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Qatar should protect migrant pupils from high fees: UN expert
The UN expert on the right to education warned on Monday that excessive fees charged to the children of migrant workers in Qatar meant that thousands ... Gulf -
Foreign universities can now set up branches in Saudi Arabia
Foreign universities can now set up branches in Saudi Arabia under a new law approved by the Kingdom’s cabinet, Education Minister Hamad ... Gulf -
Jordan teachers launch strike, demand pay raise
Teachers in Jordan are launching an open-ended strike after negotiations with the government failed to yield a raise. A Jordanian teacher’s ... Middle East -
Women will teach boys in Saudi public schools for the first time
Female teachers will now educate boys in public schools for the first time across Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Education announced. According to the ... Gulf -
GEMS Education joint venture acquires Saudi’s largest education company
On Monday, GEMS Education KSA completed an acquisition of Ma’arif Education and Training Company. Ma’arif is a Saudi Arabian private ... Economy -
College Board says it is replacing SAT ‘adversity score’
The company that administers the SAT college admissions test is replacing the so-called adversity score with a tool that will no longer reduce an ... Variety -
Academic world launches plan to tackle climate change
Thousands of universities around the world on Wednesday declared a “climate emergency” and committed themselves with the United Nations to ... Healthy Living -
China moves to suspend some history tests for US college credit by 2020
Beijing on Thursday ordered a suspension of history exams run by a US non-profit for students seeking credit at American colleges, as the ruling ... Variety -
UAE’s GEMS buys Saudi Arabia’s biggest private school group Maarif
United Arab Emirates-based GEMS Education has expanded into Saudi Arabia by buying Maarif Education Group, the largest private school owner and ... Economy -
Oprah gives $500,000 to high school after-school program
Oprah Winfrey announced she’s giving $500,000 to an initiative at a New Jersey high school that’s aimed at keeping kids off the ... Variety -
Several charged in US over Chinese student visa scheme
Several California residents were arrested Tuesday in connection with a scheme to help Chinese nationals obtain student visas by hiring people to take ... Variety -
1966 video of Saudi girls school tells tales of reform then and now
An old video of Saudi Arabia’s first school for girls, captured by a British reporter in 1966, shows glimpses of the remarkable pace of the ... Features -
Mission Critical: A shift in relevant skills for tomorrow’s world
Is the future of education in the cusp of change? Or has it changed already?The knowledge that our children acquire in schools today [after paying ... Blogs -
Saudi Arabia approves SR400m annually to build 120 schools with private sector
The Council of Ministers on Tuesday approved an initiative to construct educational buildings with the participation of the private sector.According ... Gulf -
Preparing our graduates for the real world is worthwhile
It is just as important to prepare our undergraduate students for the real world before graduating, as it is to instil them with sound academic ... Middle East -
Syria parents spurn Kurd schools over university fears
After carefully packing her schoolbag, seven-year-old Rasha scrambles into the van that shuttles her daily from her home in a Kurdish-held ... Reports -
Saudi Arabia signs memorandum worth $800 mln in education sector
The company handling investments for the General Organization for Social Insurance in Saudi Arabia, Hassana, has signed on Wednesday a memorandum ... Economy -
Mobile schools to bring Indian state education to children’s doorsteps
Children who find it difficult to travel distances to go to schools in India will soon be able to get education at their doorsteps, thanks to a new ... Variety -
Houthis deprive two mln Yemeni children from education, closes 3600 schools
Yemeni Minister of Education Abdullah Salem Lemmles said that the war launched by the Houthi militias had devastating effects on the educational ... Gulf -
This is how Dubai Police regulate back-to-school traffic
Traffic congestion on the streets of Dubai is no longer an issue for road users, especially after schools have reopened their doors, registering a ... Reports -
The case for re-balancing, not re-writing, world history narrative
“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it,” Winston Churchill once said. As a modern day South Asian, who has grown up and ... Blogs -
Dubai school pays out $27,000 after student’s ‘false behavior report’
A German school in Dubai paid 100,000 dirhams ($27,229) to a student’s parents following a verdict by a Dubai court, which found the school ... Variety -
Iran parliament drops plan to impeach education minister
Iran's parliament called off a planned vote to impeach the education minister on Sunday, Iranian media reported, offering some respite for the ... Middle East -
Family loses five young girls in Sudan boat tragedy
A Sudanese family lost five young girls in the tragic boat sinking incident in Sudan on Wednesday, when 22 children drowned in the northern Nile River ... Features -
Row over Algerian education minister’s Nobel Prize comments
Algerian Higher Education Minister Al Taher Hajjar stirred uproar in Algeria and sparked anger within education circles after he underestimated the ... North Africa -
Saudi education ministry: Plan to transfer students from Canada in action
Saudi students studying in Canada now have the opportunity to transfer to 18 different countries to continue their studies “without being ... Gulf -
IN NUMBERS: Saudi King Salman Overseas Scholarship program
Al Arabiya English's Shadaan Hammam reports. Reports -
Want to graduate from 5 universities in 2 hours? This Saudi writer finds out how
A Saudi writer was able to graduate from give universities in the span of just two hours after reading a book authored 31 years ago that alleged ... Variety -
Please do not die young!
In old times, a young man would bid his parents farewell after they had saved enough money and supplies to get him to his destination, embrace him and ... Middle East -
Is there such a thing as everlasting ‘jobs of the future’?
Plenty fear an automation invasion. While this may be partially true, some jobs are at a lesser risk than others.Creative jobs such as scientists and ... Features