iPhone | iPad
Android
HuaweiBridging the cultural divide between religion and day-to-day affairs, the centres of Islamic education in the country are creating a new wave of religious experts.
KT APPDOWNLOAD
MORE FROM Education
The American University of Sharjah (AUS) will soon be offering Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) tutorials and exam preparation programmes on its.
The SAE Institute will offer budding Webpreneurs with a chance to make it big in cyberspace through its new Webpreneur Boot Camp.
ABU DHABI - As part of a comprehensive plan to boost the education system of the Abu Dhabi emirate, the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) has started rolling out its private education strategy in a bid to drive long-term improvement in the private sector where the largest group of students are enrolled.
Major reforms in assessment patterns for the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools will be put to test for the first time with the upcoming Grade 10 and 12 board exams.
Three Indian schools, rated only acceptable last year, made it to the ‘Good’ grade in this year, as Dubai’s education authority released its school inspection report on Monday. A school that started only last year also received ‘Good’ rating.
Two of the three Pakistani schools inspected by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) were found to be unsatisfactory, while one school was rated acceptable, according to the latest report on the Indian and Pakistani schools.
Arabic language skills continued to remain a major issue for Indian schools in Dubai as the inspection report pointed out ‘weak teaching skills, poor subject knowledge and poor curricula’ as factors contributing to the lack of progress in the Arabic subject.
The Emirati males are more likely to drop out of their higher education due to work, less engagement at the university life as well as lack of motivation, said Dr James Mackin, provost of the Abu Dhabi University (ADU).
The new initiative by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai to discount public transport for students by 50 per cent will encourage more students to travel on the buses and metro, according to university officials.