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Indian-students Abu Dhabi: Little Flower Private School has announced it will close, sending panic among 600 parents of its students. The school issued a circular on September 24 saying it would be shut down by ADEC (Abu Dhabi Education Council) in March 2014 before the beginning of the next academic year.  This is the second CBSE curriculum school to announce its closure within two weeks. On September 15, Indian Islahi Islamic School issued notices to parents of its closure next academic year. However, Mary Thomas, Principal of the school in the Al Dhafra area, said they had hoped to find an investor till last month. “We have been desperately trying to find an investor and have a new school. We were, and still are, optimistic about finding a solution,” said Thomas. She said they had submitted five applications to ADEC since 2009 for a new school but all were rejected. The circular from ADEC states that parents who wish to transfer students in mid-academic year can...

MOHE meeting Muscat: The Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) in the Sultanate of Oman, under the leadership of the Minister of Higher Education, Her Excellency Dr Rawya Al Busaidi, invited QS to deliver an exclusive seminar on the World University Rankings and international branding opportunities for the universities in the sultanate. The seminar was held at the Muscat Hall auditorium situated at the headquarters of the Ministry of Higher Education in Muscat on September 3. The QS representative for the Middle East, Mr Ashwin Fernandes, delivered the half-day seminar. Universities from all provinces of the sultanate, such as far off places like Salalah, Sohar, Nizwa etc attended the seminar and were keen to learn more about QS; a total of 70 representatives were present. The undersecretary of Higher Education, His Excellency Dr Abdullah Al Sarmi, graced the seminar.  ...

Saudi-students Riyadh: Saudi universities have enrolled more than 86 percent of secondary graduates for the 2013-2014 academic year.  About 330,700 students have been admitted to programs in 25 universities in the Kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency reported Thursday. The Ministry of Higher Education has prepared a strategic plan for the expansion of university education over the next 25 years in its efforts to implement Custodian of Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah’s vision for higher education. A major feature of the development strategy for higher education is the plan to launch university cities. The first phase of this developmental strategy has been launched at a total cost of SR81.5 billion and the foundation stone for the second phase has been laid. Campus areas designated for Saudi university cities cover an area of 112 million square meters. These cities also include 12 university hospitals. The new institutes for higher learning, which have been built in recent years, ...

Saudi-students-in-Ireland Dubai: Education in Ireland, the organisation responsible for marketing the Irish higher education sector to international audiences, has reported a dramatic increase in the number of Saudi students opting for third level education in Ireland. The figure has risen from approximately two hundred students in 2009 to 1,738 students studying and preparing to study in Ireland this year, the majority of which are under the King Abdullah Scholarship Scheme. Mr. Sulaiman Al Hamdan, CEO of National Air Services (NAS) who has four children studying in Ireland says, ''the main reasons we chose Ireland for our children were because it is a safe place, where the people are warm and friendly and it has a top quality education system with many of the leading establishments equal to, if not better than, others in Europe. For some reason people in the MENA region looking to study abroad often overlook Ireland and they do not realise how many benefits it has. It is...