Culture & Education | Monday 10 August, 2015 2:02 am

Education Ministry cancels night classes

The Ministry of Education has directed all educational departments throughout the Kingdom to apply the semester system for the secondary education level at the night schools for adults (males), and discontinue the open nightly education system. In a circular issued by Education Minister Azzam...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 9 August, 2015 2:54 pm

#WhyNewZealand Scholarship Winners Announced

New Zealand Ambassador, HE Hamish MacMaster has announced the Saudi scholarship winners to travel to New Zealand as part of a Government social media competition to encourage Saudi students to study in New Zealand.   The eight winners of the #WhyNewZealand competition will receive full...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 9 August, 2015 4:44 am

New regulations set for teachers’ early retirement

The Ministry of Education said teachers can apply for early retirement through calculating the years of service in the education sector. All education departments have been directed to consider the requests of teachers with over 25 years of service, while the Bureau of School Affairs at the...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 9 August, 2015 4:34 am

Souq Okaz to feature intellectual activities

The ninth edition of Souq Okaz festival kicks off on Thursday and will continue till Sunday. The official inauguration ceremony, however, will take place a day before, at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday.  Abdul Elah Banajah, head of the committee supervising the cultural program of Souq Okaz, said...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 5 August, 2015 3:07 am

Sky News Arabia to Cover Inaugural Ceremony of New Suez Canal

Sky News Arabia will provide a comprehensive and up-to-date live coverage of the inauguration event of the new Suez Canal in Egypt on 6 August, the network announced today. Sky News Arabia will also assign reporters to cities adjacent to the Canal as well as in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, in...

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Culture & Education | Monday 3 August, 2015 8:07 am

Olympic Track and Field Champion Mutaz Essa Barshim Recounts the Road to his Success in Land Rover’s Newest ‘My Journey, My Inspiration’ Film

MYLAND Film Series Tells the Story of a Young Boy’s Inspiration Driving Him to Inspire a Nation and a Region. Land Rover MENA has worked closely with Qatari Olympic athlete Mutaz Essa Barshim to reveal the fourth instalment of its ‘My Journey, My Inspiration’ film series....

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Culture & Education | Sunday 2 August, 2015 12:45 am

QATAR CAREER FAIR OPENS REGISTRATION FOR SUMMER CAREER CAMP 2015

Qatar Career Fair (QCF), a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), is set to host its third Summer Career Camp this month. Open to Qatari male and female high school students, the QCF camp will offer participants a variety of activities, educational and...

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Culture & Education | Friday 31 July, 2015 3:54 am

Four Saudi students bag medals at ICho

Four Saudi secondary students including a young woman from the Eastern Province have received prestigious medals at the 47th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), which concluded in Azerbaijan last week. The winners of the four bronze medals were Omar bin Fawaz Arafat, Saad bin Fahd Al-Bawardi, ...

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Culture & Education | Friday 31 July, 2015 3:52 am

University admissions to be in sync with job market needs

Education Minister Azzam Al-Dakhil has spoken of a new education policy which emphasizes the importance of harmonizing admission policies in universities with the needs of the labor market. Al-Dakhil made these remarks during a meeting with university rectors in Riyadh on Wednesday, a local...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 29 July, 2015 4:03 am

Ministries launch program to help youths find employment

The Ministries of Health and Education in cooperation with the Kingdom’s universities launched a program dubbed, “Education and Work,” in Riyadh on Tuesday to help Saudi youth find employment in the public and private sectors.  A memorandum of understanding was signed in...

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