Noticias Asia

WHO recommends Covid tests in schools; Portugal back under partial curfew as coronavirus cases surge: Russia rejects lockdown despite record virus deaths

Publicado: 3 julio 2021

Portugal-Rusia/July 03, 2021/By: https://www.thenews.com.pk/ Russia on Friday said it would not impose a new lockdown despite reporting a record number of coronavirus deaths for the fourth day in a row. A government tally showed 679 pandemic-related deaths in the previous 24 hours, as Russia battles a surging outbreak driven by the highly infectious Delta variant […]

India: Should we reopen our schools? There are legitimate concerns. But there are reasons to also seriously consider it

Publicado: 2 julio 2021

India/ 02 July, 2021/ Source/ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ By Shilpa Aggarwal and Deepa Mani Many are critical of Telangana’s decision to reopen educational institutions from this month. Their concerns are indeed legitimate. All teachers are not yet fully vaccinated, many not at all School-going children cannot be vaccinated Most schools do not have well-ventilated classrooms It is […]

India: ‘Hiring Of Apprentices Has Increased By 35% In 2020-21 Amid Pandemic’

Publicado: 28 junio 2021

India/ 28 June, 2021/ Source/ https://www.republicworld.com/ By Nandini Verma The overall intake of apprentices across India has seen a significant surge. As per the latest findings the hiring of apprentices increased by 35% in FY 2020-21 IMAGE: SHUTTERSTOCK Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, when lakhs of people are losing their jobs and the world, as well […]

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 […]