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MALAYSIA produces over 200,000 graduates from tertiary education each year. However, a serious mismatch in vacancies and skills has pushed the nation’s youth unemployment rate to a staggering 10.8% as of 2017, according to MIDF Research. Read more>

African universities are set to become the ‘primary drivers’ of the Coding for Employment Program (CEP), which aims to prepare the continent’s youth for jobs of the future by empowering them to take the lead in the digital revolution. Read more>

COL believes that technology-mediated teaching and learning can transform lives, making access to education available to anyone, anytime, anywhere. Read more>

Saudi Arabia has ranked 23rd among 92 countries in terms of patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 2017. Read more>

Despite technological advancements and scientific breakthrough, the Arab world remains in the back row with an average spend of 0.4 per cent of its national income on research and development (R&D), a report revealed. Read more>

Fund to support scientists in finding solutions to challenges in Muslim World, Islamic Development Bank says in Tunis. Read more>

Higher education institutions and scientific research centres in Egypt will be exempt from tax and customs duties as part of new measures aimed at stimulating research and innovation in the country. Read more>

Over the past 10 years, Arab North African countries have introduced a number of reform initiatives; they have crafted national educational strategies, policies and action plans, created research councils, and set up regulatory bodies to oversee the quality of learning. Read more> 

The Egyptian ministry of higher education has directed that people with disabilities should be exempt from paying fees at higher education institutions as part of a raft of measures recently approved to meet the needs of disabled students and integrate them into higher education. Read more>

Uzbekistan unveiled a new university, Islamic Academy of Uzbekistan, devoted to Islamic studies which, according to the Uzbek government’s religious affairs committee, will focus on scholarly knowledge about Islam and supporting an atmosphere of religious tolerance in Uzbek society and beyond in Central Asia. Read more>