We're exposed to more and more news about artificial intelligence, or AI, these days - from stories about talking robots to deepfake videos of celebrities and self-driving cars. AI has become a buzzword and popular interest has been steadily growing…
More school leavers are choosing the three-year polytechnic route over the two-year junior college (JC) route. Figures from the Ministry of Education (MOE) show that in recent years, slightly more than half of the secondary school-leaving-age cohort enrolled in polytechnics.…
One afternoon at the end of 2014, several volunteer teachers sat in a circle under the palm trees of a host family in a village in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). Jerry cans were lying around in one corner of the yard while in…
Vietnam will soon introduce statistics and probability to second-grade students, raising concerns among parents who worry that the subjects may be too advanced for their children. The move, which will take effect beginning in the school year 2020-21, is reportedly…
Minister of Education and Training Phùng Xuân Nhạ talks with Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper about his plan to grant more universities autonomous rights Last year, you said your priorities were to complete a national educational policy and a human resources development plan. It seems that education has taken priority,…
A prestigious Indian university is offering a certificate course to teach doctors how to treat people who claim to see or be possessed by ghosts. The six-month course at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in the northern city of Varanasi will…
Access to higher education school infrastructure at the middle, secondary and senior secondary level remains difficult across villages in 3,773 assembly constituencies in India and private schools remain less accessible compared to government schools, says a study. The New Indian…
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has released data showing that 2,555,959 science and engineering (S&E) articles were published around the world in 2018, a considerable increase on the 1,755,850 recorded a decade ago. Global research output in that sector has grown around 4…
The proposals set out in India’s Draft National Education Policy 2019 are a positive step towards it becoming a knowledge economy, including strengthening the country’s research capacities and international collaborations, writes Tanya Spisbah. Times Higher Education
A bespectacled eight-year-old has become the poster child for China’s campaign to dominate the world of high tech. From his home in Shanghai, Vita Zhou hosts training videos for other children on how to code for artificial intelligence. He already has…