Noticias Asia

Education board in southwest Japan to stock free period products in school bathrooms

Publicado: 8 diciembre 2021

Japan/December 08, 2021/by Kenta Somatani, Miyazaki Bureau/Source: https://mainichi.jp/ A prefectural education board in southwest Japan has decided to supply women’s sanitary products at all 52 prefectural school bathrooms for any girls to take free of charge starting in early December, as part of a nationwide movement to respond to “period poverty,” in which women can’t […]

India: Education alone can’t solve the poverty problem: Abhijit Banerjee

Publicado: 6 diciembre 2021

India/ 06 December, 2021/ Source/ https://www.livemint.com/ According to Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee, education, even if it doesn’t raise a person’s income, certainly makes him a different person. Access to education is in a sense a fundamental block of how we conceive of a democratic society. In that sense the economic aspect of education is just […]

Education key pillar in Oz-India relation: Australia’s High Commissioner to India

Publicado: 4 diciembre 2021

India- Australia/December 04, 2021/By Express News Service/Source: https://www.newindianexpress.com/ From university and academic collaborations to students and faculty collaborations, the relationship between the two countries is very strong, Barry O’Farrell AO said. Education is a key pillar in the relationship between Australia and India, said Australia’s High Commissioner to India Barry O’Farrell AO. “From university and […]

World Bank works to redirect frozen funds to Afghanistan for humanitarian aid only

Publicado: 30 noviembre 2021

Afghanistan/November 30, 2021/By Reuters/Source: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/ The money will go mainly to addressing urgent health care needs The World Bank is finalising a proposal to deliver up to $500 million from a frozen Afghanistan aid fund to humanitarian agencies, people familiar with the plans told Reuters, but it leaves out tens of thousands of public sector […]

India-Bangladesh: Education as the great leveler? Not necessarily, says new research

Publicado: 30 noviembre 2021

India-Bangladesh/November 30, 2021/By: World Bank/Source: https://reliefweb.int/ STORY HIGHLIGHTS Education systems can entrench inequality rather than combat it if not designed to serve the needs of children from disadvantaged households. Recent research from India and Indonesia is shedding new light on the mechanisms behind low intergenerational educational mobility—in particular, the ability of more educated households to […]

20% Students Received Education During School Closures in India, Maharashtra Highest with 38%: Survey

Publicado: 29 noviembre 2021

India/November 29, 2021/Source: https://www.news18.com/ Maharashtra performed better that the national capital and also the India national average, whose performance stood at 20 per cent and 25 per cent respectively. Maharashtra was able to ensure continuity in formal education for 38 per cent of its school-going (enrolled) children during the COVID-19 lockdowns. The state performed better […]