Noticias Asia

India’s bet on liberal arts will fail without more investment

Publicado: 13 septiembre 2021

India/September 13, 2021/By: Pushkar/Source: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/ Amid languishing quality, introducing what could be a more expensive curriculum to deliver may not boost employability, says Pushkar. The future of liberal arts education in Asia has been questioned following the announcement of the closure of Yale-NUS College in Singapore. However, India’s higher education sector is witnessing what can only be […]

Lebanon’s ‘new poor’ pull children out of private school

Publicado: 13 septiembre 2021

Lebanon/September 13, 2021/By: Beirut (AFP)/Source: https://www.france24.com/ Roula Mrad wanted to give her children a head start in life with a private education, but Lebanon’s economic crisis is forcing her to move them to the substandard state system. “My children have always been educated privately,” said Mrad, who works at the finance ministry. But “now we […]

Japan to get its 1st high school ‘manga studies’ department

Publicado: 11 septiembre 2021

Japan/September 11, 2021/by Hayato Jojima, Kumamoto Bureau/Source: https://mainichi.jp/ The Kumamoto Prefectural Board of Education has announced that it aims to launch the first high school “manga studies” department in the country. The new department will be established at Kumamoto Prefectural Takamori High School in the town of Takamori as early as spring 2023. The move […]

Reopening of school to reinstate student well-being – The road ahead

Publicado: 10 septiembre 2021

India/September 10, 2021/By: India TV Education Desk/Source: https://www.indiatvnews.com/ Before reopening, there is an urgent need for improvements in school infrastructure and facilities. Authorities must make a thorough assessment of school premises. Interrupted learning, confusion and stress, rise in dropout rates, and increased exposure to violence and exploitation. These are not the chaotic conditions of the […]

New school year kicks off in Turkey with masks and joy

Publicado: 7 septiembre 2021

Turkey/September 07, 2021/BY DAILY SABAH/Source: https://www.dailysabah.com/ After more than a year, Turkey relaunched in-person education on Monday. Some 18 million students and more than a million teachers returned to schools as the country decided to end online education for the new school year. Students and teachers cheered the first day of school, hailing a reunion long […]

Las afganas salen a las calles a protestar por sus derechos

Publicado: 6 septiembre 2021

Afganistán/ 06 de septiembre/Por: EFE | Kabul/Fuente: https://www.efeminista.com/ Una veintena de mujeres afganas han salido a las calles a protestar por segundo día consecutivo para reclamar a los talibanes sus derechos y la participación en un futuro Gobierno de Afganistán, después de que hasta ahora apenas hayan contado para el régimen islamista. La protesta ha tenido […]