A global survey has revealed that teenagers from some of China’s wealthiest regions are outperforming their peers in the world’s richest countries in all three core subjects. The survey was done by Program International Student Assessment (PISA), a global index of education systems carried out triennial by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). PISA […]
Advancing Alzheimer’s disease research, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has assigned $3,720,828 funding to a team of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh. This amount will be used to create advanced MRI technology. The MRI technology will allow the team to investigate the connection between small vessel disease (SVD), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) clearance and […]
Three hundred students from Beacon High School walked out from school to protest against one of New York’s most selective public schools. Beacon High School students on protest Around 300 students from New York’s most selective prestigious public high school went out of their classes to join the protest against admission selection policies. According to […]
Education Secretary Leonor Briones shares her three key reforms to improve PH education. Education Secretary Leonor Briones’ take on PH education MANILA – The secretary of Education Leonor Briones utters her concern over the successive decline in assessment scores for teacher and student’s performance. The secretary urges her department to shift its focus into providing […]
A new artificial intelligence (AI) system can interpret physics and how the physical world operates. The system has done this by being modeled to mirror how babies react to changes in their physical world. This system has been hailed as progress in the field of machine learning. A team of MIT researchers has been to […]
School designs are not putting into consideration students with disabilities. There is a need to build all schools in a way that is inclusive to this demographic of students. The government budget should, therefore, include the allocation of funds for students with special needs. Funding for school buildings needs to put into consideration students with […]
Wassim Dhaouadi, an EPFL bachelor’s student has explained an enigma that has baffled scientists for over a century. Dhaouadi, a student at the Engineering Mechanics of Soft Interfaces laboratory (EMSI) within EPFL’s School of Engineering, discovered why gas bubbles in narrow vertical tubes seem to remain stuck instead of rising upward. According to his analysis […]
The public wants more concrete detail in Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim’s education platform. Nadiem Makarim doubtful with education reform After making remarks about possible education reforms with the help of youth and civil society groups, Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim seems to have turned the tides. His vision seems to fall short […]
Gauhati University in India has offered 21 unapproved courses through its distance learning center. Gauhati University jeopardizes students’ education Around 74,000 students who enrolled at the distance learning center in Gauhati University are about to be discredited for taking unauthorized courses. Report from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)of India confirmed that the university accumulated […]
Increased cases of suicides, depression, and anxiety among students under the age of 15 have led to a lawmaker introducing a bill to address smartphone addiction. The bill seeks to ban the usage of smartphones by these students in both public and private schools. Smartphone addiction has become a huge problem around the world. Different […]
