Noticias Asia

World Bank: Improving Education, Structural Reforms Vital for Kazakhstan’s Growth

Publicado: 28 junio 2023

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] BY AIBARSHYN AKHMETKALI in BUSINESS ASTANA – Prioritizing education and structural reforms to boost the economy’s potential will be crucial to support Kazakhstan’s economic growth and would help tackle future challenges, said Ivailo Izvorski, the World Bank’s chief economist for the Europe and Central Asia region in an exclusive interview […]

How China’s Education System Trapped a Generation

Publicado: 27 junio 2023

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] China/June 27, 2023/By: Helen Gao/Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/ Young people have been trained into competition and hopelessness. From 2003 to 2005, I was a student at rendafuzhong (the High School Affiliated to People’s University) a notoriously cutthroat institution in the Chinese capital. It was well before the term “lying flat” was […]

Missionary nun who innovated school education in India dies

Publicado: 26 junio 2023

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] India/June 26, 2023/By Jose Kavi/Source: https://mattersindia.com/ An Irish Catholic nun, who revolutionized school education in India with her innovative methods, died June 24 in Kolkata. Sister Cyril Mooney died at Loreto House in the eastern Indian city at the age of 86. Sister Mooney came to India […]

Adapting China’s Higher Education To Meet Modern Day Real-World Demands – Analysis

Publicado: 21 junio 2023

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] By Yi Wang In the midst of challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic, slow economic growth, and industrial transformation, businesses in China, including internet giants, small and medium-sized enterprises, and foreign-funded companies, are grappling with operational hurdles. The nation is currently facing a crucial phase with limited […]

Afghanistan: Taliban to stop involvement of international organisations in education projects: Report

Publicado: 21 junio 2023

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] Afghanistan/June 21, 2023/By: Moohita Kaur Garg/Source: https://www.wionews.com/ The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is holding discussions with Afghanistan rulers, the Taliban regarding the “timelines and practicalities” of a potential handover of its education programs to local organisations. As per UNICEF, it has received assurances from the education ministry […]

NCERT textbooks: Why some Indian scholars are disowning books they wrote

Publicado: 20 junio 2023

[responsivevoice_button buttontext=”Dale clic para escuchar” voice=”UK English Female”] India/June 20, 2023/By Zoya Mateen/Source: https://www.bbc.com/ Who does a textbook really belong to? That’s the question being asked in India, where a controversy has been raging for weeks over what children are taught in school after reports about the deletion of some topics in their textbooks. The […]