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PH K-12 program is a "success" despite low PISA rankings

Ken Vincent Rosales
December 11, 2019

PH Education secretary convinced that the K-12 program is not a failure despite low PISA rankings. K-12 program is not...

Asia Government

Chinese gov't directs removal of all foreign computer hardware in...

Daniel Abel
December 11, 2019

The Chinese government has issued a directive that all government offices and public institutions should remove foreign computer equipment and...

Asia Students

Education in the Philippines struggling despite $13 billion budget

Ken Vincent Rosales
December 10, 2019

Education in the Philippines seems to be put in a bad light by the recent Organization for Economic Cooperation and...

Asia Students

Rich Chinese students influence Western brands through social media

Ken Vincent Rosales
December 9, 2019

International Chinese students influence western brands through Chinese social media posts. An excellent example of a company that took this...

Asia Government

Ukraine, Turkey universities sign nuclear energy research pact

Daniel Abel
December 9, 2019

Ukraine and Turkish universities have announced that their students and academicians will carry out joint research in the field of...

Asia Teachers

Japan passes bill to improve working hours for teachers

Daniel Abel
December 6, 2019

Japan has passed a bill on Wednesday allowing amenable working hours for public school teachers after their inclination to overwork...

Asia Students

Thailand's richest man Chearavanont says 'the best university is society'

Daniel Abel
December 6, 2019

Dhanin Chearavanont, Thailand’s richest man has called on the education department to shorten the number of years students spend in...

Philippines Department of Education calls everyone to help improve the quality of education

Asia Government

PISA as a baseline for reforms: DepEd must look into...

Kelvin Maina
December 5, 2019

PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) is an “assessment of the extent to which 15-year-olds have acquired the key knowledge...

The startup company helping young Vietnamese to learn about technology

Asia Technology

Startup company helps young Vietnamese learn about technology

Kelvin Maina
December 5, 2019

A startup company in Vietnam is helping students to learn programming. It is also helping them to interact with other...

Asia Government

Philippines ranks lowest in reading comprehension – what's to be...

Daniel Abel
December 5, 2019

Results from the just concluded Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),...