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Skipping Class, Winning Prizes: The Untold Stories of Nobel Laureates

This is Beirut, 03/10 16:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Some Nobel laureates were straight-A students from the get-go. But others AFP spoke to recounted how they cut class, got expelled, and had doubts about their future. Perhaps the most illustrious Nobel Prize winner, Albert Einstein, was once a mediocre student at Zurich Polytechnic School, now ETH Zurich. The young Einstein skipped classes, ...

The Cartel of School Tuitions: How Lebanon’s Middle Class Is Being Crushed

Salam El Zaatari, 02/10 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Today in Lebanon, the biggest mafia is not only in politics. It’s in education. Private school owners, especially the so-called “Catholic” and “Islamic” institutions that claim to serve God, have turned into a cartel, worshiping only the dollar. Their business model is not about forming the next generation of Lebanese geniuses, but ...

Gen Z Protesters Arrested in Morocco

This is Beirut, 30/09 15:10 - Reading : less than a minute

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Dozens of Moroccan youths were arrested as protests demanding education and healthcare reforms sweep the country. Will Gen Z’s voice be heard?

Lebanon Reviews Progress of Education Reform

This is Beirut, 09/09 12:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Lebanon is betting on a comprehensive reform of its education system. On Tuesday morning, the Grand Serail hosted the strategic administrative meeting of the Transition Resilience Education Fund (TREF), during which Prime Minister Nawaf Salam outlined the government’s key priorities for the education sector. In a country where successive crises ...

Surviving the Storm: Catholic Schools Amid Lebanon’s Crises

Élie-Joe Kamel, 03/09 17:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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With just weeks to go before the school year begins on September 15, Lebanon’s Catholic schools held their 31st annual conference on Tuesday at Notre-Dame de Louaize College in Zouk Mosbeh. The event, themed “Towards a More Humanizing Education in the Age of Digitization: Hope for the Present, Vision for the Future,” was held under the ...

Trump Moves to Limit US Stays of Students, Journalists

This is Beirut, 28/08 11:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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President Donald Trump's administration moved Thursday to impose stricter limits on how long foreign students and journalists can stay in the United States, the latest bid to tighten legal immigration in the country. Under a proposed change, foreigners would not be allowed to stay for more than four years on student visas in the United ...

Back-to-School 2025: Rising Costs Burden Lebanese Families

Élie-Joe Kamel, 22/08 16:25 - Reading : less than a minute

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Once again, back-to-school season means hardship for Lebanese parents. Supplies, textbooks, registration… everything is more expensive, and opportunities to ease the financial burden are scarce.

Education Minister Announces Four-Day School Week

This is Beirut, 20/08 10:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Education Minister Rima Karami confirmed on Wednesday that public schools in Lebanon will continue operating on a four-day week in the upcoming academic year, describing the decision as “a continuation of the previous measure, with the hope that this will be the last year.” Karami made the announcement following a meeting with ...

Hezbollah Halts University Stipends for Children of Killed Fighters

This is Beirut, 27/07 14:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Hezbollah has informed the families of its members who were killed in battles of a new decision to halt all university education stipends for their children. Exclusive information obtained by Al Arabiya/Al Hadath reveals that Hezbollah’s “Martyr Foundation,” responsible for supporting the families of the deceased, has begun systematically ...

Errollyn Wallen: King’s Composer Breaking Barriers in Music

This is Beirut, 21/07 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Told she would never belong in the world of classical music, Errollyn Wallen has risen to become the composer to King Charles III and the first person of color in the historic role. The 67-year-old became the Master of the King's Music last year, a 400-year-old post and one of the classical world's top honors that involves composing works for ...

When Students Stop Thinking: The Hidden Cost of AI-Written Essays

This is Beirut, 02/07 10:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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When Jocelyn Leitzinger had her university students write about times in their lives they had witnessed discrimination, she noticed that a woman named Sally was the victim in many of the stories. "It was very clear that ChatGPT had decided this is a common woman's name," said Leitzinger, who teaches an undergraduate class on business and society ...

Board of US Fulbright Program Quits, Citing Trump Interference

This is Beirut, 11/06 21:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The board overseeing the Fulbright program, the prestigious exchanges between US and foreign scholars, quit on Wednesday, accusing President Donald Trump's administration of political interference. Members of the board, nominated by successive presidents, voiced alarm about "injecting politics and ideological mandates" into a long non-partisan ...

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