News about Education
China youth suicides blamed on education system: study
China's high-pressure, exam-driven education system is responsible for the vast majority of suicides by schoolchildren in the country, state media said Wednesday, citing a study.
14 May 2014 21:43
Pope attends 300,000-strong rally for Catholic schools
Pope Francis on Saturday attended a giant rally for children and teachers from Italy's Catholic schools, with the Vatican saying that 300,000 people turned out for the event in and around St Peter's Square.
11 May 2014 12:18
Qatar and UAE to build two schools in Astana
Qatar and United Arab Emirates (UAE) will fund construction of two schools in Astana.
06 May 2014 14:29
Corruption in Kazakhstan Universities makes $100 million a year
Corruption in higher education institutions in Kazakhstan has grown to $100 million per year.
30 April 2014 15:52
Sharm el-Sheikh - Almaty direct flights to open in summer 2014
Egypt plans to launch Sharm el-Sheikh - Almaty direct flights this summer.
24 April 2014 23:35
Bolashak scholarship to require higher language proficiency level
The Bolashak education scholarship issued in Kazakhstan has raised its bar for foreign languages.
15 March 2014 13:06
Black Harvard students target cliches via Tumblr blog
Black students at Harvard University, appropriating a line from a celebrated African-American poet, are harnessing social media to challenge racial stereotypes -- and inspiring similar blogs across the Atlantic.
14 March 2014 14:56
Collection of Kazakh epos cartoons released in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan has realised a set of animation movies based on Kazakh tales.
07 March 2014 16:38
Australia falls short on Aboriginal welfare targets
PM Tony Abbott admitted Australia has failed to meet important targets on Aboriginal life expectancy, education and employment, but insisted progress has been made in other areas.
12 February 2014 17:24
Kazakhstan Education Minister critical of quality of new schools
A school in south Kazakhstan was commissioned in January 2012. A month later the floor caved in and the heating system broke down.
03 February 2014 17:17
$130 billion a year wasted on poor quality education: UN
A quarter of a billion children worldwide are failing to learn basic reading and maths skills in an education crisis that costs governments $129 billion annually.
30 January 2014 09:59
Pregnant robot delivered to Aktobe
Medical students of Aktobe city in western Kazakhstan now have a pregnant robot to practice birth attendance.
29 January 2014 14:27
Astana Opera opens opera and ballet studios for children
Kazakhstan’s Astana Opera theater will hold auditions for children willing to be enrolled in its opera and ballet studios.
26 January 2014 17:41
First Changellenge Cup held in Kazakhstan
Winners of the 1st business case solution Changellenge Cup Kazakhstan have been awarded in Almaty-based International Academy of Business.
25 January 2014 00:35
Two students of Nazarbayev Intellectual School among world's best in Mathematics
Two students from Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Semey city in eastern Kazakhstan Oblast have been acknowledged the world's best in Mathematics based on their SAT test results.
24 January 2014 13:30
Thai teen pregnancy on the rise as sex education misses the young
Days away from giving birth and living apart from her family, 16-year-old Ying is one of a growing number of Thai teenagers to fall pregnant every year in a country where sex education is focused on the married.
22 January 2014 11:02
Kids coached to pitch world-changing ideas
A program launched globally on Tuesday set out to inspire children to present their big ideas for changing the world.
15 January 2014 16:04
Kazakhstan introduces Lego into school curriculum
Kazakhstan is making Lego part of its school curriculum.
28 December 2013 11:44
Kazakhstani student wins Undergraduate of the Year Award in UK
Torgyn Shaikhina from Kazakhstan won the IT and Computer Science Undergraduate of the Year Award at the University of Warwick, UK.
20 December 2013 14:16
Kazakhstan is 46th in Global Talent Competitiveness Index
Kazakhstan is in the 46th place in the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) of INSEAD Business School.
20 December 2013 12:58