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Malaysia decides against using English for maths, science in school
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia decided Wednesday to revert back to using the Malay language to teach maths and science in schools, after an attempt to use English failed to raise knowledge of the language. The government decided in 2003 to teach the two sub...

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[Posted on : 2009-07-08 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi gets honorary degree in Northern Ireland
London - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was Tuesday awarded an honorary degree by the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. The democracy campaigner was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws for services to human rights during...

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[Posted on : 2009-07-07 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Chinese and Indian students top EU's scholarship list
Brussels - Chinese and Indian university graduates have won the most scholarships to study for a master's degree in the European Union in the next academic year, EU officials said Wednesday. One in 10 of all the Erasmus Mundus master's scholarships...

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[Posted on : 2009-07-01 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Germany to teach Islam to Muslim schoolchildren - Summary
Berlin - German schools are to teach Islam to Muslim schoolchildren, appointing teachers trained at German universities, German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Thursday. He was giving details of agreements reached in three years of unpreced...

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[Posted on : 2009-06-25 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

What you were born to be
Sydney - It's a question that children are asked the world over: What do you want to be when you grow up?Answers are seldom taken seriously. Adults assume aspiration is not what matters but qualifications, aptitude and luck. ...

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[Posted on : 2009-06-25 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Strife in nation that invented the kindergarten - Feature
Cologne, Germany - German parents are voicing frustration as kindergarten teachers stage running strikes for a sixth straight week, demanding higher pay and increased personnel in pre-school care. Germany may have invented the kindergarten - the Germ...

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[Posted on : 2009-06-16 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Taiwan university seeks world record for 96-year-old graduate
Taipei - A Taiwan university said Saturday it will apply for entry in the Guinness Book of World Records for a 96-year-old graduate it claims is the world's oldest master's degree recipient. We are very proud of Mr Chao Mu-he, and we will apply for ...

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[Posted on : 2009-06-13 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Museum encyclopaedia names 20,000 Nazi camps and ghettos
Washington - The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Wednesday released the first volume of an encyclopaedia of Nazi camps and ghettos, part of a project that will identify 20,000 such sites. The encyclopedia, part of a seven-volume project, is t...

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[Posted on : 2009-06-04 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Hong Kong unveils plan to revert to teaching in English
Hong Kong - Hong Kong on Friday unveiled a proposal that will give schools the option of switching back to teaching in English, 11 years after a mother-tongue policy ordered them to teach in Chinese. The plan, unveiled by Education Secretary Michae...

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[Posted on : 2009-05-29 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

German university to hand free netbooks to freshman students
Paderborn, Germany - A German university is to give away free netbook computers to all its 2,000 freshman students enrolling this autumn, thanks to a donation from business sponsors. The University of Paderborn in northern Germany said Tuesday studen...

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[Posted on : 2009-05-26 ] Category : [ Education (General) ]

Chinese-Indonesian Muslims criticize China over Urumqi unrest

Roadside memorial itself claims a life

Yen's continued strength sends Tokyo market lower - Summary

Philippine volcanologists raise alert level on restive volcano

Thai prime minister off to Vietnam for Mekong talks - Update

18 bodies from Yemen Airways crash found, Tanzanian police say

Zimbabwe's toddler 'terrorist' struggles to reintegrate - Feature

Australia debates whether to close sacred Uluru - Feature

Aung San Suu Kyi's trial resumes amid tight security

LA police chief: Jackson investigation might turn criminal - Summary

Indonesian maids in Hong Kong claim they are abused and underpaid

Vietnam to discuss Mekong River with Thailand

Yen's continued strength sends Tokyo markets lower

ANALYSIS: Can world powers walk the climate walk fast enough?

300 hurt, thousands homeless after southwest China quake - Update

No end in sight in talks on resolving Honduran crisis - Summary

Documentarian Moore readies new movie Capitalism: A Love Story

Colombian family says they saw ghost of Michael Jackson

EU official: Possible sanctions unless Iran resolves election issue

More than 300 injured quake in south-west China