Noticias Asia

India: Online higher education tipped to grow ten-fold post-Covid, NEP

Publicado: 24 agosto 2020

India/August 24, 2020/By: SANGEETHA G/Source: http://www.asianage.com/ Post- Covid, Indian institutions will be allowed to offer up to 40 per cent of their coursework online. Online opportunity in higher education has an opportunity to grow 10-fold by FY25, benefitting from tailwinds caused by Covid-19 and regulatory developments, including the new education policy. Online higher education space […]

Pakistan: Education Took Her from Darkness to Light

Publicado: 24 agosto 2020

Pakistan/August 24, 2020/By: ARSHAD MEHMOOD/Source: https://themedialine.org/ Pakistan ‘gypsy’ woman overcomes tremendous barriers to earn three master’s degrees [Islamabad] Born in a tent to a deeply impoverished “gypsy” family that walked the streets to sell bracelets, Nazneen Akhter Nazo set out to gain an education despite facing the worst sort of social discrimination. In the end, […]

India: Welcome, Education Minister

Publicado: 23 agosto 2020

India/August 23, 2020/by Tavleen Singh /Source: https://indianexpress.com/ The New Education Policy is a remarkable achievement and it is great that India has a Minister for Education at last. It is not my practice to begin a column with a disclaimer, but this time it is necessary. So, before praising the New Education Policy let me state […]

Singapore: PSLE and O, N, A levels to proceed with special safety measures in place

Publicado: 22 agosto 2020

Singapore/ 22 August 2020/ Source/ https://www.straitstimes.com/ Infected students and those on quarantine orders or SHN won’t be allowed to sit exams By Sandra Davie The four national examinations – the PSLE, N levels, O levels and A levels – will go on as scheduled from Sept 14 to Dec 2, but there will be special […]

Viet Nam introduces higher education comparative ranking system

Publicado: 20 agosto 2020

Vietnam/ 20 August 2020/ Source/ https://www.baodanang.vn/ By Vna / Da Nang The Viet Nam National University-Ha Noi (VNU) recently launched a higher education comparative ranking system developed by Viet Nam named “University Performance Metrics” (UPM) at an international workshop in Ha Noi. Addressing the event, which was jointly organised by VNU and the ASEAN University […]

Respuesta al COVID-19: en Nepal, el aprendizaje pasa de las aulas a la radio

Publicado: 19 agosto 2020

Nepal/19 de agosto de 2020/Fuente: https://es.unesco.org/ “Debemos seguir aprendiendo al transformar este desafío en oportunidad”. Ha afirmado Mahesh Prasad Koirala, profesor de ciencias en un instituto de segundo ciclo de educación secundaria en Nepal, durante una entrevista realizada por Radio Pathshala, una nueva emisión radiofónica que comenzó recientemente gracias al apoyo de la UNESCO y […]