Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Tag Archives: Education
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 union announced the strike Sunday, saying the government hasn’t implemented a 50 percent salary increase agreed upon in
Riyadh governor launches SR3 billion educational projects in Saudi capital
:: Riyadh Gov. Prince Faisal bin Bandar launched SR3 billion ($800 million) worth of educational projects on Wednesday at the Riyadh General Administration of Education. The launch was in the presence of Education Minister Ahmed Al-Issa and a number of
Egyptian teacher speaks out after accusations of causing Kuwaiti student’s death
:: Egyptian teacher Najlaa Mohammed, who was accused of causing the death of Kuwaiti student Issa al-Balushi at a school in Kuwait, revealed the details of the incident and provided evidence of her innocence. Najlaa told Al Arabiya.net that a
Sheikh Mohammed’s call for Arabic speaking volunteers met with overwhelming response
:: A project that required Arabic speakers and writers to help in the creation of free science and math educational content has received more than 12,000 volunteers. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai,
Pre-school to university, one child’s education in the UAE to cost Dh1 mln
:: A recent study by Zurich Middle East has revealed that educating a single child in the UAE from pre-school through to university will cost an estimated one million dirhams. The figure comprises the cost of education for two years
Universities are for learning, they’re not for politics and guns
By : Adnan Hussein :: A disturbing event happened in an Iraqi university on Sunday. It could have been avoided – or rather it shouldn’t have happened to begin with. Members of the armed forces entered the campus of the
Strength of the Arab world lies in its mothers
By : Yara al-Wazir The strength of women in the Middle East cannot be directly measured using international indices and metrics. It can be exemplified in the strength of the mothers in the region who have pulled through despite the
Japan, a nation that survives and thrives
By : Turki Al-dakhil “The whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people.” This is how Irish playwright, author and poet Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) described this marvelous country, which imitated no
Houthis deprive 2.5 million Yemeni children of education
Houthi militias deprived more than 2.5 million Yemeni children of education, as a result of wars waged in the various governorates in the country according to educational statistics, Al Arabiya.Net reported. The war in Yemen has caused hundreds of thousands
Education Minister signs MoU for technical cooperation with Microsoft
Minister of Education Dr. Ahmed Bin Muhammad Al-Isa signs here Sunday with Vice President of Microsoft Corporation Anotine Salesato a memorandum of understanding for technical cooperation between the two sides. The MoU aims to raise the level of joint technical
Malala seeks to raise $1.4 bln to educate Syrian refugees
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai will seek to inspire world leaders at a conference in London on Thursday to commit $1.4 billion this year to give Syrian refugee children access to education, she told Reuters on Sunday. Heads of state and
KSA spends quarter of its budget on education
Riyadh Gov. Prince Faisal bin Bandar has said the Kingdom invests over one-fourth of its budget in education, which is “crucial to the development of society, economy and civilization.” During his address at the opening session of the second international
Conference explores ways to raise level of education
Riyadh Gov. Prince Faisal bin Bandar inaugurated the first Public Schools Evaluation Conference on Wednesday on behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman. The event was attended by key local and international experts in the sector and
Egypt’s ‘zero schoolgirl’ demands independent probe
The lawyer for Mariam Malak – a schoolgirl who became an anti-corruption icon in Egypt after receiving a zero grade on her final high school exams – called for an independent probe into her case at a press conference Thursday.
Iraqi govt, U.N. agencies begin training women to farm
The Iraqi government and United Nations agencies have earmarked $2.5 million this month to boost literacy and train women and girls in rural provinces to work in agriculture. “Rural women have great potential and enhancing their skills and access to
Turkish court annuls Erdogan education law
Turkey’s constitutional court has annulled a controversial law closing private tutoring centers, many of which are run by the movement of U.S.-exiled imam Fethullah Gulen, the nemesis of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reports said. Following a petition by the main
65 days: Vacation bonanza for teachers
Teachers will now be permitted to enjoy a summer vacation of up to 65 days, a directive issued by Minister of Education Azzam Al-Dakhil said. The minister also ordered the advancement of the beginning of the annual vacation period for
Tunisia borrows $55 mln from Germany to ‘modernize’ education
Tunisia signed on Friday a loan agreement with Germany enabling it to borrow 45 million euros ($55 million) to “modernize” more than 300 of its educational institutions, the official Tunisia Agency Press (TAP) reported. “Granted by the German Development Bank
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