EDUCATION

An estimated amount of $300 million is needed to repair Victoria's state schools before it becomes utterly worthless in decayed state, Herald Sun reported.

Some 27 percent of New Zealand’s teenage population could be dreaming of how to leave the country eventually, according to a survey released by the Ministry of Education Wednesday.

The recent Amber Video search frenzy proves three things on the cyberspace today: one, people cannot resist jumping on the curious bandwagon; two, anyone hungry enough for attention - for whatever purpose -- has a place on the internet; and three, internet users have a long way to go before grasping the concept of responsible sharing of information.

Taking a leap of faith to apply for an internship in the Big Apple proved fruitful for this young writer.

A French teacher has died of injuries from third degree burns after setting herself on fire in front of frightened students. The 44-year-old teacher, who had worked at Jean Moulin school for 10 years, was depressed over her relations with her students in her math classes.

Versions of the "Occupy Wall Street" protest in New York were staged in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, Spain, Switzerland and Taiwan over the weekend with similar protesters in Sydney and Melbourne demonstrating in Martin Place and City Square.

Mental health as a subject in high school in Australia can make a difference in the lives of teenagers.

The Apple logo with the silhouette of the company's co-founder Steve Jobs replacing the bite may not be an original design after it matched with another designed by a Briton.

YouTube, in cooperation with computer maker Lenovo, Google, NASA and ESA, has launched Space Lab, a global competition for students around the world who will work on a science experiment design with the International Space Station in mind.

The past decade has seen the increase in more and more undergraduate university students looking at continuing their education after graduation, or after a few years working in the professional marketplace.

India launched on Wednesday the world's cheapest tablet computer priced at only $46 amid doubts that its intended users, poor students, will love and keep the device that has features way off that of an iPad's.

Australian astronomers have located the Milky Way, which apparently sits like a bead in a cosmic thread in the great cosmos.

A bus carrying private school pupils fell into a ravine in the children's home district of Faisalabad. Authorities said investigation is underway, but early findings pointed to the failure of the brakes as reason for the accident.

The popular book series entitled "Gossip Girls" by author Cecily von Ziegesar has been removed from a Mississippi high school after parents found that it contained sexually explicit material and f-words.

New Zealand parents phone a radio station broadcasting the situation of sex ed in schools and expressed their dissatisfaction, saying the lessons have gone too far.

China aims to empower college students with the right knowledge about love and the inevitable consequences of engaging in sex.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), through its latest edition of Education at a Glance, showed how the countries are ranking in terms of cost of education. OECD noted a sharp rise in the cost of higher education in the United States, adding this situation has already led to a relative stagnation in the number of people going on to university.

Chinese students learn English through Li Yang's Crazy English course, one-of-a-kind program where students shout the English sentences on a roof top, instead of writing them.

Young entrepreneurs who dare to skip college and dive into an industry of their choice have found an ally in PayPal founder Peter Thiel, a high-flying Silicon Valley venture capitalist. Thiel disagrees with any criticism that the program encourages young people to trivialize college. He stressed that the fellows, who were chosen from over 400 applicants, showed brilliance and sheer determination.

Employers invest in training apprentices in a bid to improve human resources, but the purpose is defeated, as dropout rate is seen to cost Australia almost $12 billion in the next 10 years. NSW-commissioned modelling by Deloitte Access Economics has estimated the combined losses in NSW last year at over $180 million. Employers lost $124 million, the state government $33 million and the Commonwealth $26 million in payments and expenses.

The author has reminisced his study tour in Japan and hopes to encourage other students and professionals to embark on a journey of surprises and new learning.

It's the news many are unlikely to believe, but new data collected by a Galaxy poll has revealed that 90% of high income bracket employees work harder and regularly perform unpaid overtime. According to the Galaxy poll of over 800 working Australians, 88% of workers said they had worked extra hours in the last six months, but the figure increased markedly with salaries.

But just because you understand why they are sleeping in doesn't mean that teens should get a blank check to be late for school every day. The fact is that they have to get up at a certain time every day for school.

Australians will have to wait for quite a while before they could get their hands on the new Samsung Galaxy tablet computer as the South Korean consumer electronics manufacturer decided to suspend its local sale, at least until the company’s legal dispute with Apple has been resolved.

The University of Sydney has lots to celebrate after the Pablo Picasso painting donated by an anonymous American auctioned for an amount of $22 million dollars.

U.S. scientists have discovered factors that make smokers thinner than non-smokers. The findings, said the Agence France Presse in a report proved that nicotine can serve as an ‘appetite suppressant in the brain’ that will prevent users from gaining weight.

Nature Publishing Group and California State University (CSU) on Tuesday announced a three-year partnership that will eliminate paper textbooks from certain classes, and replace them with interactive e-books instead.

The University of Pennsylvania has granted A-list actor, Denzel Washington an honorary degree saying the actor has continued to serve as a great influence and an inspiration for his works in the entertainment industry.

The increased volume, pace and complexity of change has produced a new profession: the Change Manager.