusion of the 24th NUKS general conference, sponsored by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. NUKS President of the board and executive committee, Mohammad Mashaan told KUNA that the elections took place at the end ofRead more

Actor and comedian Joe Piscopo is to serve as the keynote speaker at the graduation ceremony of New Jersey's Centenary College Saturday. The 62-year-old Passaic, N.J., native and "Saturday Night Live" veteran is to be presented with an honorary doctorate when he addresses Centenary's graduating class of 191 students in Hackettstown. "I am so pleased that we can honor Mr.Read more

Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, today attended ceremonies marking the graduation of the 23rd medical and 18th pharmacology batches of female students, held at Madinat Jumeirah. Also attending the ceremonies for students graduating from Dubai Medical College and Dubai Pharmacy College, was H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed binRead more

Director of the Department of Penitentiaries and Detention Centers' Control of the Ombudsman Office's Secretariat General, Hamad Salman Saleh Taqi, said that a team from the Department paid an inspect visit to the Reform and Rehabilitation Center in Jaw and the Detention Center in Hawdh Al-Jaff to follow up the flow of performing the mid-term exams for 226 inmate studentsRead more

Also attending the ceremonies for students graduating from Dubai Medical College and Dubai Pharmacy College were, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, Hajj Saeed Ahmed Lootah, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for both colleges, and senior officials, dignitaries, educationalists along with a large gathering of the graduates' families. Graduates from the facultyRead more

The University of Queensland in Australia apologized for offering more than 400 students scholarships on Christmas Eve, only to withdraw them in the new year. University Deputy Vice Chancellor Joanne Wright said the scholarships were accidentally handed out through an administrative error, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. "The university has 100 scholarships, and they were awarded according to the criteriaRead more

Constant innovation and new technology are the key to provide quality education to a large section of people, UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani said today. “Today there is a big need for multi-disciplinary learning. Constant innovation and new technology are particularly relevant in a country like India in bringing quality, speed and scale to provide quality education to a large sectionRead more

 Education Minister Dr. Majid bin Ali Al-Nuaimi stated that the Ministry had provided 976 Interactive Projectors in each classroom for the kingdom's 60 intermediate schools so as to implement the interactive electronic lessons with unprecedented accuracy and clarity.The Minister asserted that the first batch of these devices had already been given to the intermediate schools, and that 234 devices wouldRead more

Four government entities in Dubai have joined hands to deliver a traffic awareness event to more than 21 thousand students in various Dubai schools over the past 3 years under an initiative launched in 2010 themed: Child Safety - a Shared Responsibility. The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) which is the leader of the initiative in conjunction with the DubaiRead more