Education – Page 8

Chinese graduates from Zhejiang A & F University. Photo: Zhejiang A&F University

China, World

Inside the world’s largest higher education boom

by Katherine Stapleton April 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Uncategorized

Hitler autobiography Mein Kampf gets OK for Japan classrooms

by Peter Langan April 17, 2017

China, India, South Asia, World

Playing for sustainability: how games can transform the world

by Angga D. Martha April 17, 2017April 26, 2017

Clean energy has come of age in India. Photo: Max Pixel

South Asia

Asia-Pacific region pushes ahead with sustainable development

by Shamshad Akhtar April 15, 2017February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

‘Glocal’ students get a chance to attend foreign universities at home

by Rahul Choudaha April 5, 2017

Education reforms should soon get away from rote learning and encourage more reading. Photo: iStock

China, Italy, World

More kids, fewer tests make China’s children’s books boom

by Carly O'Connell April 4, 2017April 4, 2017

Australia, China, Oceania, World

Confucius Institutes and Classrooms can make the grade – a primer

by Jeffrey Gil April 4, 2017April 6, 2017

A man walks on the campus of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. Photo: Reuters, Steve James

World

America’s Ivy League schools are desperate to hide discrimination against Asians

by Asia Unhedged March 31, 2017February 18, 2020

Incumbent Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and Chief Executive-elect Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor show disagreement on the city's education policy. Photo: news.gov.hk

China, Hong Kong

Hong Kong leader dismisses Carrie Lam’s hope of scrapping tests

by Asia Times staff March 29, 2017February 18, 2020

The languages children learn in school might not be the most useful for their future. Photo: Shutterstock

AT Finance, Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

What languages should schools be teaching?

by Warren Midgley March 26, 2017February 18, 2020

Stephen Hawking appeared as a hologram in Hong Kong. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

China, France, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, World

Stephen Hawking appears as hologram in Hong Kong

by Agence France-Presse March 25, 2017February 18, 2020

Wong Tsu, a graduate of MIT’s department of aeronautical engineering went on to design one of Boeing’s first aircraft before returning to China to head the country’s own fledgling industry.

China, India, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Journeys to the west

by George Koo March 20, 2017February 18, 2020

J Muthukrishnan wrote in his last Facebook post: “when equality is denied, everything is denied”. Photo: Facebook

India, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia

India’s stratified society brings another student suicide

by Asia Times staff March 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Police fire tear gas at university students during a protest in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Protests by students are common worldwide, but some argue such people are pampered and out of touch with real-world problems. Photo: Jorge Cabrera

Uncategorized

How to prevent universities from becoming nurseries

by Reuven Brenner March 15, 2017

Mei Xu, the co-founder and CEO of Pacific Trade International, makes a keynote speech on Fortune Most Powerful Women summit on February 28, 2016. Photo: Fortune

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Vietnam, World

Goodbye to diplomacy in China; Hello my American dream

by Lin Wanxia March 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Female farmers in India benefit from Microfinance schemes in India. Photo: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Belinda Goldsmith

Bangladesh, India, Middle East, Oceania, South Asia, World

How microfinance reduces gender inequality

by Quanda Zhang and Alberto Posso March 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Some of the grandmothers at their school in Phagane, 150km southeast of India’s financial capital of Mumbai. Photo: Asia Times/Anusha Venkat

AT Finance, India, South Asia, World

Grannies make global mark from remote Indian village

by Anusha Venkat March 8, 2017February 18, 2020

Does Singapore's system produce the best students? Photo: Ministry of Education Singapore

Uncategorized

Why high-flying Singapore is scrapping grades

by Poo Yee Kai March 8, 2017

An independence group marches around pro-China supporters at a Taipei rally. Photo: Reuters/Tyrone Siu

Uncategorized

Taiwanese universities may be self-censoring political discussion to attract Chinese students

by Poo Yee Kai March 8, 2017

Joseph Lam Chok signed a 10-year deal with Beacon College as a star tutor. Photo: Facebook/ Joseph Lam / Beacon College

China, Hong Kong, World

When a Hong Kong barrister becomes a super tutor

by Ben Kwok March 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Ethnic minority children are required to speak, read and write Cantonese for them to be admitted into the good public Primary schools. Photo: Hong Kong Unison

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, Singapore, South Asia, World

Level playing field long overdue for Hong Kong’s ethnic minority kids

by Neville Sarony February 24, 2017February 18, 2020

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks set to keep his job, based on surveys of voters ahead of the general election on October 22, 2017.

China, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Japan’s Abe faces land deal attacks involving hate-speech school

by Peter Langan February 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Australia, Oceania

Jack Ma’s new hometown tech-oriented international school

by Lin Wanxia February 20, 2017February 18, 2020

Uncategorized

Remembering Nüshu, the Chinese script only women could write

by Liu Hsiu Wen February 20, 2017

China, European Union, France, Germany, Hong Kong, World

High rents push Hong Kong Student Cities ranking down

by Asia Times staff February 15, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese students pose during a graduation photo shoot at Curtin University in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. Photo: AFP

China, India, South Asia, World

Asian students flock to the US for graduate degrees

by Rahul Choudaha February 13, 2017February 12, 2017

China's President Xi Jinping inspects honour guards during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, October 14, 2015.
Reuters/Jason Lee

Bangladesh, Beijing, China, South Asia, World

China’s middle class and its growing dilemma

by Francesco Sisci February 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Middle East, World

If you ghost do you throw shade? US dictionary adds new words

by Reuters February 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Betsy DeVos, joined by her husband Dick DeVos, is sworn in to be U.S. Education Secretary at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, U.S. February 7, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

World

Education statistics: Figures lie and politicians figure

by Reuven Brenner February 8, 2017February 8, 2017

HKU vice-chancellor Peter Mathieson (left) has resigned, says the university's council chairman Arthur Li Kwok-cheung (right). Photo: EyePress/Alan Siu

Beijing, China, Hong Kong

HKU Vice-Chancellor Peter Mathieson resigns

by Jeff Pao February 2, 2017February 18, 2020

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Tag: Education

Inside the world’s largest higher education boom

Hitler autobiography Mein Kampf gets OK for Japan classrooms

Playing for sustainability: how games can transform the world

Asia-Pacific region pushes ahead with sustainable development

‘Glocal’ students get a chance to attend foreign universities at home

More kids, fewer tests make China’s children’s books boom

Confucius Institutes and Classrooms can make the grade – a primer

America’s Ivy League schools are desperate to hide discrimination against Asians

Hong Kong leader dismisses Carrie Lam’s hope of scrapping tests

What languages should schools be teaching?

Stephen Hawking appears as hologram in Hong Kong

Journeys to the west

India’s stratified society brings another student suicide

How to prevent universities from becoming nurseries

Goodbye to diplomacy in China; Hello my American dream

How microfinance reduces gender inequality

Grannies make global mark from remote Indian village

Why high-flying Singapore is scrapping grades

Taiwanese universities may be self-censoring political discussion to attract Chinese students

When a Hong Kong barrister becomes a super tutor

Level playing field long overdue for Hong Kong’s ethnic minority kids

Japan’s Abe faces land deal attacks involving hate-speech school

Jack Ma’s new hometown tech-oriented international school

Remembering Nüshu, the Chinese script only women could write

High rents push Hong Kong Student Cities ranking down

Asian students flock to the US for graduate degrees

China’s middle class and its growing dilemma

If you ghost do you throw shade? US dictionary adds new words

Education statistics: Figures lie and politicians figure

HKU Vice-Chancellor Peter Mathieson resigns

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