autistic-kids Europe Special Education

Autistic kids stressed by fund delays

Autistic kids in Ireland are experiencing unnecessary delays as the department of education has delayed their education funds. Home tutors and the parents of the children have been complaining about this issue, but the government and the Department of Education (DoE) have no answer for this. Tutors were left with no choice but to contact […]

25 % students hire a private tutor after school, warns study Europe Students

Private tutors: Sign of a botched school job

A private study report shared by Sutton Trust has shown that at least one in every 4 students in England and Wales have access to a private tutor to help them with their secondary school studies. More importantly, the students coming from wealthier backgrounds can afford to have a private tutor, where their poorer peers […]

Financial education key to digital payments boom Technology

Financial education key to digital payments boom

According to Verónica López Sabater, the director of the International Financial Analysts Foundation (AFI), quality financial education is a necessary ingredient for the continuous development of digital payment systems and services.   While technology is developing rapidly, and new digital solutions emerge by the minute, most innovative digital payment system requires a certain level of financial […]

Co-ed schools to be the future of Delhi government schools India Schools

Co-ed schools: Future of Delhi schools

The Directorate of Education (DoE) ran an analysis on the performance of students in their board exams across all government schools in Delhi. According to the results, it was revealed that the co-educational schools had performed better consistently over the past few years. Also, the general shift schools displayed better results than evening shift schools. […]

Medical schools shunning nutrition education Students United States

Medical schools nix nutrition education

Medical schools are avoiding nutrition education. A recent analysis availed in The Lancet Planetary Health depicted the way trainee doctors lack sufficient nutrition education when they are in medical school.  Notably, nutrition education is fundamental as it propels wellness, and this is instrumental in warding off severe conditions, such as diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease, […]

segregation and education inequality Social Issues United States

Segregation widens education inequality

Segregation proliferated from the 1980s due to relaxed laws. Court orders were no longer being issued in support of desegregation. This has resulted in a widening gap in performance between white students and students of color from poor neighborhoods. Stanford University sociologist Sean Reardon and some colleagues have conducted researches to determine the relationship between […]

Higher education intensely needs an online presence E-Learning

Higher education distance courses favored by 3M learners

Higher education courses are now being offered as distance-education classes. Statistics show that about 3 million or 6% of all undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled in at least one distance-education class. Higher education is now being offered through online platforms. This has been prompted by technological innovations, such as the Internet. As a result, […]

Private Schools angry with bad portrayal Law and Courts

Private schools condemn Labor party's attack

The major proponents of the changes that would see the abolishment of private schools in the UK are strongly criticized by Christopher King, a representative of the Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS). King has argued that private schools are the most diverse institutions in the country.  The United Kingdom’s Labor party has come under […]

Higher education to be transformed through AI Europe Innovation

Higher education: Challenges fixed by AI

Higher education sector gets boosted by Artificial Intelligence (AI) which addresses some of its challenges, such as accessibility, elevated student expectations, and decreasing lecture attendances.  Artificial intelligence or AI is one of the components stipulated to instigate the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), whereby the modern space will be altered through technological innovations. AI is fronted […]