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.
Send books not guns, Malala pleads at UN
With a maturity and poise that belied her tender years, Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen shot by the Taliban for championing girls' education stood by world leaders on Wednesday and called for books not guns.
9 Kazakhstan universities enter world ranking
9 Kazakhstan universities have been included in the list of 800 best universities of the world by British Quacquarelli Symonds.
French Sorbonne opens branch in Almaty
Starting from 2014 Kazakhstan students will able to study in French Sorbonne university without leaving Almaty.
China promises 30 thousand scholarships to SCO countries
China will provide 30 thousand government-sponsored education scholarships to the member-countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Striking teachers block road to Mexico City airport
Teachers protesting education reform blocked the main road to Mexico City's international airport on Thursday, forcing travelers to hitch rides in police trucks or walk long distances to their terminals.
Fashion Institute starts up in Almaty
The official start-up of Kazakhstan's fashion education project -- Kazakhstan Fashion Institute (KFI) -- was held in Almaty.
Outrage in Indonesia over school's genitalia survey
Indonesia's education ministry Thursday strongly criticised officials in a small town in Aceh province for asking children to assess the size of their private parts in a graphic school survey.
Only 3 percent of Kazakhstan's imams have higher theological education
Only 3 percent of Kazakhstan’s imams have higher theological education, 30 percent graduated from special educational institutions and the rest of them only took 3 or 6-month clergy courses.
Professors won't be fired: Governor
Akim of Mangistau oblast has commented the firing of 81 professors from Yessenov Caspian State University of Technologies and Engineering in Aktau.
New Kazakhstan Minister of Education and Science appointed
Aslan Sarinzhipov has been appointed new Kazakhstan Minister of Education and Science.
260,000 children go to school first time this year
260 thousand first graders had their first day at school on the Day of Knowledge -- September 1 -- and started their studies today in Kazakhstan.
India's rupee crisis crimps middle class lifestyles
Seventeen-year-old Indian student Appu Sharma was going to apply to a US university to study economics but with the rupee on the ropes, he's set his sights closer to home.
Serik Sapiyev qualifies for Bolashak scholarship
Boxer Serik Sapiyev, a gold winner of the 2012 London Summer Olympics, has received Kazakhstan presidential education scholarship Bolashak.
Clash of the mini-titans at China school of rock
With neat ponytails and immaculate grades, the four eight-year-olds who bounded on stage would make any Chinese parent proud.
299 people receive Bolashak scholarships in Kazakhstan
As of today Kazakhstan President’s international scholarship Bolashak has been issued to 299 people, 50 percent of them being Master’s degree and PhD students: official.
265 thousand first graders to hit schools September 1 in Kazakhstan
More than 260 thousand children will go to the 1st grade at schools throughout Kazakhstan on September 1, 2013.
130 Kazakhstan militarymen to study in foreign universities
130 Kazakhstan militarymen will be enrolled in foreign universities by the end of 2013.