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.
Education
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.
95-year-old retiree dedicates his life to teaching
In 2012, he also set up the Ye Lianping Scholarship Fund with almost all his life savings, along with the donations from the local government and the school.
438 B-Tech students rendered jobless as alma mater denies them degree certificates
The students, who mostly hail from impoverished economic backgrounds, are languishing jobless as they are unable to apply for jobs.
3.3 million Filipino students sign up on first day of enrollment
The Department of Education expects around 28.6 million learners to enroll for the coming school year.
Philippines teachers dread return to jam packed rooms
Under the new order issued by vice-president and Education Secretary, there will be no limit to the number of students allowed in in-person classes by November.
Bangladesh first in South Asia in secondary education
However, Bangladeshi youths aged between 15-24 lag behind Bhutan, India and Sri Lanka in digital skills.
Hong Kong sees boom in learning Mandarin
The number of people in Hong Kong who consider Mandarin to be their main language has increased from 60,000 in 2006 to 130,000 in 2016.