US universities facing sharp fall in Chinese students
A recent report by The Wall Street Journal said that during the first half of 2022, US student visas issued to Chinese nationals dropped more than 50 pe rcent compared with…
EDUCATION
23,000 cops to be deployed nationwide for Philippine school reopening
The Department of Education had earlier announced that classes for the school year 2022-2023 would resume on August 22.
Distance-learning high school holds classes in the metaverse
Since spring, Aoike High School students have been able to communicate with their teachers and classmates in the form of avatars in a metaverse platform.
Floods destroy school materials in Mindanao
Officials of the Department of Education said equipment and other materials lost in two schools alone ran to over P1 million.
Philippine schools ready for in-person classes: Education ministry
Howver, an online survey showed that some 60 to 75 per cent out of 1,022 teacher respondents said they were only “slightly prepared” or “not prepared at all” for the…
University of Tokyo to open Metaverse School of Engineering
For junior and senior high school students, the metaverse school will offer free lectures about digital technologies and entrepreneurship.
Hong Kong makes it mandatory for students to complete national education courses
The curriculum upgrade came three years after the city was rocked by incessant violence and street vandalism in 2019.
Backlash against lowering elementary school entry age intensifies
Educators slam S. Korean government's plans to gradually lower the enrollment age at elementary schools to 5 years old starting in 2025.
Govt to introduce certification and national qualification for Japanese language
Planning to establish a system to certify language schools and make teaching a state-qualified profession, the move is aimed at improving the quality of Japanese language…
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology to launch world’s first virtual campus
Once completed, the university’s students will be among the world’s first to receive their diplomas and transcripts in the form of blockchain-secured digital documents.