News about School
Mother stabs French teacher to death in front of pupils
A primary school in southern France was in shock after a teacher was stabbed to death in front of her young pupils by a student's mother described as having "psychiatric problems".
05 July 2014 18:01
No more memorizing: Kazakhstan Ministry of Education
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Education is introducing major changes into the education system.
20 June 2014 15:08
Two dead in new US school shooting
A rifle-toting gunman killed a 14-year-old student at an Oregon high school Tuesday, the latest in a spate of US shootings that prompted a renewed warning from President Barack Obama.
11 June 2014 11:48
Michelle Obama takes on Republicans over school lunches
First lady Michelle Obama made a rare but strident foray into political debate Tuesday, slamming a Republican bid to change US school nutrition standards as "unacceptable."
28 May 2014 13:10
'We know where missing girls are': Nigeria's top brass
Nigeria's highest ranking military officer on Monday gave a glimmer of hope to the families of more than 200 schoolgirls held by Boko Haram militants, revealing they had located the missing teenagers.
27 May 2014 10:24
Fire engulfs historic Scottish art school
A blaze ripped through one of the world's top art schools in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Friday, damaging a historic building designed by the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
24 May 2014 11:00
International effort widens for missing Nigerian schoolgirls
International efforts have widened to trace more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamists militants in Nigeria, while France has called for African leaders to hold a summit focused on the issue.
12 May 2014 13:00
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
Boko Haram holding 223 Nigerian schoolgirls: police
Nigerian police on Friday said Boko Haram militants were holding 223 girls of the 276 seized from their school in the country's northeast, revising upwards the number of youngsters abducted.
03 May 2014 12:17
'Shouldn't we move?' Ferry evacuation under scrutiny
National shock at a ferry disaster that may have claimed the lives of hundreds of South Korean schoolchildren was mixed with fury Thursday at growing evidence that many passengers were denied a proper chance to escape the sinking vessel.
17 April 2014 14:08
Islamists abduct more than 100 girls from Nigeria school
Heavily armed Boko Haram Islamists kidnapped more than 100 girls from a school in northeast Nigeria, sparking a search by soldiers to track down the attackers, a security source and witnesses said.
16 April 2014 12:48
Mass DNA tests at French school to find rapist
More than 500 male students and staff were to give DNA samples in an unprecedented operation launched Monday to uncover who raped a 16-year-old girl in the toilets of a French school.
14 April 2014 18:41
21 injured in mass stabbing at US high school
An American student brandishing two knives stabbed 20 teenagers and a security guard in a bloody rampage in the classrooms and hallways of a Pennsylvania high school Wednesday, officials said.
10 April 2014 11:16
13 y.o. piano virtuoso from Karaganda wins Italian competition
13 y.o. Karaganda native Vladimir Sukhov won the international music competition in Rome, Italy
08 April 2014 15:26
Real Madrid Academy in Astana
A Real Madrid Football Club Academy may be opened in Astana.
16 February 2014 12:46
Student kills two in Moscow school hostage crisis
An armed student on Monday briefly took 20 teenagers hostage in a Moscow school and killed a policeman and a teacher before being detained amid security jitters ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
03 February 2014 17:31
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
End of Dominican Adventure: runway teen girl to return to Kyzylorda
Runaway teen Indira Gainieva, 17 who eloped with her boyfriend Edward Bunyan, 16 from their boarding school, will be returned to Kyzyolrda.
24 January 2014 22:16
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
Update: Rebellious teens from Stonyhurst College found in run down apartment
The rebellious teenagers Indira Gainieva and her boyfriend Edward Bunyan were found by the police of the Dominican Republic.
22 January 2014 13:13