by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 11, 2017 | Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia gave emphasis to education as a basis to improving the lives of people, said the Kingdom’s permanent delegation to United Nations Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Ghunaim on Wednesday. In his speech, Ghunaim said that Saudi Arabia pays great...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Sep 22, 2017 | Opinion
It is not strange that the most distinguished science and mathematics students are from the most developed countries in the world: South Korea, Singapore, Japan and other major industrial countries. It is also no secret that development and advancement are linked to...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 18, 2017 | Features
London – The quality of education in the Arab world has dropped in comparison to other regions in the world, which demands immediate reform to tackle development needs and employment in the future, said a recent World Bank report on education in the Middle East and...
by Latifa Al-Arosni | Sep 8, 2017 | Middle East
Rabat – The head of the Moroccan government, Saadeddine el-Othmani, will hold a conference on Monday in Rabat to brief the public opinion on the outcome of the government’s work over the past months. The meeting was initially scheduled to be held 100 days after...
by Justin Fox | Aug 30, 2017 | Opinion
In the affluent nations of northwestern Europe, people with university educations have taken over politics. Cabinet ministers with fancy degrees are nothing new, but more and more parliamentary seats have been going to college graduates. In some countries, the highly...