Penal Reform International to change lives of prisoners in Kazakhstan
Penal Reform International will change the lives of prisoners in Kazakhstan, helping the country in its effort to humanize the penal system.
Bolashak scholarship rumours dispelled
Nur Otan, the ruling political party of Kazakhstan, has dispelled the rumors surrounding selection of Bolashak scholarship benes.
Microsoft, Samsung and HP to establish research centers at Nazarbayev University
The global blue-chip companies are planning to establish high-tech research centers in cooperation with Nazarbayev University in Astana.
Mussabayev comments his statement about 'beer bar English' of Bolashak graduates
Head of KazKosmos National Space Agency Talgat Mussabayev has commented his statement about some graduates of the Bolashak program.
John Ordway discusses Kazakhstan-US relations with Marat Tazhin
Kazakhstan Secretary of State Marat Tazhin received the US Charge d'Affaires John Ordway.
Kazakhstan wants to privatize public universities
The Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan is planning to privatize state-owned universities.
In Spain, even toddlers learn Chinese for job hopes
"Xiang jiao! Banana!" says Fu Huijuan, beaming as she waves the fruit in front of her three-year-old pupil, Leon, at a Madrid nursery school.
Ancient past challenges modern teaching in 'cradle of mankind'
In Kenya's national museum, wide-eyed school children gaze at blackened skeletons of long gone ancestors, 1.5 million-year-old remains that provide key lessons today for modern teachers of mankind's origin.
High-security isolation for South Korea's exam-setters
Every October, hundreds of South Korean teachers and professors are sequestered -- like jurors in a mafia trial -- in a secret, guarded compound: prisoners of their country's obsession with education.
Famous American economist Jeremy Rifkin to hold master-class in Astana
Jeremy Rifkin, a famous American economist, will hold a master-class in Astana next week.
Kazakhstan Agency for Religion comments hijabs at schools
Kazakhstan Agency for Religious Affairs has commented the ban on wearing hijabs at schools.
Malala calls on world to make education top priority
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl activist who has become a world champion of girls' rights, called Friday for the World Bank to make education its top priority.
Malala, Congolese doctor among Nobel Peace favourites
Teenage Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai and a Congolese doctor dedicated to helping rape victims are the two most-hyped figures among pundits ahead of Friday's Nobel Peace Prize announcement.
World-level tourism training center to open in Almaty
The center will be supported by the World Tourism Organization and will have world-level tourism training experts.
Kazakhstan Defense Ministry selects candidates for education in US universities
Kazakhstan Defense Ministry is staring to select candidates for education in US military universities in 2014.
Two Kazakhstan citizens enter US universities
Two Kazakhstan citizens, Ilias Kameledinov and Abylai Akhmetov, have been enrolled in military universities of the US Armed Forces.
In Malala's home, schoolgirls pray for her Nobel in secret
In Malala Yousufzai's home town in Pakistan, schoolfriends hope to see her win the Nobel Peace Prize this week -- but they dream in secret, under pressure from a society deeply ambivalent about the teenage activist.
Chile group wants Pinochet 'dictatorship' in textbooks
A Chilean education advisory group recommended Friday that schools use "dictatorship" rather than "military regime" in textbooks to describe General Augusto Pinochet's rule marred by rights abuses.
Nigeria school attacks force thousands to quit studies: Amnesty
Schools attacks in northern Nigeria have grown more frequent and deadly this year, forcing thousands to abandon their education, with most of the violence blamed on Boko Haram Islamists.
In Aleppo, schools reopen despite war
In Syria's war-ravaged city of Aleppo, Abu Hussein hurries along little Ali, who has stopped just a few steps from school to buy a bag of potato chips.