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More than 1 million people took part in Dubai Fitness Challenge

Dubai - Emirates Voice

Nearly 800,000 people signed up to take part in the Dubai Fitness Challenge, but the initiative likely reached more than one million participants, as nearly half of attendants at marquee events were not officially registered. Geared toward making Dubai the most active city in the world, the initiative was launched by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, toRead more

Dubai schools save over Dh120m in electricity and water

Abu Dhabi - Emirates Voice

Schools in Dubai helped save over Dh120 million worth of electricity and water for the past nine years, it was announced on Wednesday. During a ceremony to honour this year's Conservation Award winners, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) officials said educational institutions help saved over 157GWph and 1.4 billion gallons of water, enough to fill 2,500 Olympic swimming poolsRead more

Catalans occupy polling stations ahead of referendum

Barcelona - Emirates Voice

Pro-separatist Catalans occupied several schools in Barcelona on Friday which are designated to be polling stations in a contested independence referendum to ensure the vote will go ahead, according to AFP reporters at the scene. Two schools in the centre of Barcelona were occupied, according to the journalists, while a "platform of open schools for the referendum" posted on TwitterRead more

Students congratulated on new school year

Manama - Emirates Voice

Children affiliated with the Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) and Nasser Centre for Rehabilitation and Vocational Training were among thousands of students who returned to schools today. His Majesty’s Representative for Charity Works and Youth Affairs and RCO Board of Trustees’ Chairman Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al-Khalifa congratulated them all on the beginning of the new school year. In a messageRead more

Abuse is a tough issue to tackle

Abu Dhabi - WAM

The Child Protection Law in the UAE was introduced for a reason: to protect all children from all forms of abuse and neglect. The law, which took effect exactly a year ago, aimed to close the gap between home and school life by making the reporting of any sign of abuse mandatory for professionals who deal with children, including educators.Read more

Warning over ‘suicidal’ show’s

Dubai - Gulf News

Dubai students are getting addicted to a controversial TV series that was banned in some US and Canadian schools, prompting at least one school here to sound an alarm, Gulf News has learnt. The school, which follows the Indian CBSE curriculum, has issued a warning to parents after it found that some of its students “are under the influence ofRead more

Schools should accommodate rise

Amman - Fana News

Education minister Omar Razaz said Saturday that education priorities should be set through a database that links school building planning with the rise in population, local community surveys and teachers’ needs. He spoke during an inspection tour of government schools in the Salt district in which he was accompanied by the directors of education and two lawmakers. The minister checkedRead more

Minister finishes delivery of schools books

Cairo - Hassan Ahmed

Deputy Minister of Education in Giza, Mohamed Abdul Hadi said that the Directorate of Education has completed the delivery of school books for second semester, although there was a little shortage in some books, which have not been received by the directorate so far, noting that this shortage is only 5% of total b=school books. Abdul Hadi said, in anRead more

Parents brace for increase in Dubai school fees

Dubai - ArabToday

Parents are frustrated at news that private school fees could rise by at least 2.4 per cent for the next academic year. The Knowledge and Human Development Authority said on Sunday that the best-performing private schools in Dubai could raise their fees by up to 4.8 per cent. Many parents were disappointed because their already tight budgets would have toRead more