May 202012
Premier O'Farrell was visiting the university along with a NSW delegation that included parliamentarians, community leaders and business leaders as part of efforts to boost cooperation with the UAE. Currently, UOWD has around 3,600 students in undergraduate and postgraduate academic programs in Business, Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, International Studies and Media Communications.UOWD is NSW's longest and largest presence in Dubai and arguably Australia's most successful off-shore Read more [...]
May 202012
For media enquiries with EWS-WWF, please contact: Louisa NormanHill Knowlton StrategiesTelephone: +971 4 3344 930For media enquiries with HSBC Bank Middle East:Ahmad Othman +971 4 4235628+971 50 3069313Emirates Wildlife Society in association with WWF (EWS-WWF)Emirates Wildlife Society is a national (UAE) environmental non-governmental organisation. EWS is established under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in the Western region and Chairman of Environment Read more [...]
May 182012
Hundreds of students hit by Ajman private university closure. The sudden closure of a private university in Ajman has affected nearly 1,000 students. Ajman Municipality closed the private university while education officials said that ‘parents are to blame for their students’ plight since they had not checked the university’s status. Students told Albayan daily that they had asked the municipality to retrieve Read more [...]
May 182012
Dubai: Educating cricketers on the pitfalls of being involved in spot-fixing is a must, according to legendary Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar.
Speaking to Gulf News in Dubai yesterday, Gavaskar said: "More education is needed from the teams that are running the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises.
"They must actually tell the players about the dangers and pitfalls. Like we have team meetings to discuss Read more [...]
UAE whiz kids faster than a calculator
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May 172012
Dubai: Looks like calculators could soon be a thing of the past - at least for over 3,000 UAE children who are graduates of the Universal Concept Mental Arithmetic System (UCMAS) as they can mentally solve mathematical problems within seconds.
XPRESS had a close encounter with a group of UCMAS students and we were left speechless by their skills: solving a problem mentally as well as with the abacus. They were so quick in getting answers Read more [...]
May 172012
Dubai: Confusion over the academic calendar of private schools continues as many parents are still awaiting letters from schools for exam and holiday dates as the Ministry of Education insists no schools will get any leeway.
While schools in Dubai have been given leeway by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) to follow their respective calendars, the Ministry of Education insists no school will be exempted from the unified Read more [...]
May 152012
Majority of high schools affected, says Afghan education ministry. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
KABUL:
Students across Afghanistan are suffering in the standoff between Pakistan and the United States over the resumption of Nato supplies, as four million books in 77 Nato containers are stuck at the Karachi Port since November last year, claimed Afghan authorities.
The curriculum books for grade 10, 11 and 12 Afghan students were published in Dubai with Nato support Read more [...]
May 152012
A centre of excellence is being established in Abu Dhabi to implement the findings of a recent summit on education standards.
Last week experts from across the globe flew in to the UAE for the Transforming Education Summit and gave their views on how schools and colleges can be improved.
“The centre of excellence will involve a governance or steering committee and will review in more detail the case studies and important issues touched upon during the summit,” said Dr Rafik Makki, Read more [...]
May 132012
Over 12,000 registered students and 11 different education institutes took part in the online event that took place between May 6th- 12th, 2012. The 'fair' followed on the phenomenal successes Bayt.com has enjoyed with its virtual fair series in markets across the region, by providing a unique, fully-interactive online platform for academic and training institutions.Dr Ayoub Kazim, Managing Director, TECOM Investments' Education Cluster, said, "Bayt.com's Virtual Education Fair is an innovative Read more [...]
Confusion persists in Dubai’s education sector
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May 132012
True victims of poor education and low academic standards are the growing generations
It is no secret that education in Dubai is a very lucrative, profitable and still hard to control business. Schools are expensive and firmly on the way to become even more expensive, as reportedly already 53 of them have applied for a school fee increase. Profiteers, of course, long ago seized the opportunities. Now, they are successfully reaping the benefits of investments, that not necessarily involved Read more [...]
May 112012
Dubai His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, conferred bachelor's and master's degrees upon 500 graduates of the American University in Dubai (AUD) at the Dubai World Trade Centre Wednesday.
In an event filled with joy, cheer and applause, Shaikh Mohammad shook hands with graduating students and congratulated them on their success as they move into a new phase in Read more [...]
May 112012
Dubai A mother alleges that a teacher inflicted brain injury on her 7-year-old boy by banging his head against the wall three times for playing in class.
The mother, an Emirati, said that her son is undergoing treatment at a hospital in London following the incident.
The hospital sent us back home and said that he was fine and that perhaps the bleeding was due to summer heat
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UAE’s teachers told to eye up iPads
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May 102012
Teachers have been told to get technologically down with the kids to improve education.
Speaking at the Transforming Education Summit in Abu Dhabi yesterday, Abdullatif Al Shamsi, managing director of the UAE’s Institute for Applied Technology, said: “Children in some schools feel they are more clever than teachers in using some of the latest technologies.
“Kids have iPods, computer video games, iPhones and other gadgets. Teachers need to be equipped with knowledge in new technology.”
‘Educators Read more [...]
Digital media reshaping traditional journalism
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May 102012
The need to create a perfect balance between new and traditional media was highlighted at a major media conference attended by top international journalists and thinkers.
Shaikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice-president and prime minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, opened the Arab Media Read more [...]
Muhyiddin To Visit UAE Monday
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May 082012
May 06, 2012 21:51 PM
Muhyiddin To Visit UAE Monday
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ABU DHABI, May 6 (Bernama) -- Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is expected to deliver a keynote address at the Transforming Education Summit (TES) this Wednesday as part of his three-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which begins tomorrow.
Muhyiddin, who is on his first official trip to Abu Dhabi after assuming the post of Education Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in April 2009, is Read more [...]