education
Q&A with Sherif El Taweel: Building educational standards
Life & Style
November 10, 2011
Q&A with Sherif El Taweel: Building educational standards
Part of education is the enduring, continuous, and sometimes daunting process of trying to achieve the perfect mix of elements…
Instill a love of art in kids
Life & Style
November 4, 2011
Instill a love of art in kids
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up,” said prominent Spanish…
Professor strikes start at 4 universities
Egypt
October 2, 2011
Professor strikes start at 4 universities
Faculty members at Egyptian universities staged Saturday a strike at four universities, in accordance with the new academic year, demanding university…
Teachers suspend strike for one week
Egypt
September 25, 2011
Teachers suspend strike for one week
Late on Saturday teachers protesting before the cabinet building announced they would suspend their open-ended strike for one week, following…
The Nutty Scientist: Changing children’s attitudes toward science
Life & Style
September 23, 2011
The Nutty Scientist: Changing children’s attitudes toward science
While science is usually associated with lab coats, test tubes and eye masks, it is rarely associated with birthday parties…
Normalcy key to helping children cope with first day of school
Life & Style
September 19, 2011
Normalcy key to helping children cope with first day of school
For a couple of months now, Yasmine Abdel Razek has been preparing her daughter, Farida Tarek, for the first days…
Striking teachers decry harassment by security forces
Egypt
September 18, 2011
Striking teachers decry harassment by security forces
The Independent Union of Egyptian Teachers complained Sunday of harassment by security forces on the second day of a nationwide…
Sunday’s papers: Teachers strikes heating up
Egypt
September 18, 2011
Sunday’s papers: Teachers strikes heating up
The teachers strike that kicked off yesterday makes headlines in most of Sunday's papers. The liberal Al-Wafd paper leads with…
Injaz Egypt teaches children to ‘Dare to Dream’
Life & Style
September 18, 2011
Injaz Egypt teaches children to ‘Dare to Dream’
Developing the capabilities of Egyptian youths so that they can prosper in the job market is one of the country's…
Teachers call for strike as school year rolls to a start
Egypt
September 13, 2011
Teachers call for strike as school year rolls to a start
Several teachers’ movements on Tuesday called for a mass rally next Monday in protest of Prime Minister Essam Sharaf’s "disregard…