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Culture & Education
Unique cultural exhibition to open in Kuwait
over a year ago
Kuwait, Kuwait City, March 8, 2012: Kuwait’s Amricani Cultural Centre will be the destination for a unique cultural event held under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, Minister of Information and President of the National Council of Culture, Arts and ... Full story
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Culture & Education
Round table discussion on the Emirati-Finnish fusion programme at the 2012 GESS exhibition
over a year ago
Abu Dhabi, March 1st 2012 - Kheloud Al Dhaheri, Vice Principal in Al Raqia School in Al Ain and Elise Tarvainen, Director, Global Operations, EduCluster Finland Ltd have been working in the past two years side by side to try to find the best possible way to fuse the Emirati and Finnish... Full story
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Culture & Education
Nahyan Bin Mubarak opens UAE's first Confucius Institute at ZU
over a year ago
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, President of the Zayed University Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan officially opened today the Confucius Institute for Chinese Language at the Zayed Campus in Khalifa City in Abu Dhabi.A number of Sheikhs, diplomats and Chinese... Full story
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Culture & Education
Abu Dhabi school to offer double shift from this academic year
over a year ago
ABU DHABI - Abu Dhabi Education Council has allowed the Abu Dhabi Indian School to offer double shift for the KG I, II and Grade 1 pupils, from the coming academic year, from April, in order to sort out the shortage of seats. “The permission will allow additional 900 to 1,000 ... Full story
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Culture & Education
A Chinese delegation visits Al-Mushrif School today
over a year ago
Abu Dhabi, March 7th 2012 - A delegation from Shin Shao Ning County in the People’s Republic of China that work in the field of environment with special focus on the Houbara Birds Conservation visited the only trilingual school in Abu Dhabi today. The Al Mushrif School is the first school in ... Full story
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Culture & Education
Run against hunger tomorrow
over a year ago
7 March 2012 DUBAI - More than 500 children from Dubai’s French and Lebanese French-speaking schools will take part in Course Contre la Faim, or Run Against Hunger on March 8. It is an annual fund-raising event organised by French schools around the world in support of Action Against... Full story
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Culture & Education
Dubai Wedding joins 30 ‘govt couples’
over a year ago
DUBAI - Nearly 30 couples working in three government departments in Dubai have begun a new family life after they were united in a mass wedding ceremony named “Dubai Wedding”. Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Dubai Municipality Shaikh Hamdan bin... Full story
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Culture & Education
Abu Dhabi schools have to undergo auditing
over a year ago
Abu Dhabi: All educational institutions in Abu Dhabi will undergo a dedicated auditing process, starting with public and private schools in October, a senior official from the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) said on Tuesday. "For the next six months, we will begin the process of registering... Full story
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Culture & Education
Quality of education in Arab world needs to improve, expert says
over a year ago
Dubai: Education in the Arab world is not yet up to the level to compete with developed countries, said Sultan Lootah, Managing Director of Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoun Foundation. “Education has flourished in developed countries, but in the Arab world there is still a need to work hard on ... Full story
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Culture & Education
Siblings expelled from Dubai school over unpaid fees
over a year ago
Dubai: Three Emirati siblings — a 12-year-old and his two elder sisters — were expelled last week from the Repton School Dubai, one of the high-end schools in the city, over unpaid school fees of Dh332,000.Their father, a government employee, cited financial issues — mainly loss... Full story



