Ugandans are in joyful mood as high school education in Uganda gets $150 million World Bank boost. According to the premier financial institution, the funds would be concentrated on rural parts of the country. In their official statement, the World Bank (WB) confirmed the loan. While stressing on the importance of the loan, WB noted […]
A 69-year-old woman from the Philippines has completed her university degree, 55 years after she dropped out of school due to financial struggles. In 1965, Violeta Mendoza completed her elementary school, and just like any other young person at that time, she was ambitious of continuing with her education. However, that was not to be […]
Students in Singapore might hurdle the obstacle to funding their polytechnic or university education through their parents’ CPF Ordinary Account Savings. Central Provident Fund (CPF) is a mandatory benefit account providing retirement earnings and healthcare for Singaporeans. Contributions to the retirement account originate from both the employee and the employer. Even though this money looks […]
Tom Rogers, a UK (United Kingdom) History teacher, has put to good use the imposed holidays by creating the matchmaking app Edudate. The surprises in finding life partners for teaching professionals on this app could very well overturn career setbacks due to COVID 19. New matchmaking for education professionals app can help teachers, creator affirms […]
Researchers from George Washington University have built a machine learning light-dependent computer system. The photonic platform will be faster and more efficient than the current electric dependent processors that are slow in transmitting data to and from the memory. Researchers have successfully modeled a machine learning processor that can uses light photons instead of electricity […]
China warns Australia on Hong Kong students enrolling in Australia, it might stain the two countries’ research partnership. A high volume of Hong Kong students enrolling in Australia Tension in Hong Kong and the lack of freedom of speech pushes residents to seek refuge in other countries to escape from China’s grip. With Australia’s loose […]
The China-Australia partnership in terms of research and development has solidified amid the COVID-19 crisis. The evolving China-Australia partnership The US is getting worried over losing grip as Australia’s top partner in research as the China-Australia partnership is slowly overtaking them. The pandemic caused a lot of revenue loss to Australia’s Universities. The vast recalling […]
A viral post wrongly accusing Betsy DeVos of using figures to show that the coronavirus fatalities were not as severe to children as adults has been debunked. The post made it seem like Betsy DeVos was advocating children to return to schools amid dangers of losing their lives. Reopening of schools in September has become […]
A new government fund will be used to hire 850 new teachers, according to the education secretary. The ministry also highlighted its preparedness in handling coronavirus, once the schools reopen. The Scottish government confirmed plans to hire 850 new teachers once the schools reopen in August using £50m provided to the ministry. While announcing the […]
The Educator’s Union of South Africa insists that schools shouldn’t be reopened amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Educator’s Union of South Africa stand against the reopening of schools The Educator’s Union of South Africa is blocking the second phase of school reopening imposed by the government, commencing on Monday. A month ago, the first phase of […]
