This new secondary school opened its doors in January 2008. In October 2010, it won the Best Seedling award of The Education Project 2010 conference. The Education Project was set up by HRH Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince and Chairman of the Economic Development Board, to look at solutions for the gap in quality of the global education system.

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Adrienne Ascah, 25 Nov 2009

What does a local university student have in common with Jerry Seinfeld, Howard Stern and David Lynch? The comedian, shock jock radio personality and filmmaker all practise transcendental meditation, which Carleton University student Espoir Manirambona began practising daily in June.

“I just really enjoy the inner silence that it brings,” Manirambona said.

“I've been going through a pretty busy time at school and it feels like I can just handle the stress a lot better.”