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Rising cost of school supplies infuriates Egyptian parents as semester starts
Features/Interviews

Rising cost of school supplies infuriates Egyptian parents as semester starts

Many parents in Cairo are angry at the rise in the cost of school supplies on the back of a…
Uproar in Turkey over removing evolution from biology class
Society

Uproar in Turkey over removing evolution from biology class

Students in Turkey are returning to school Monday where they will be taught evolution for the last time in their…
Israel denounces rising controversy in Egypt over Israeli Flag in Educational Book
Egypt

Israel denounces rising controversy in Egypt over Israeli Flag in Educational Book

The Israeli Embassy in Egypt released a statement on Wednesday in which it responded to the outrage that surfaced in…
Increase on international school fees for academic year 2017/18
Egypt

Increase on international school fees for academic year 2017/18

The Ministry of Education took action to control private and international schools’ rising fees for the academic year 2017/18. The…
Indonesian school a launchpad for child fighters in Syria’s Islamic State
Middle East

Indonesian school a launchpad for child fighters in Syria’s Islamic State

Hatf Saiful Rasul was 11 years old when he told his father, a convicted Islamic militant, that he wanted to…
Government adjusts teachers’ salaries: Minster of Education
Egypt

Government adjusts teachers’ salaries: Minster of Education

Minister of Education Dr Tarek Shawki, stated on Tuesday, that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Prime Minster Sheref Ismail studied increasing the…
Tyro app aims to reshape Egypt’s e-tutoring industry, slow internet creates problems
Technology

Tyro app aims to reshape Egypt’s e-tutoring industry, slow internet creates problems

E-learning platform, Tyro, has recognized the high demand for private tutoring and the widening gap between formal educational curriculums and labor…
Third of Syrian refugee kids not in school, despite pledges
Syrian war children

Third of Syrian refugee kids not in school, despite pledges

Since his family fled civil war in Syria five years ago, 15-year-old Ali al-Sbehi hasn’t set foot in a school.…
University aims to educate 50,000 refugees worldwide by 2022
Society

University aims to educate 50,000 refugees worldwide by 2022

Inspired by the success of a Southern New Hampshire University program that allows hundreds of refugees in Rwanda to access…
Philippines’ Duterte signs law granting free public college
World

Philippines’ Duterte signs law granting free public college

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law granting tuition-free education in all state universities, a Cabinet official said on…
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