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15000 new school places coming in Abu Dhabi next academic year

Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) confirmed that 13 schools would be opened between September this year and August...
Middle East & Africa
UAE
01/02/2013

Prime Minister calls for Tawjihi reform ‘vision’

Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Saturday called for reforming the General Secondary Education Certificate (Tawjihi)...
Middle East & Africa
Jordan
01/02/2013

Saudi Ministry of Health introduces scholarships for health service workers

The new program is focused on health service providers who are interested in furthering their knowledge and enhancing...
Middle East & Africa
Saudi Arabia
01/02/2013

Professional license system introduced for teachers in Doha

The Supreme Education Council (SEC) has introduced a professional license system for Teachers and Principals and school...
Middle East & Africa
Qatar
01/02/2013

Strengthening quality and reducing emphasis on scale

A total of 95 first-class subjects were evaluated. Five improvements were made in this round of subject evaluation,...
East Asia
China
31/01/2013

Malaysia to host Xiamen University’s first overseas branch campus

Xiamen University, listed among the top 20 universities in China is setting up its first overseas branch campus in...
East Asia
Malaysia
31/01/2013

Moratorium on new private tertiary institutions in Malaysia

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin announced a two year moratorium on new private tertiary...
East Asia
Malaysia
31/01/2013

Kaohsiung Medical University considering Penang

Professor Liu Ching-Kuan, president of Kaohsiung Medical University said that it is currently in the initial state of...
East Asia
Malaysia
31/01/2013

Clinton praises success of Chinese study programs

The program aims to send 100,000 Americans to study in China by 2014.
East Asia
China
30/01/2013

Emerging student interests leading to increased number of university programmes in academic year 2013

The Ministry of Education recently announced that there would be 35 new programmes created in academic year 2013, as a...
East Asia
Taiwan
30/01/2013

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