During the International Symposium on Open, Distance and E-Learning, officials in Indonesia announced plans to use ICT-based education in schools. Under the plan, information and communication technology would be rolled out in 100,000 schools nationwide by 2014.

A Facebook page maintained by the British Council, which seeks to teach English-language skills to students in the Middle East and North Africa, has more than 1 million "likes." However, officials say the challenge will be in translating the popularity of the page into learners.

Amsterdams borgmästare inför ett formellt förbud mot att röka cannabis i stadens skolor, från och med nästa år.

The goal of the new Museum of Mathematics in New York, its founders say, is to show that math is fun, engaging, exciting.

In Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, some teachers will undergo testing in English, maths and science, and the results of those tests will be used to determine professional-development needs. The Cambridge Placement Tests, to be administered online, will gauge whether teachers are ready to teach in bilingual classrooms, in part by assessing teachers' skills in…

In Australia, experts are looking for the cause of poor international academic rankings. Some are pointing to teacher quality, especially in primary schools, and school funding also has been cited./www.smartbrief.com/serv

The number of primary schools in England below the government's target for academic performance has fallen dramatically, data shows

Number of schools failing to reach expected targets for basics of maths and English has fallen by around 60%.

One in four adults has the maths skills of a nine-year-old or worse and struggles with the most basic everyday sums, new research has claimed.

StudyBlue recently surveyed 500 students about what study habits got them through finals. The picture of the modern student that emerged from student responses highlights the importance of digital devices, especially mobile technology.

Et regjeringsskifte gir trolig nytt frislipp av privatskoler i Norge, skrev Aftenposten i går. I Sverige har de levd med et slikt frislipp siden 1994. Aller friest er det blitt i Täby like utenfor Stockholm. Her går 51 prosent av ungdomsskoleelevene på privatskoler, og 28 prosent av elevene på barnetrinnet.

I Sverige vil både høyre- og venstresiden beholde privatskolene. Men de er uenige i synet på profitt.