How Swiss donations are helping youth in Senegal
In Senegal, where the average age of the population is 18, the charitable organisation Swiss Solidarity funds a range of programmes that support literacy, vocational training and sex education for […]
Why the world should take note of the Swiss apprenticeship model
Education Former apprentices have risen to lead major banks, and even the country. Switzerland’s famed apprenticeship system is often held up as the “gold standard” in vocational training and is […]
Societies that treat women badly are poorer and less stable
Oppressing women not only hurts women; it also hurts men https://53c45557bb464df365f75fba619e880d.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.htmlSep 11th 2021 BASRA AND TORORO “Awoman who drives a car will be killed,” says Sheikh Hazim Muhammad al-Manshad. He says […]
Single-sex schools in UK triumph in academic performance
10th December 2021 Ataul Fatir Tahir, Al Hakam New rankings of UK schools by The Sunday Times’ Parent Power show single-sex schools “triumph” over mixed schools in academic performance. The Times reported that amongst state […]
A Universal Blueprint for Rooting Out Racism
Professor Amtul Razzaq Carmichael – UKLAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS 19th November 2021 ©Shutterstock Professor Amtul Razzaq Carmichael, UK Racism, as defined by Encyclopaedia Britannica, is the belief that humans may be divided […]
Hameed Naseem: Golden Age sent wisdom across world
Faith Matters: Hameed Naseem Allah instructed Muslims to learn by Hameed Naseem | November 6, 2021 Growing up in a small town in the province of Punjab in the ’60s, […]
The missing third: An out-of-school children study of Pakistani 5-16 year olds
The missing third: An out-of-school children study of Pakistani 5-16 year-olds Serious efforts need to be made to ensure that Pakistan has a large population of literate and educated girls […]
How Middle East and North African countries can give young pooulations a crack at prosperity
Whether it be in Saudi Arabia, UAE or Tunisia, ensuring young people receive the best possible life chances ought to be a top priority for leaders concerned about the region’s […]
Lessons about 9/11 often provoke harassment of Muslim students
Muslim students report being teased and harassed when schools focus on 9/11. Jasmin Merdan Agustus 31, 2021 Mitra Near the start of each school year, many U.S. schools wrestle with how to […]
Is Afghanistan’s ascendant Taliban ready to temper its extreme views?
Previous 1 / 5Afghan security forces have suffered significant losses at the hands of a resurgent Taliban, with some fearing the government in Kabul could fall within six months of US […]
From refugee to valedictorian: Syrian woman hails success in Turkey
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL EDUCATION JUL 30, 2021 4:20 PM GMT+3Yasmin Nayal in her home in Istanbul, Turkey, July 30, 2021. (AA PHOTO) It has been only five years since Yasmin Nayal fled […]
Greece: Stop Denying Refugee Children an Education
Ensure All Asylum-Seeking Children Are Enrolled in Coming School Year (Athens) – The Greek government should urgently reform discriminatory policies so that children seeking asylum can go to school when […]
Muslim women urged to make their children’s education a priority
By Ghana News Agency -Jun 16, 2021 Hajia Anisa Iddrisu Sahiba, the National President of Lajna Imaillah Ghana, the Women’s wing of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission has asked Muslim women to make […]
Fasting at Katanga
Opinion Kwaku Sakyi-Addo: Fasting at Katanga Source: Kwaku Sakyi-Addo 7 May 2021 I do not know what the arrangements are in Achimota school today. But when I was a student there […]
Adulteration of faith can’t be part of our educational curriculum
Source: Joseph Opoku Gakpo 5 May 2021 I was born into the Pentecost Church several years ago by a mother who was deeply religious, although I don’t remember my dad ever went to church. She would drag me to the house of worship every Sunday, although I really did not like […]
Tackling the global learning crisis
Mar 20,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg NEW HAVEN — Education has emerged as one of the most consequential casualties of the pandemic. According to estimates from UNESCO, […]
Over half of Syria’s children deprived of education — UN
By AFP – Jan 24,2021 – JORDAN TIMES This handout photo released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on Friday, shows an injured child lying in a hospital […]
Arabs education: Doing well, could do better
Author NIDHAL GUESSOUM January 17, 2021 Zeina Amro attends an online class at home due to the coronavirus in the West Bank village of Dura near Hebron. (File/AFP) Short Url […]
Literacy improving in Muslim-majority countries
Mohammed Iqtedar Husain Farooqi – Lucknow, India / Wed, December 9, 2020 The grand imam of Cairo-based Al Azhar University, Muhammad Ahmad Al Thayyib, gives a speech during his visit to Indonesia’s prominent Gontor Islamic boarding school in Ponorogo, East Java, on Feb. 25. The visit to Gontor was part […]
Reaching for the Stars: Interview with Child Prodigy Sitara Brooj Akbar
Sitara Brooj Akbar NOTABLE WOMEN Sitara Brooj Akbar fulfils her name as an academic star who sat her first O Level at the astonishing age of 9 and then completed […]