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France counts cost of violent protests, 1,800 arrested
France was reeling on Sunday from widespread damage caused in violent protests the day before that saw 1,800 people arrested, a historic town hall torched and widespread looting.
مصر تستهدف تأهيل 100 مليون متعلم ضمن خطتها حتى 2030
تستهدف مصر تأهيل 100 مليون متعلم بحلول 2030 ضمن برامج تربط التعليم وتنمية المهارات باحتياجات سوق العمل.
France's high-school student woes in numbers
France's student protests are fuelled by a range of grievances, from unreplaced teachers and crumbling buildings to broader inequalities in accessing a good education.
'Real inequality': France's education divide laid bare by protests
Students cheered as they stacked rubbish bins against the entrance to a school outside Paris, while a speaker thumped out French rap to young people, teachers and parents mingling in the early morning drizzle.
Argentine protesters, police clash at demo over university funding
Argentine demonstrators clashed with police on Thursday at a major protest in Buenos Aires over budget-slashing President Javier Milei's education spending.
PM condemns 'chaos' as violent protests grip Albania
Protesters and police clashed in Albania's capital on Thursday, the third straight day of violence, with prime minister Edi Rama condemning "chaos" that has left government buildings badly damaged.
Online 'witch hunt' sweeps up Asians misidentified as US rape accused
One message told him to "go to hell." Others said he deserved to be imprisoned. Death threats poured in.
Government buildings torched in violent Albanian protests
Anti-government protests in Albania's capital left several official buildings badly damaged and at least one on fire on Wednesday as demonstrations spiralled into violence for a second straight night.
Cornell suspends frat parties after alleged gang rape
Cornell University on Tuesday suspended fraternities' parties and social events for the remaining academic year following outcry over an alleged gang rape at one of the elite college's all-male clubs.
'We're not giving up': Activist Thunberg joins France student protests
Thousands of protesters marched through central Paris on Tuesday as part of nationwide demonstrations supporting high school pupils who have been protesting for better classroom conditions, with Swedish activist Greta Thunberg taking part.
'Our future is being robbed': Greta Thunberg joins France student protests
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joined high school pupils campaigning for better learning conditions in France on Tuesday ahead of fresh nationwide demonstrations, with authorities and participants wary of further violence.
Wildfire smoke shuts schools in Amazon's biggest city
The largest city in the Brazilian Amazon, Manaus, shut public schools on Friday as smoke from hundreds of wildfires blanketed the metropolis amid an intensifying El Nino event.
'Gen Z has risen up': Tens of thousands demand better education in France
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across France on Tuesday, as unions and teachers joined high school students who for days have been demanding better learning conditions in protests punctuated by violent confrontations.
Teenager loses hand picking up grenade in France school protests
A 15-year-old student lost a hand on Monday picking up a police grenade as part of nationwide protests over classroom conditions that have disrupted lessons at hundreds of schools since last week.
Hundreds of French high schools shut as protests persist
Lessons were suspended at hundreds of French high schools on Monday, as part of a wave of student protest over learning conditions that have rocked the European nation.
Cornell president vows review in wake of alleged student gang rape
The president of Cornell University voiced support Saturday for an external review of the institution facing widespread outcry over the alleged gang rape of a student in 2024.
What is fuelling French school protests?
Protests by teenagers outside their schools have shaken France in recent days, with students blockading entrances to their institutions and security forces on occasion responding with tear gas.
Cornell rape case exposes sexual violence at US colleges
An alleged gang rape at Cornell University, detailed in a graphic lawsuit last month, has provoked fury in the United States over sexual violence on campuses and colleges' failure to stamp out the behavior.
NY governor vows to close loophole after alleged Cornell gang rape
New York Governor Kathy Hochul vowed Friday to close a legal loophole allowing offenders to avoid rape charges if their victims were willingly intoxicated, as in the case of an alleged gang rape at Cornell University.
NY attorney general tasked with investigating alleged Cornell gang rape
New York Attorney General Letitia James has been appointed special prosecutor to investigate an alleged gang rape at Cornell University, the state's governor announced, following an outcry over prosecutors' decision not to file charges two years ago.
Hundreds of French high schools shut as new violence erupts
French high school students lit fires outside schools and faced off with police on Friday as a protest movement that has forced the closure of some 400 establishments showed no sign of abating.
'We're losing our scientists': west Africa's STEM struggle
A handful of pupils puzzled over equations on the blackboard of an Abidjan maths class. Next door, the humanities classes were all packed.
French school protests spread as fires, blockades deepen unrest
A protest by French secondary school students over overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and crumbling facilities deepened Thursday, with fires set outside schools and blockades in several cities.
Pirate island's plunging population shows Greece's demographic decline
"Let's go to war!" shouted six-year-old Giorgos at his older cousin, Minas, as the two chased each other with claw-like geranium stalks around the schoolyard on the tiny Greek island of Thymaina.
French teens clash with police as school blockades intensify
French teenagers on Tuesday set fire to rubbish bins and hurled projectiles in clashes with police, as they kept up a blockade of some high schools demanding better conditions at their establishments but which has angered the government.
تكريم الفائزين في الدورة الثانية من مسابقة مهارات كليات التقنية
كرّمت كليات التقنية العليا الطلبة الفائزين في النسخة الثانية من مسابقة «مهارات كليات التقنية العليا 2026»، خلال حفل أقيم في مقر الكليات في المدينة الأكاديمية بدبي. وشهدت المسابقة مشاركة أكثر من 800 طالب وطالبة، تنافسوا في 39 مهارة تطبيقية وتخصصية، ضمن 7 مجالات أكاديمية.
South Lebanon children return to school destroyed by Israel strike
In southern Lebanon, eight-year-old Yara Ajami started the academic year this week in a doorless, windowless classroom after her school was destroyed by an Israeli strike.
سعود بن صقر يكرم الفائزين بجائزة رأس الخيمة للتميز التعليمي
أكد صاحب السمو الشيخ سعود بن صقر القاسمي عضو المجلس الأعلى، حاكم رأس الخيمة، أن التعليم يمثّل أساساً راسخاً لبناء الإنسان وتقدم المجتمعات، والاستثمار في الأجيال وتمكينها بالمعرفة والمهارات، يعزّز قدرة الوطن على مواصلة مسيرة التنمية وصناعة مستقبل أفضل.
العور: ضمانات الجامعات المالية لن ترفع الرسوم على الطلبة
أكد معالي الدكتور عبد الرحمن العور، وزير الموارد البشرية والتوطين، وزير التعليم العالي والبحث العلمي بالإنابة، أن الضمانات المالية ورسوم الخدمات الجديدة المطلوبة من مؤسسات التعليم العالي، لن تنعكس على الرسوم التي يتحملها الطلبة، مبيناً أن أنها صُممت وفق آلية مدروسة لا تمثّل عبئاً مالياً على الجامعات.
11 hurt as teen opens fire outside school in western Turkey
A teenager opened fire outside a high school in western Turkey on Tuesday, wounding 11 pupils, before being detained in the country's third such shooting in six months, officials said.
In Bangladesh, Pakistan's Jinnah photo stirs anger
Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah died nearly eight decades ago, but his photograph has become the centrepiece of a fresh battle over history at Bangladesh's top university.
رئيس جامعة الأمير مساعد بن عبدالرحمن: بدء اسمه يحمل قيمة وطنية ومعرفية عميقة ويعزز أثرها الوطني
رفع رئيس جامعة الأمير مساعد بن عبدالرحمن الدكتور محمد بن يحيى مرضي، الشكر والامتنان إلى خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك سلمان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود، وصاحب السمو الملكي ولي العهد الأمير محمد بن سلمان بن عبدالعزيز رئيس مجلس الوزراء -حفظهما الله-، بمناسبة التوجيه الكريم بإطلاق اسم صاحب السمو الأمير مساعد بن عبدالرحمن آل س