education
Rising cost of school supplies infuriates Egyptian parents as semester starts
Features/Interviews
September 18, 2017
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
September 17, 2017
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
September 14, 2017
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
September 7, 2017
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
September 7, 2017
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
September 5, 2017
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
September 3, 2017
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
August 14, 2017
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
August 12, 2017
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
August 4, 2017
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…