Noticias Asia

Philippines: Agriculture a must in basic, higher education curricula amid pandemic

Publicado: 16 septiembre 2020

Philippines/September 16, 2020/By: Philippine Information Agency/Source: https://www.philippinesnews.net/ An official of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in Western Visayas said that the study of agriculture is necessary in basic education and higher education curricula during this pandemic period. In a media release, Dr. Rex Casiple, CHED-6 Chief Education Program Specialist, said that agriculture education assumes […]

India: COVID-19: IIM Calcutta Teachers Concerned Over Institute Allowing Students To Stay On Campus

Publicado: 14 septiembre 2020

India/ 14 September 2020/ Source/ https://www.ndtv.com/ The institute, in a statement issued on September 8, had said that the students will arrive at the campus in small groups this month. The students, however, will be screened and quarantined “for their safety and that of other campus residents”. Kolkata: A section of the faculty members of […]

La UNESCO advierte que el déficit de financiación para alcanzar el ODS4 en los países más pobres podría aumentar a 200.000 millones anuales a causa de Covid-19 si no tomamos medidas urgentes

Publicado: 14 septiembre 2020

UNESCO/ 14 de septiembre 2020/Fuente: https://es.unesco.org Durante la reunión de los ministros de Finanzas en las Naciones Unidas el 8 de septiembre para debatir sobre la financiación para el desarrollo en la era de la COVID-19: los dirigentes deben dar prioridad a la inversión en educación para los países de ingresos bajos y medio bajos. […]

India: Forging institutional partnerships in higher education

Publicado: 14 septiembre 2020

India/September 14, 2020/by Chandrachur Singh, Bijayalaxmi Nanda and Hena Singh/Source: https://indianexpress.com/ Ensuring equity and access to quality learning could be done by encouraging partnerships between institutions that are perceptibly recognised as higher, say in terms of national rankings, and those who may not be there. The importance of education in social levelling and ushering in […]

Blended learning: A new approach to Oman’s education system

Publicado: 14 septiembre 2020

Oman/September 14, 2020/By: ONA/Source: https://timesofoman.com/ Dr. Madeeha bint Ahmed al Shibani, Minister of Education, has said that the education sector is being accorded great attention by His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik, notably under the current exceptional conditions. His Majesty the Sultan gave directives to make School Year 2020/2021 as a year of Blended Learning, […]

India: NEET 2020: Candidates with high temperature but not COVID positive allowed to appear in exam

Publicado: 13 septiembre 2020

India/ 13 September 2020/ Source/ https://www.indiatvnews.com/ NEET 2020: The District Magistrate also made it clear that as per the guideline, the students who have tested positive for the infection will be given the opportunity to appear in the NEET examination on a later date, through a digital platform. NEET 2020: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is all […]