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Shaping a child’s future

Early childhood is a critical phase of an individual’s life. It is during this period that the brain undergoes intensive development that affects the cognitive, social and emotional growth.

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20 projects shortlisted for environment award

SHARJAH - The Bee’ah School of Environment has shortlisted 20 exceptional environmentally sustainable projects from participating schools for the second ‘Sharjah Environment Awareness Award’, as per the directives of His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, member of the Supreme Council of the UAE and ruler of Sharjah.

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DePauw students visit UAE

DUBAI - A group of 22 students from DePauw University, Indiana, US, visited the UAE this month on a trip-course of 2012 winter term entitled, ‘Globalisation and Multiculturalism in the Emirates’.

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Varsity to host psychology workshop

DUBAI - Heriot-Watt University’s School of Life Sciences, Dubai Campus is set to host a Professional Development Workshop for Psychologists in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) with visiting clinical psychologist and researcher Dr Jan van Niekerk, on February 4.

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DPS to set up campus in Mussafah

ABU DHABI - The Delhi Private School (DPS) plans to open up more than 3,000 new seats next year as the school plans to set up a new campus in the Mussafah area of Abu Dhabi. The new school will follow the CBSE curriculum and will be built on the lines of the existing DPS schools in Dubai and Sharjah.

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Shaping a child’s future

Early childhood is a critical phase of an individual’s life. It is during this period that the brain undergoes intensive development that affects the cognitive, social and emotional growth.

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Edutainment for better results

Imparting education is no longer a ‘run-of-the-mill’ process of drilling textbook information into students. Educationists are now using ‘edutainment’ as a tool to teach students to work as a team, according to experts.

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Educational initiative through social media

DUBAI - A popular fast-food franchise in the UAE has launched a new educational initiative to reward social media creativity and academic aspirations of students. Just Falafel announced the initiative, ‘Help Us Help You’, on its Facebook page.

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Aid for low-income ZU students

A new social empowerment programme will support low-income students of Zayed University (ZU) to complete their studies as the education provider joined hands with the Community Development Authority (CDA).

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