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CTB/McGraw-Hill opens office in QatarCTB/McGraw-Hill (CTB), a leading assessment partner for educational authorities worldwide, has opened a new office in Doha, following its nearly decade-long role with education development in Qatar. The office will allow CTB to ex More… |
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Mob attacks three more schools in BahrainSaboteurs yesterday attacked three schools simultaneously as part of a mindless campaign to target Bahrain's education system, a report said. Thugs set fire to the gate and external fence of Al Dair Primary School for Boys, accordin More… |
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Oral hygiene survey in Dubai schoolsThe Dubai Health Authority (DHA) said it has began a survey in collaboration with World Health Organisation (WHO) to access oral hygiene status of the school children in the emirate. As part of the survey, 5670 students, aged 5, 1 More… |
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TI to launch new technology in Saudi schoolsTexas Instruments (TI), a global semiconductor company, aims to transform classrooms in Saudi Arabia through an inovative programme which was successfully conducted on a trial basis in select schools across the Kingdom. This comes More… |
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Dubai Cares walkathon next weekDubai Cares, a major UAE-based philanthropic organisation working to improve access to quality primary education for children in developing countries, has announced that its Walk for Education 2013 will be held on February 8. In i More… |
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UK group to open school in DubaiForemarke School Dubai, a school based on one of the most respected preparatory junior education platforms in the UK will open in September, providing standards of excellence in British teaching for children aged three to 11. It i More… |
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Bahrain plans longer school daysBahrain’s Education Ministry plans to introduce longer school days for intermediate students, following its implementation in secondary schools, the minister, Dr Majid Al Nuaimi, said. It will initially be implemented in two schoo More… |
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Americans want guns, but with restrictionsNearly seven in 10 Americans support the idea of placing strong or moderate limits gun ownership following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. But laws that permit citizens to carr More… |
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28 killed as gunman opens fire in US schoolTwenty schoolchildren were slaughtered by a heavily armed gunman who opened fire at a suburban elementary school in Connecticut on Friday, ultimately killing at least 27 people including himself in the one of the worst mass shootings in US histo More… |
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GEMS to set up new school in Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi-based Baniyas Investment and Development Company (BIDC) has signed an agreement with GEMS Education, a leading UAE-based private school operator, to develop an international school at its upcoming Baniyas City in Abu Dhabi. More… |
