Is al-Azhar under attack?
Sulaiman Lkaderi , Mohamed Hassan 15 October 2020 16:17 UTC | Egypt’s parliament rejected a bill that was set to strip the thousand-year-old al-Azhar University of its religious authority. It’s the latest […]
The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Making College Students Question the Price of Their Education
Source: WSJ When Mariah Stephenson received the bill for her fall semester at Towson University in Maryland, she did a double take. Even though fall sports have been suspended, she […]
School and work ” Why Switzerland’s dual-track education system is unique
By Riccardo Franciolli Jan 27, 2020 – http://www.swissinfo.ch Young people used to be faced with making a definitive career choice aged 15 in Switzerland. But nowadays they can change […]
Trump To Reinforce Protections For Prayer In Schools
Source: NPR By Franco Ordoñez President Trump will use the power of his office to empower students who want to pray in their schools — and remind public schools they […]
Non-Muslim teachers wear Islamic veil in protest of local ‘burqa ban’ in Sweden
Source: Islam City21 After the Sweden Democrats proposed a bill in 2018 to go “against the full-covering Muslim veil in all public places”, the local council in southern Sweden, Skurup, […]
India university to teach doctors Ghost Studies
Source: BBC A prestigious Indian university is offering a certificate course to teach doctors how to treat people who claim to see or be possessed by ghosts. The six-month course […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Slovenia organised Arabic Language Course
Source: Talha Ahmad The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Slovenia successfully organised a free Arabic language course in the country’s capital, Ljubljana. Previously in 2015 and again in 2017 the community conducted a free Arabic language course for beginners in Slovenia’s 2nd largest city, Maribor. The course proved to be very […]
Nine-year-old child genius to graduate university
By Jack Guy (CNN) A child prodigy from Belgium is on course to gain a bachelor’s degree at the tender age of nine. Laurent Simons is studying electrical engineering at […]
Is studying at a university essential these days?
Source: Arab News Dr. Taghreed Al-Saraj, who is a best-selling Saudi author, an international public speaker and an entrepreneurship mentor. After the publication of my previous article, I received so […]
Video: Why is the school system so outdated?
Students and parents should focus on employ-ability rather than keeping up with the Jones.
Glasgow University’s ‘bold’ move to pay back slave trade profits
Source: BBC News By Hannah Capella Glasgow University has agreed to raise and spend £20m in reparations after discovering it benefited by millions of pounds from the slave trade. It […]
Parents will be allowed to remove children from sex-ed classes under new Ontario government curriculum
Source: The Globe and Mail Caroline Alphonso Education Reporter Parents will have the option of removing their children from sex-ed classes as the province rolls out a new curriculum that […]
‘It’s the racial stuff’: Illinois prison banned, removed books on black history and empowerment from inmate education program
Source: Chicago Tribune By PETER NICKEAS Officials at an Illinois prison suspended an educational program for inmates, launched two internal investigations and removed 200 books from a prison library because many […]
Utah has required schools to have ‘In God We Trust’ posted publicly for 17 years
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Courtney Tanner A recent law in South Dakota requiring the phrase “In God We Trust” to be prominently displayed in all public schools was […]
Principal Who Tried to Stay ‘Politically Neutral’ About Holocaust Is Removed
Source: The Washington Post By Sarah Mervosh A high school principal in Florida has been removed from his position over his refusal to state that the Holocaust was a factual […]
Book Review: ‘In Good Faith: Questioning Religion and Atheism’
Source: Asia Times Scott A Shay’s new book explores the arguments and rational reasons to believe in God “Why should anyone in his or her right mind believe in God?” […]
Thousands of children are abused in Senegal’s religious schools
Source: The Economist Mbar lifts up his trousers and points at the marks where the chains wore his skin away. He was 11 when his father sent him from his village […]
Math problems that could bring the world to a halt
Source: BBC It’s not easy to accurately predict what humans want and when they will want it. We’re demanding creatures, expecting the world to deliver speedy solutions to our increasingly complex and diverse modern-day problems. Over the last few decades, researchers have developed a range of pretty effective mathematical solutions […]
Bishop defends controversial relationships and sex education lessons
Source: CT The Church of England’s lead bishop on education has defended the government’s new relationships and sex education lessons while stating that parents should have the right to withdraw their children. The Church of England was part of the government’s consultation into the lessons, which will become mandatory across […]
Swiss Education: Are 14-year olds ready to make a career choice?
EDUCATION By Isobel Leybold-Johnson THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 16, 2019 Starting young: a bicycle mechanic apprentice goes about his work (Christian Beutler / Keystone) Students make big […]
