Schools

LGBT inclusion at the heart of RSHE guidance

The statutory guidance on “Relationship Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education”(RSHE) issued by the Department of Education has been received with accolades in the UK. After 2000, this is the first time this guidance has been updated. The Secretary of State for education, Rt. Hon Damian Hinds MP, stressed the importance of teaching […]

Social Issues

Schools Will Teach Students About the Threats of the Internet: Fake News and Catfishing

It’s high time educational institutions promote the courses and classes of safe browsing of the internet. Education secretary already announced the guidance to teach school children how to use the internet safely, how to identify potential harms, catfishing, fake news and others. According to the guidelines, schools will teach children the nature of relationships and […]

E-Learning

“Alexa, How was your day at school?”

Alexa, the virtual assistant developed by Amazon, is omnipresent in homes today. At the ongoing ISTE conference that will be concluded today, several organizations including nonprofits, Ed-tech gaming companies, and even teachers have showcased the different “Skills” they have developed to make more use of Alexa in classrooms. “Skills” are built-in capabilities in Alexa. Amazon […]

Asia

Why is India's Education Budget Still Low After The Improvement?

We saw the development in India’s Education budget, but it’s still too low compared to the needs of the sector.  It’s clear that the Indian education system needs a reboot. We are waiting for the announcement from Nirmala Sitharaman, The Finance Minister on July 5 regarding the Union Budget.  In 2018 Arun Jaitley, Former Finance […]

Asia Innovation

Reshaping India's Education Sector with Modi's New Education Policy (NEP)

The Indian government is about to reshape the education sector to affect both school and higher education. The focus will be on the result of delivering better education possibilities, nourishing students special skills, and preparing them to enter the real world.  Indian education is about to experience changes after decades of being tedious. On behalf […]

Blockchain

Malaysia's Next Initiative to Acquire Blockchain Talent

Malaysia is fighting to obtain more blockchain talent, and now the proposal offers a particular type of visa, specifically designed to encourage technological innovation and stimulate international blockchain talent to visit Malaysia. Officials announced that the visa would be fundamentally used to attract blockchain talent. Malaysia’s efforts to position itself as one of the blockchain […]

Government

Bernie Sanders's Student Loan Cancellation Might not be the Problem Solver After All

It has been attempted before to suggest the idea of cancelling all student loan. But today’s attention is addressed to Bernie Sanders and Senator Elizabeth Warren. Both proposed to cancel student loans but in different measures. After Senator Elizabeth Warren announced about her initiative of cancelling $640 billion of student debts in the US, Senator […]