Culture & Education | Wednesday 8 July, 2015 2:13 pm

Souk Okaz Prizes announced

Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, emir of Makkah and adviser to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, announced here on Tuesday the winners of the 9th edition of the annual Souk Okaz Prizes for the year 2015.  Prince Khaled, who is also chairman of the Souk Okaz Supervisory Committee, said that Huzair...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 7 July, 2015 1:26 am

Unicef and Pearson Announce Innovation Talks

Unicef UK and Pearson are holding a series of high level events over the next year which will bring together experts, thought-leaders and innovators from a range of industries and countries across the world. The ‘Activate Talks’ will examine how new technologies, products and businesses ...

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Culture & Education | Monday 6 July, 2015 8:28 am

OECD offers to share expertise in education

 The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently discussed here the scope of cooperation with the Kingdom’s Public Education Evaluation Commission (PEEC) in the field of education. The delegation was headed by Stefen Kapferer, deputy...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 4 July, 2015 6:24 am

All parallel programs of universities suspended

The Ministry of Education has suspended all parallel education programs, except in medical and engineering specialties, as well as bridging programs for health diploma certificates. Education Minister Azzam Al-Dhakil gave directions to the rectors at the Saudi universities to suspend the...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 4 July, 2015 4:25 am

Kingdom’s universities have a bigger role to play

The Kingdom has, over the past few years, seen a wave of extremism that has tried to influence the minds of young Saudis. Certain elements on satellite channels, websites and social media networks have hijacked the will and mind of young citizens and brainwashed them.  Al-Riyadh daily...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 1 July, 2015 1:18 pm

Centum, Investbridge and SABIS® Join Together to Launch an Education Investment Company to Develop Schools across Africa

Investbridge Capital (“IBC”) and Centum Investment Company Limited (“Centum”) announced today that they have partnered with SABIS® Holdings (SABIS®) to launch a new company that will invest in the burgeoning education sector in Africa. The tri-partite consortium will ...

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Culture & Education | Monday 29 June, 2015 3:30 am

Scholarship students won’t have to look for jobs

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has teamed up with the Ministry of Education for the “Your Job and Scholarship” program. The goal is to allow 1,000 Saudi students to take up courses in engineering for the industrial sector. With the latest addition, the number of scholarships...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 28 June, 2015 12:24 am

Take on the Muslim Quiz Challenge this Ramadan

AUS Islamic Club launches an innovative quiz app called ‘Muslim Quiz Challenge’ this Ramadan This app, available on iOS and Android platforms, provides insight and tests individual knowledge on various Islam-related topics with a world-wide outreach Hosting 12 Islamic categories...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 28 June, 2015 12:00 am

Famous Arab comedians bring joy to SMC’s Ramadan Majlis

“It is impossible to separate art from politics.  Comedy cannot be separated from facts,” say comedians Ahmed Bedair and Tareq Al Ali Popular Arab comedians created an atmosphere of fun and laughter at the fourth Ramadan Majlis, organised by Sharjah Media Centre (SMC), yesterday ...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 25 June, 2015 1:38 pm

New global education research holds important lessons for the Middle East

Learning company Pearson today publishes two new reports by the world-leading education expert Professor John Hattie which call into question some of the key reform policies pursued by governments in the last twenty years. Hattie’s research promises to be useful for education policy makers...

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