Five-year-old Divya Lakshman got enrolled in a school after a viral picture of her peeping into a school classroom appeared online and caused an uproar in India. Divya who is from a slum area in the southern part of Hyderabad was caught on camera holding a bowl while peeping into a classroom at the local […]
Quality education for many children coming from rural areas is still a luxury in Russia. However, a Russian university graduate, Yulia Ignatyeva has come up with a brilliant idea and has moved to rural Russia. Now she resides in the countryside and has started teaching underprivileged students. Yulia Ignatyeva graduated from Moscow University, one of […]
Edtech growth in china has expanded exponentially, now accounting 60 percent of the global investments in the field. This has led to china surpassing the US in this field based on investments and new startups. China has officially surpassed the US in educational technology (Edtech) investments. They have also become the number one breeding ground […]
The United States veterinary industry has joined many other fast-advancing sectors to adopt blockchain technology to provide an unalterable record of veterinary practitioners’ identifications. The partnership between IBM and Ethos Veterinary Health would finally enable blockchain tech to be launched in the veterinary education industry. This announcement was made public through a press release published […]
Bullying has been a big problem in the U.S., with the most common victims are transgenders, persons with a disability, and those with special education needs and disabilities. Bullying against transgender students Bullying is a common problem in U.S. schools today. Based on data, 1 out of 3 U.S. students admit that they are bullied […]
Fake news and propaganda spreading on the internet require media literacy if they are to be combatted. Facebook is one of the sites where this misinformation is rampant. The credibility of news items is often left for consumers to decode. This is not unusual, especially in this age where a lot of us get our […]
Students are beginning to embrace the use of Cryptocurrency, a digital currency that employs cryptography for security, to carry out transactions. The most notable of these transactions is paying for their tuition. Among several cryptocurrencies available, Bitcoin is the most likely to be accepted at a college, university or other educational institution. King’s College in […]
In the United Kingdom (UK), the poor and underprivileged students are still quite far away from making their presence felt at top universities in the UK. Although these elite universities have taken considerable steps to reduce this disparity, the result hasn’t changed much. Talking about statistics, it was seen that only 4% of the students […]
The researchers indicated that illiterate people were twice as likely to develop dementia as their peers. The study is part of broader research that has taken decades. Scientists from the Columbia Unversity are shedding light on the correlation between dementia and literacy levels. The development of dementia in the late stages of your life may […]
Surveys prove that women leaders increase productivity and innovation in the sector. However, in spite of increases in recent years, only 27 percent of varsity vice-chancellors and heads of the academic institution governing bodies are women. The gender pay gap also compounds the alarming issues across the educational system. Although, the issue of the gender […]
