Two people were injured in a shooting at a school in the U.S. state of Colorado on Friday, according to media reports. The suspected shooter was later killed, according to police. Arapahoe High School in Centennial, just outside Denver, was put on lockdown as were other schools in the area. The Denver Post also cited reports of a fire atRead more

Syrian children have suffered the "sharpest and most rapid" decline in education standards in the history of the region, U.N. and aid agencies said in a report published Friday. "Nearly three years of brutal conflict in Syria have reversed more than a decade of progress in children's education," said the children's fund UNICEF, refugee agency UNHCR, and the World VisionRead more

Director of Academic Missions at Ministry of Education, Isa Abdulla Al-Kohaje, stated that amid the deterioration weather conditions the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan going through, a communication was established with the Embassy of Bahrain's Chargé d'Affaires to Jordan, who affirmed the safety of all Bahraini students there and none of them has been injured.Read more

A smog-bothered Chinese school has turned to the country's traditional kung fu for self-defense against polluted air, although the method's effect has been widely doubted.\ Guangming Road Primary School in north China's Hebei Province, has designed a set of kung fu aerobics which are claimed to mitigate the effects of smog on the human body. They consist of 23 moves,Read more

A central China court on Friday handed down a death sentence to a knifeman who wounded 23 elementary school students at a school in Guangshan County, Henan Province, last December. The Intermediate People's Court in Xinyang City convicted Min Yongjun of assault with intent to kill in the first trial sentence. On Dec. 14, Min, 36, stabbed an elderly womanRead more

Minister of State for Interior Affairs Major-General Adel bin Khalifa Al-Fadhel received today Captain Abdulrahman Rashid Abdulghafar, who presented a copy of PhD in political Science- Business Management. The minister congratulated the PhD graduate, urging him to continue his post-graduate studies, wishing him all the best in his life.Read more

Bahrain's efforts to combat corruption were the focus of a two-day workshop. The General Directorate of Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security organized the event at the officers' club under the theme: "Bahrain's efforts to combat corruption". Senior Prosecutor Ahmed Mohammed Al-Hamadi addressed the event, shedding the light on crime of corruption and aspects of administrative graft. He pointed outRead more

Director of Academic Missions at Ministry of Education, Isa Abdulla Al-Kohaje, stated that amid the deterioration weather conditions the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan going through, a communication was established with the Embassy of Bahrain's Chargé d'Affaires to Jordan, who affirmed the safety of all Bahraini students there and none of them has been injured.Read more

Officials in a Colorado school district said "sexual harassment" will be removed from the record of a 6-year-old boy who kissed a female classmate on the hand. School District RE-1 said Hunter Yelton, who was suspended from a Canon City school for kissing a female classmate on the hand, will have the "sexual harassment" offense removed from his record andRead more

An education lottery has turned the nation’s children into “lucky or unlucky” pupils depending on where they go to school, the chief schools inspector will warn today. Sir Michael, presenting education standards watchdog Ofsted’s annual report, will say the lottery sentences some children to be taught in sub-standard schools while others get the right opportunities to do well. However, heRead more