Noticias Asia

La educación afgana, en el precipicio: “Ser mujer o niña te convierte en pecadora”

Publicado: 2 octubre 2021

Afganistan/ 2 de octubre de 2021/ Por Luis de la Vega/ Fuente: https://elpais.com/ El veto talibán a la enseñanza femenina es solo la punta del iceberg del retroceso de muchos otros derechos en su vida diaria. Se atribuye a Fray Luis de León el célebre “como decíamos ayer” con que saludó a sus alumnos al […]

Education in India Has Plunged into a Crisis. Just Reopening Schools Isn’t Enough.

Publicado: 2 octubre 2021

India/October 2, 2021/By: Mitali Mukherjee/Source: https://thewire.in/ A recent survey in 16 states and union territories suggests has revealed that there has been a catastrophic slide in literacy among children from poor and marginalised sections. However, there seems to be no plan to help them. October is the month for new beginnings, not least for scores […]

Schools ‘may not fully recover’ unless international students return soon

Publicado: 30 septiembre 2021

Australia/September 30, 2021/By Sumeyya Ilanbey and Madeleine Heffernan/Source: https://www.theage.com.au/ Victoria’s international education industry is demanding urgent action on the return of overseas students, with principals warning schools may suffer permanent harm and some in the higher education sector growing increasingly frustrated with the state government’s lack of a plan. In a letter to the state and federal […]

More Regulatory Clarity After China Bans For-Profit Tutoring in Core Education

Publicado: 30 septiembre 2021

China/September 30, 2021/ by: Alexander Chipman Koty/Source: China Briefing China has banned for-profit tutoring in core education to rein in the country’s private education industry and improve school-life balance for families. Dezan Shira & Associates experts advice foreign-invested enterprises to stop if they are engaged in for-profit tutoring in core education and change their registered scope […]

Afghan women barred from teaching or attending Kabul University

Publicado: 29 septiembre 2021

Afganistan/September 29, 2021/By Karen Smith and Tara John, CNN/Source: https://edition.cnn.com/ Women will no longer be allowed to attend classes or work at Kabul University “until an Islamic environment is created,” the school’s new Taliban-appointed chancellor announced Monday, in the latest move excluding Afghanistan’s women from public life “As long as real Islamic environment is not provided for all, women […]

Rescuing education in India, starting from basic digital infrastructure

Publicado: 25 septiembre 2021

India/September 25, 2021/By: Nirvikar Singh/Source: https://www.financialexpress.com/ The spread of smartphones in India has hidden the fact that broadband internet access, wired and wireless, is far short of what the country needs for distance learning In 2020, India released a new National Education Policy (NEP). This was in the early days of the pandemic, and there were […]