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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Culture & Education | Saturday 25 July, 2015 7:30 am

55 students win Saed Al-Harthi Prize for excellence in education

Fifty-five outstanding male and female students in different stages of education were awarded the Dr. Saed Bin Saad Al-Orabi Al-Harthi Prize on Tuesday evening. Khaled Said Al-Harthi won the distinction sword for coming top in the secondary school examinations while the best female student Rahaf ...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 25 July, 2015 6:53 am

MoE sets calendar for next school year

The Ministry of Education has approved calendar for the new school year, setting June 8, 2016 as the end of the school year and June 10, 2016 for make-up exams. The following scholastic year will start on Sept. 18, 2016, making summer break holiday three-and-a-half months. The ministry stated...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 22 July, 2015 1:50 am

Education minister denies school reopening delay

Education Minister Azzam Al-Dakhil has denied rumors that schools will reopen after Haj or Eid Al-Adha. The minister’s comment came on his official Twitter account on Tuesday. The minister’s clarification rules out any ambiguity about the academic calendar. Schools will open before...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 21 July, 2015 5:38 am

Bandar Asiri named GCAM acting head

 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has appointed Bandar Mohammed Sultan Asiri as acting head of the General Commission for Audiovisual Media (GCAM).  Asiri expressed his gratitude to King Salman for reposing trust and confidence in him. Asiri did his graduation in...

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