Noticias Asia

Rescuing education in India, starting from basic digital infrastructure

Publicado: 25 septiembre 2021

India/September 25, 2021/By: Nirvikar Singh/Source: https://www.financialexpress.com/ The spread of smartphones in India has hidden the fact that broadband internet access, wired and wireless, is far short of what the country needs for distance learning In 2020, India released a new National Education Policy (NEP). This was in the early days of the pandemic, and there were […]

Science & technology policy in Japan

Publicado: 24 septiembre 2021

© Cowardlion Japan/September 24, 2021/Source: https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/ Open Access Government charts the science and technology policy priorities in Japan, including the areas MEXT Minister HAGIUDA Koichi has been pushing forward According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in Japan, the science and technology policy there is looked after comprehensively per the Science and Technology […]

Cambodia: Why education is about so much more than reading and writing

Publicado: 22 septiembre 2021

Cambodia/September 22, 2021/BY: NISHA LABADE/Source:https://www.unicef.org.au/ A new teaching approach in Cambodia is helping young people reach their potential It has been almost two years since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out globally. The impacts of lockdowns, constant uncertainty, ‘education limbo’ and disruption to daily life is a global concern for children, young people and their futures. […]

COVID-19 and education: a catastrophic situation in India

Publicado: 18 septiembre 2021

India/September 18, 2021/by Nirmala Carvalho/Source: http://www.asianews.it/ Schools are still closed in many states and access to remote learning is still difficult. In rural areas, only 8 per cent of rural students are attending e-classes. The average level of education is getting worse while the gender gap is getting wider. For experts, schools must be reopened […]

India’s bet on liberal arts will fail without more investment

Publicado: 13 septiembre 2021

India/September 13, 2021/By: Pushkar/Source: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/ Amid languishing quality, introducing what could be a more expensive curriculum to deliver may not boost employability, says Pushkar. The future of liberal arts education in Asia has been questioned following the announcement of the closure of Yale-NUS College in Singapore. However, India’s higher education sector is witnessing what can only be […]

Lebanon’s ‘new poor’ pull children out of private school

Publicado: 13 septiembre 2021

Lebanon/September 13, 2021/By: Beirut (AFP)/Source: https://www.france24.com/ Roula Mrad wanted to give her children a head start in life with a private education, but Lebanon’s economic crisis is forcing her to move them to the substandard state system. “My children have always been educated privately,” said Mrad, who works at the finance ministry. But “now we […]