Monash University's Jakarta campuses could be the first of many foreign university offshoots on Indonesian soil, as another big economy opens its doors to bricks-and-mortar transnational education. Pundits said Monash’s arrival could launch Indonesia as an international education hub, just…
Tertiary education in Vietnam has achieved greater fame on the global academic map with two universities entering the world top 1,000 Quacquarelli Symonds ranking. Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City placed in the 701-750 band while its sister in Hanoi…
Recently, I shared a story about a young Malaysian who came from a poor background, did well in his SPM, got a state scholarship to study economics at a prestigious UK university, but only to struggle to find the right…
The unemployment situation among graduates has grown from a matter of gnawing concern to an issue that leaves furrows in the brows of education planners. Our 21 public-sector universities and 38 private-sector universities produce something like 51,000 graduates a year,…
World's first yoga university outside India would start its post graduation course later this year in the US along with research in the ancient Indian practice and the admissions for it will begin in April, university officials said on Saturday.…
If you are a moderately educated woman, you are significantly less likely to grab a job in India, compared to your higher- or lower-educated fellows. This paradoxical relationship between female education and labor force participation in India is highlighted by…
Indian universities had a good performance year within the emerging economies of the world as a record 11 made it to the top 100 Times Higher Education's (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020. Only China has more universities than India…
In the Union Budget 2020, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has suggested a new education policy, besides several measures that will bring in a paradigm shift in the educational systems and creation of employment in India and abroad. "By 2030, India is set to have…
The government of India is for the first time allowing universities to offer fully online degrees -- a change that could reshape education delivery in the country while blowing open the door to a previously limited market for U.S.-based online…
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a global development strategy adopted by the Chinese government in 2013 that aims to develop the infrastructure and investments in nearly 70 countries and international organisations in Asia, Europe and Africa. Although higher…