schools

Moscow faces surge of fake bomb calls, prompting evacuations

Moscow - Muslimchronicle

Moscow is grappling with a slew of fake bomb calls that have prompted the evacuation of shopping malls, schools, railway stations and administrative buildings. The Tass news agency says there were over 100 anonymous bomb warnings in Moscow on Friday. No explosives have been found. Friday’s calls were the latest in a wave of fake bomb threats that have hauntedRead more

British teachers need more help to prevent pupil radicalization

London - Muslimchronicle

A UK government initiative to prevent young people from being radicalized is being frustrated by a lack of adequate funding and guidance say teachers. British schools say they are struggling to implement the government’s anti-terrorism “Prevent” initiative due to a lack of resources. Former teacher Bob Hindle, who is now a lecturer in education at the University of Manchester, toldRead more

Elementary Teachers Union denies school strike tomorrow

Beirut - NNA

Elementary Teachers' Union denied, in a statement on Wednesday, news claiming that schools will close tomorrow. "Tomorrow is an ordinary day in all public schools," the statement read. Source: NNARead more

Minister finishes delivery of schools books

Cairo - Hassan Ahmed

Deputy Minister of Education in Giza, Mohamed Abdul Hadi said that the Directorate of Education has completed the delivery of school books for second semester, although there was a little shortage in some books, which have not been received by the directorate so far, noting that this shortage is only 5% of total b=school books. Abdul Hadi said, in anRead more

Parents brace for increase in Dubai school fees

Dubai - ArabToday

Parents are frustrated at news that private school fees could rise by at least 2.4 per cent for the next academic year. The Knowledge and Human Development Authority said on Sunday that the best-performing private schools in Dubai could raise their fees by up to 4.8 per cent. Many parents were disappointed because their already tight budgets would have toRead more

Fees for top Dubai schools could jump by 4.8 per cent next academic year

Dubai - ArabToday

Private schools will be allowed to increase their fees by at least 2.4 per cent, the Dubai education regulator announced on Sunday. The new Education Cost Index (ECI) for the next academic year was calculated at 2.4 per cent by the Dubai Statistics Centre and published by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA). Schools rated as "outstanding" in theRead more

UNICEF re-opens 23 schools in Aleppo

New York - Arab Today

UNICEF has announced that its work has supported the re-opening of 23 primary schools in the eastern parts of Aleppo in the past few weeks, allowing more that 6,000 children to return to school. According to a statement published on its website, UNICEF said that it has provided school supplies, developed an accelerated learning programme and trained teachers to helpRead more

Parents, schools grapple over unpaid fees

Dubai - ArabToday

Delays or defaults in school fee payments are causing problems to both parents and schools despite a legally-binding parent-school contract (PSC) in Dubai. Parents complain schools sometimes resort to “insensitive” ways of extracting overdue fees, such as “naming and shaming” the student concerned in class or refusing to take the pupil on the school bus. Schools, on the other hand,Read more