Normally, the past of any nation serves, in great part, its present and future. Increasingly, for some time now, many in our society have been pushing in the reverse direction.No nation can afford to do without its past, even when it comes to those dark, evil moments in it.

Understandably, there is a lot of emphasis in pedagogical discourse these days on the importance of vocational, technical and technological education.We hear this from officials and educators with respect to both school and university education.The argument is that most of our ed

Much is being said about lack of enthusiasm for the forthcoming parliamentary elections.Of course, we have to wait for the polls to compare; now it is hard to tell, as the candidates have not started their campaigns yet.If one were to venture a guess, however, based on early indi

What has become obvious so far is that the Ministry of Education has done a good job managing the General Secondary Education Certificate Examination (Tawjihi).In previous years, several bad practices prevailed.

Most commentators on our educational system, both at school and university level, cite critical thinking as a skill that is almost entirely absent, yet is much needed.They call on those in charge of curricula to prioritise the skill and embed it in a way that enables schools and

There is a dire need now for an Arab peace initiative.

Rankings of world universities, according to a set of criteria that differs from one ranking to another, started to appear and gain prominence less than a decade-and-a-half ago.At the beginning, many in the academic world were either sceptical of the idea or totally dismissive.

Most people in our society, both young and old, still want change.

One problem that still plagues societies, human cultures, ideologies and religions is dualistic thinking.It is attributed much to of the misunderstanding, prejudice, tension and conflict that we witness in essentially all parts of the world today.Some societies fare better than o