Finnish National Board of Education, Save the Children and Private Sector Heads of Industry Added to Speaker Line-up for Global Education Initiative in Bahrain

October 1st, 2009 BRUSSELS - - Build the Future: Invest in Teachers Now! In the face of the global economic crisis, it is vitally important that governments invest significantly in public education, making it a cornerstone of economic recovery plans. Education International, the global union federation representing 30 million teachers around the world, is appealing to the international community to take urgent action to ensure that children are not made to pay for the crisis.

September 27th, 2009 ABU DHABI, UAE - In an exclusive Bridges Middle East 2009 focus day, the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway Foundation, for the first time, will officially discuss the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway Project. The focus day, on Sunday November 22, will be an essential stage for all key stakeholders involved in the Project.

September 24th, 2009 MANAMA, Bahrain - Leading education experts from Singapore and Hong Kong have confirmed their participation as key-note speakers at the inaugural global education conference in Bahrain next month. The speakers include Professor S.

September 21st, 2009 CMA Education and Planet EDU signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the University of Greenwich - Centre for Indian Business aimed at fostering greater co-operation between CMA Education part of the CMA Group of Companies, an organization headquartered in London, that covers the spectrum of marketing disciplines and specialties, from public relations and consumer advertising, to mobile and search engine marketing, and Planet EDU a well known learning facilitation company based in New Delhi which creates world-class customised and cost-effective learning solutions backed by value-added services for the education sector. The MOU was signed by Mr.

September 14th, 2009 LONDON - NALS, the National Approved Letting Scheme, has appointed Harrison Communications (PR) to provide press and general news media services. NALS, the accreditation scheme for the private rented sector, was born of the government's initiative to raise standards in the lettings industry and currently has more than 1,800 registered letting offices.

August 3rd, 2009 MANAMA, Bahrain - A new annual event designed to improve the quality of education across the world, from pre-school to higher education, will launch this October in Bahrain. The Education Project aims to identify practical solutions and gain commitment from educational professionals to put them in place.

June 30th, 2009 RIYADH - Al Rajhi Bank represented by its Female Branches Department recently recognized 228 top female students who excelled scholastically across the Kingdom. This program is part of Al Rajhi Bank's commitment to developing the community as part of its social responsibility programs.

June 8th, 2009 BRUSSELS - Hands Up for Education! - Education International is Working Hard to Persuade Governments Around the World of the Need to Invest in Education as a Positive Response to the Global Economic Crisis To that end, EI has launched a new campaign and web site called "Hands up for education: The smart strategy for economic recovery." It aims to assist EI's 400 member organisations in their efforts to ensure that funding for public education is enhanced, not cut, as governments struggle to cope with the impact of the crisis. "The web site will be a vital tool for linking EI's global advocacy with national and local action to encourage reinvestment in strong and stable public education systems to meet the needs of the knowledge society," said Fred van Leeuwen, General Secretary of Education, the global union federation representing 30 million teachers and education workers in 170 countries.

March 30th, 2009 LONDON - Parents looking to send their children to private schools should not simply assume that the costs will be unaffordable but they should rather thoroughly research the costs and implications of independent education, according to Jane White, the co-founder of a new website ( www.allaboutschoolfees.com) which helps parents do just that. www.allaboutschoolfees.com is a one-stop source of information for anyone who has committed to, or is considering, private education for their children or grandchildren.

March 24th, 2009 BONN, Germany - German Providers of Vocational Training Visit Potential Cooperation Partners From April 3rd to 8th, 2009 Arab countries work hard to meet the demands of a growing population by introducing comprehensive education reforms and initiatives. German-Arab collaboration in the education sector is of strategic importance for future employability and highly desired on both sides.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Union Cabinet today approved providing free and compulsory education to children aged 6-14 by giving its nod to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill 2005. Earlier announcing the government's agenda for the education sector in the next 100 days, Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal had said that enactment of the Bill - also known as the Right to Education Bill - will be followed by the notification of the 86th Constitutional Amendment in the official gazette.

September 24th, 2009 NY Clinton meeting focuses on education, jobsNEW YORK — Education is an evergreen subject in political campaigns but one that loses priority once politicians are in office because there often isn't any immediate political gain, Queen Rania of Jordan said Thursday during a panel at the Clinton Global Initiative. "The benefits of education sometimes don't fit in with the political cycle because you reap the benefits way down the line," she said.

August 13th, 2009 American Public Education announces board changesCHARLES TOWN, Va. — American Public Education Inc.

June 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With "expansion, inclusion and excellence" as his guiding factors to revamp Indian education, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Thursday announced a slew of measures, including optional Class 10 board exams, accreditation agencies for schools, free education and private sector involvement in primary learning. Sibal, who announced as many as 40 legal, policy and administative initiatives for the first 100 days of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, made a strong pitch to de-traumatise education and said there was no need for a Class 10 board examination.

June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has said that the Central Government is keen to pass the Right to Education bill in the ensuing budget session of the parliament. Speaking at an Education Fair hosted by the country's apex forum of corporate sector, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) here on Sunday, Sibal expressed concern on the number of Indian student dropping out from schools.

June 25th, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal's Left Front government Thursday criticised the educational reforms outlined by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, dubbing them as efforts aimed at "absolute centralisation" and "privatisation" of the education system. State Secondary Education Minister Partha Dey said having a single board exam in standard 12 across the country will make "the entire thing absolutely centralised".

June 12th, 2009 LEH - A group of 61 employees of Reckitt Benckiser, in collaboration with a global NGO, 'Save the Children', has raised millions of pounds to help improve the educational standards of socially marginalised children in Ladakh. Employees of Reckitt Benckiser from across the globe recently participated in the five-day fund raising trek.

August 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - For more than half of urban families planning and funding for their child's education takes priority over investing in retirement plans or medical insurance, a survey released Wednesday said. The Young Scholar Insights survey conducted by Life Insurance Company Aviva found that 67 percent of 2,250 respondents in 10 cities surveyed thought investing in child's education if the first priority.

July 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The salient features of the Right of Children for Free and Compulsory Education Bill are - - Free and compulsory education to all children of India in the six to 14 age group; - No child shall be held back, expelled, or required to pass a board examination until completion of elementary education; - A child who completes elementary education (upto class 8) shall be awarded a certificate; - Calls for a fixed student-teacher ratio; - Will apply to all of India except Jammu and Kashmir; - Provides for 25 percent reservation for economically disadvantaged communities in admission to Class One in all private schools; - Mandates improvement in quality of education; - School teachers will need adequate professional degree within five years or else will lose job; -- School infrastructure (where there is problem) to be improved in three years, else recognition cancelled; -- Financial burden will be shared between state and central government

September 7th, 2009 POONCH - To provide basic education to the children of the nomad tribals of Gujjar and Bakkarwal communities, the government has opened various mobile schools along the Pakistan border in Jammu of Kashmir. At least six mobile schools, including one seasonal center, are functional in the meadows along the military Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector.