A sea change is on horizon in the way Chinese people learn English. And along with it, a debate is growing among teachers and parents as to how foreign languages are to be taught and learned in this country. In October, the Beijing municipal education authorities decided to lessen both the importance and proportion of foreign languages in the collegeRead more

Royal Police Academy (RPA), in cooperation with the Bahrain Institute for Political Development and in the presence of the RPA's Commander, Staff Colonel Shaikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, today held a seminar entitled "Human rights between national sovereignty and globalization" on the occasion of the International Day of Human Rights, which falls on 10 December. The seminar aimed toRead more

Police fired tear gas Monday in clashes with Islamist students of Cairo's al-Azhar University who hurled stones and torched vehicles during a demonstration backing ousted president Mohammed Morsi, officials said. Violence in and around the university's dormitory erupted when a few hundred students began protesting and poured onto nearby streets, security officials said. Four civilian and two police cars wereRead more

Marking the International Day for the Handicapped, the Northern Governorate organized a lecture themed "Success Story" in collaboration with the Bahrain Friendship Society for the Handicapped at Al-Shurooq Girls Secondary School . The lecture was co-presented by Walid Hassan Bashir and Mohamed Yaqoob Deraj from the Friendship Society for the Handicapped who explained to students key educational and life factorsRead more

Minister of Education, Dr. Majid Bin Ali Al Nuaimi inaugurated the eighth school production show under the title "Work..Produce..make a homeland," which was organised by Students Services Directorate at the ministry marking the National Day and HM the King’s Accession to the Throne. The show was held with the participation of 82 schools, in addition to the Talents Centre, andRead more

The Northern Governorate hosted a training course on Strategies of follow-up and Preparation of Projects implemented in cooperation with the General Coordination Office for the Governorate affairs. Deputy Northern Governor Jassim bin Ahmed Al-Wafi noted that this course is in line with the Kingdom’s objectives to develop work output in order to enhance the capacities of the governorates’ employees soRead more

Under the patronage of the Minister of Transportation, and Acting Chief Executive of the Economic Development Board (EDB) Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed, the graduation ceremony of the first session of national civil aviation instructors was held in Gulf Aviation Academy(GAA) under the supervision of the International Civil Aviation Organisation(ICAO). The operating companies at the Bahrain International Airport and security officialsRead more

Timor-leste’s prime minister Kay Raxlanana offered $150,000 for construction of primary school in Bor County of Malou village, during a visit to South Sudan’s Jonglei state on Friday. Malou mixed primary school is expected to house to more than 1,000 pupils in the village of Malou and nearby villages of Bangachorot who currently are forced to travel long distances toRead more

Examination scores will no longer be the only standard for evaluating students in the future, with the education authority planning to soon release a series of reform policies for public opinion. Liu Limin, vice-minister of education, said on Thursday that future high school examinations will no longer account for 100 percent of students' scores, according to Xinhua News Agency. TheRead more

Inspired by the PISA results, education authorities said yesterday they would allow more free time for students to pursue their hobbies and interests. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development conducts the PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) test for students globally. Officials said the PISA results in which Shanghai students topped three categories — reading, science and mathematics —Read more