Chinese foreign language majors face uncertain future as AI replaces basic skills
AI translation tools now achieve over 95 percent accuracy at 1 percent the cost of human services, and have seized 40 percent of the general translation market.
Education
Parent of top student, teacher break into school to steal exam papers in South Korea’s Andong
It is unclear whether the student's previous achievements are in any way related to the crime, as the suspect has remained silent on whether she has committed similar thefts in…
Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh city to ban student phone use in schools amid screen addiction concerns
Ho Chi Min City plans to ban student mobile phone use in schools starting from the 2025–2026 academic year, including during recess, unless specifically permitted by teachers.…
Applications from universities triple for Japan’s defence research subsidy program
Among the reasons for the increase in applications from universities is believed to be a greater understanding of dual-use technology, which can serve both military and civilian…
Student’s self-immolation bid following sexual harassment triggers political controversy in India’s Odisha
The incident brought to the fore unsafe campus environs for girl students in higher educational institutions and damaged the government’s image.
South Korea’s medical students end boycott after over a year but academic uncertainty lingers
Schools now face the challenge of balancing academic standards with fairness for returnees as trainee doctors have yet to return.
In test-obsessed Korea, AI boom arrives in exams, ahead of the technology itself
Over 500 new AI certifications have sprung up in South Korea in two years, but few are trusted or even taken.
In this Pakistani town, staying in school is an act of rebellion in itself
In Dasht, a forgotten stretch of Balochistan where addiction is chronic and infrastructure lacking, a class of 49 students is defying the odds one lesson at a time.
Korea’s academic exodus: The Korea Herald
As professors head overseas, South Korea’s global academic standing comes under strain.
AI cannot supplant learning; it must enable it: Singapore education minister
Apart from AI, key priorities for the Ministry of Education include helping students develop social and emotional skills and effect a “generational shift” away from…