South Korea students experience depression, anxiety amid Covid-10 pandemic
While 27 per cent of elementary students responded they have become more depressed than compared to before the pandemic, 26.3 per cent said they have become more anxious.
EDUCATION
Kindergarten students in Hanoi return to school
They are the last group in the capital city to resume in-person learning.
Japanese company develops app to provide lunches to students
Offering the benefits of lessening the burden on parents to prepare lunches and reducing food loss in the boxed lunch industry, it has already expanded to about 100 schools in its…
Hong Kong students can return to school on April 19 at the earliest
All students can attend classes as usual, but only those who have at least one vaccine dose can participate in non-academic activities: Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor.
More foreign students returning to Singapore as Covid-19 measures ease
With institutions forced to switch to online learning and countries tightening borders amid Covid-19 pandemic safety concerns, international student recruitment has been severely…
Hanoi confident in decision to send unvaccinated children back to school
An official noted that Hanoi has gone past its outbreak peak, with a daily increase of a fraction of the peak reached in March.
Philippines teachers taking out loans to prepare classrooms
Teachers Dignity Coalition chair Benjo Basas said teachers were not only providing free labour but also soliciting funds from private donors to buy materials needed for…
Indian govt aims to strengthen infrastructure in educational institutions: Jai Ram
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur also said the government is now focused on strengthening infrastructure in existing institutions for students to get quality…
Cambodia’s students’ Covid-19 learning loss ‘alarming’: Research
Schools across Cambodia were closed for 250 days during 2020 and 2021, owing to the spread of Covid-19, equivalent to almost two thirds of the two school years combined.
Over two million Malaysian students begin in-school classes on April 4
This brings the total number of secondary and primary school students undergoing face-to-face lessons to 4,735,101.