Indonesian university investigates alleged plagiarism involving history lecturers
The investigation involves two books written by Gadjah Mada University lecturers on the history of the Madiun regency in East Java and Raden Rangga Prawiradirdja III.
Education
Student backlash erupts as Dongduk Women’s University weighs coed future
The student council wrote in a statement, “We are wholly against the coeducational transition that contradicts the founding purpose of the university, which was established with…
As the national Suneung college admissions exam nears, ‘magic pills’ lure test takers
Oriental medicine doctors advise taking the herbal medicine one or two weeks before the exam. However, the Association of Korean Medicine warned that taking the medication when…
Free textbook distribution: Race against the clock for Bangladesh interim government
According to officials, the printing process just began recently, while the textbook revisions for all grades remain incomplete. In previous years, nearly 50 percent of the…
Vietnam welcomes 22,000 international students for this academic year
Of these, nearly 4,000 students are on government-sponsored scholarships, while the rest are self-funded, studying under bilateral agreements at the institutional or local levels.
Why education should be an election issue
Those who seek to truly serve the country should focus on improving schools, where their efforts can impact not just many students but also countless future generations. Several…
Philippines drops out of top 10 list of countries with ‘zero-dose’ kids
The marked improvement in the country’s vaccination rate was traced to the success of the government’s public school-based immunisation program which targeted 4.8 million…
Ho Chi Minh to create health database for 1.7 million students
The move is to better identify and address school-related illnesses.
Lenders ask Pakistan government to stop funding public universities
The lenders want all public sector universities to generate their resources by increasing the quality of education, student fees, and innovative use of their vast lands and…
National-level AI, digital education to be launched for adults over 30 in South Korea
While South Korea boasts some of the highest levels of digital access among OECD countries, it lags in practical digital skill utilisation and employee training.