Noticias Asia

India: NITI Aayog panel for reforms in urban planning education

Publicado: 24 octubre 2020

India/October 24, 2020/ By: Express News Service/Source: https://indianexpress.com/ The 14-member advisory committee, headed by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar, will review the urban planning education system in India and examine the availability, demand and supply of qualified urban planners in the country. A panel constituted by the NITI Aayog Thursday will look into introducing reforms in […]

India: National Education Policy for the elites

Publicado: 23 octubre 2020

India/ October 23, 2020/by Prem Singh/Source: https://indianexpress.com/ The National Education Policy is tailored to favour a neo-colonial economic order. It will favour those from affluent backgrounds, and discriminate against the poor and the oppressed. The new National Education Policy 2020 (NEP) marks a leap towards neo-colonisation of Indian education via privatisation and corporatisation. This dimension of […]

Japanese Universities Need Tighter Measures Against Leak of Advanced Technologies

Publicado: 21 octubre 2020

Japan/October 21, 2020/The Sankei Shimbun/Source: https://japan-forward.com/ It is natural for universities to manage their research programs to prevent advanced technologies that can be applied for military purposes from leaking overseas. At many universities in Japan, however, this task has been left unfulfilled, according to a recent survey by the education, science and technology ministry. […]

Efforts are made to make India a global hub for higher education: PM Modi

Publicado: 20 octubre 2020

India/October 20, 2020/By: Education Desk/Source: https://indianexpress.com/ Prime Minister also highlighted the government’s policies on higher education saying that not only the new institutions were opened up, but, “these institutions also work to ensure reforms to gender and social participation in governance.” Congratulating the graduates in Kannada, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today in his address at the centenary convocation […]

India: Assam. Educational Institutions To Reopen From November 2; Govt Issues Guidelines

Publicado: 18 octubre 2020

India/October 18, 2020/By: Anirudha Bhakat/Source: https://www.republicworld.com/ Education Minister of Assam, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma released a set of guidelines for reopening of schools, colleges as well as technical education institutions. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Saturday, the Education Minister of Assam, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma released a set of guidelines for reopening of schools, […]

Censura y educación: Hong Kong elimina temas “sensibles” de libros escolares

Publicado: 17 octubre 2020

Hong Kong/ 17 Octubre 2020/ Fuente/ https://www.semana.com/ La educación es uno de los sectores que suscita mayor enojo en China. La clase política de Hong Kong, leal a Pekín, considera que algunas escuelas ofrecen apoyo a los manifestantes en pro de la democracia. Los editores hongkoneses han sido instados a eliminar contenidos “sensibles” de libros […]