Noticias Asia

Afghanistan: Thousands of children losing access to education as schools are caught in crossfire in escalation of violence

Publicado: 27 junio 2021

Afghanistan/June 27, 2021/By: Save the Children/Source: https://reliefweb.int/ After the burning of dozens of schools and with six children injured today in the eastern province of Nangarhar when an unexploded mortar shell went off, Save the Children is calling for all parties in the escalating conflict in Afghanistan to abide by international humanitarian law and ensure […]

Chinese students stick with remote learning as Indian numbers collapse

Publicado: 26 junio 2021

China-India/June 26, 2021/By Adam Carey/Source: https://www.theage.com.au/ For Chinese university student Monica Shen, it isn’t the 5am starts enforced on her by Victoria’s different time zone that led her to defer study at Melbourne University. It isn’t even the urging of her parents, who are influenced by the many negative news stories they hear in China about […]

World Bank Helps Improve Higher Education in Afghanistan and Bangladesh

Publicado: 26 junio 2021

Afghanistan -Bangladesh/June 26, 2021/By: https://www.worldbank.org/ The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $191 million credit to Bangladesh and a $18 million grant to Afghanistan to help the countries strengthen the higher education sector and respond better to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Higher Education Acceleration Transformation Project—the first World Bank-supported regional education project in South […]

China: English EducationTo Prepare Global Workforce Leaders

Publicado: 25 junio 2021

By Xinyi Liu Edited by Tamara Kaup China’s emphasis on examination results led to students learning the general English needed to pass tests. However, today’s China puts a strong demand on preparing students to be future leaders in the global workforce. These graduates will be able to communicate well in the English used in their […]

G20 meet: India promises to eliminate education inequalities

Publicado: 24 junio 2021

India/June 24, 2021/By: Prashant K. Nanda/Source: https://www.livemint.com/ India reiterates its commitment towards reducing and eventually eliminating educational poverty, inequalities and early school leaving The G20 education ministers have reiterated commitment to ensure continuity of quality education during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In the meeting reaffirmed its commitment to eliminate education and workspace inequalities. India represented […]

Pakistan: Single curriculum to eliminate class-based education system: ministry

Publicado: 23 junio 2021

Pakistan/June 24, 2021/By: The Newspaper’s Staff Reporter/Source: https://www.dawn.com/ Formulation of the single national curriculum (SNC) is a historic initiative, introduced to eliminate Pakistan’s long standing class-based education system, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Education in response to objections being raised by various quarters on the SNC. It has been highlighted in […]