The US Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded scholarships to 26 students enrolled in undergraduate degree programmes at the International Islamic University (IIU) in Islamabad as part of the $165 million Pakistan Reading Project. The scholarships will pay for tuition and supplies as well as provide a stipend to recipients. The US Government will provide more than 4,500 scholarships to aspiring teachers. More...

The government should focus on youth employment schemes, energy crisis and loan investment schemes and bring everyone in tax net in the next budget as a majority of youth is unsatisfied with the government initiatives. These views were expressed by the students of the different varsities in Jang Economic Session on ‘Budget 2014-15, Youth Expectations’, held here on Friday. More...

Peking University opened the Yanjing School on May 5 2014. The school is intended to provide a one year postgraduate program on China Studies. Itwill recruit 100 fresh graduates for 2015 from around the world. 35 will come from theChinese mainland and the other 65 from Hong Kong, Macau and other countries. More...

Singapore’s education system has won another accolade – this time in a cognitive skills and educational attainment index comparing 39 countries and one region, Hong Kong. The school system here has been ranked third after South Korea and Japan, and one place above Hong Kong in the index, according to The Learning Curve report published by education firm Pearson. More...

South East Asian countries clinched the top four spots in an education index produced by UK-based education and publishing company Pearsons. South Korea, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong beat 39 countries in the Global Index of Cognitive and Educational Attainment compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit which measures learning ability as well as literacy and graduation rates. More...

Delhi University admission season, known in the past for its complications, ensuing confusions and long processes, is all set to begin on June 2, with the University promising simplification and centralization at almost all the levels of the procedure. More...

The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco released a report today that sought to answer whether or not it is still worth going to college. The report’s conclusion is, yes, going to college is still worth it. The report said there is an $830,000 difference between getting a college education over just a high school diploma. More...

If a college degree is supposed to be the ticket to a better life, most schools have room to improve, suggests a national survey of more than 30,000 graduates. About four in 10 respondents (39%) reported feeling intellectually and emotionally connected in their workplace. More...