Education: Why have Wales’ teenagers under-performed?
The latest international test results for teenagers - Pisa - have been published. There is a keen eye on how students in Wales have performed, but why? Here is our…
Ten Predictions For The Very Near Future Of Higher Education
It's the dawn of a new era in higher education where opportunity abounds for those willing to seize 1. Down (or flat) will be the new up when it comes to…
Musk’s SpaceX launches 60 mini satellites for global internet
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX has launched 60 mini satellites, the second batch of an orbiting network meant to provide global internet coverage. The Falcon rocket blasted off Monday…
‘New education bill set to allow US varsities in Telangana’
HYDERABAD: The Telangana state government is all set to welcome foreign universities once the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) Bill, 2019, is adopted in the Parliament during the forthcoming…
Smriti Irani right about need for introduction of skill education early in schools
India added 1,200 new start-ups in 2018 alone. A KPMG report last year highlighted that the number of Indian start-ups increased tenfold, to 50,000, between 2008 and 2018. India added…
Ministers discuss education, climate change and yoga
Union minister of Human resource development Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ and German minister of education and research Anja Karliczek discussed various issues related to mutual cooperation during a bilateral meeting on…
A resigning Trump education official wants to ‘stop the insanity’ of student loans
A Trump administration senior student loan official, A. Wayne Johnson, said he plans to resign, calling the student loan system “fundamentally broken,” the Wall Street Journal reported. “The time has come…
HP and Girl Rising debut education program for 10 million students and teachers in US, India and Nigeria
To celebrate International Day of the Girl today, HP Inc. and Girl Rising have launched a three-year education partnership of curriculum and technology solutions for up to 10 million students and teachers…
Edupreneur Ritesh Rawal on a Mission to Disrupt Education
A trailblazer in educational innovation, Ritesh Rawal aimed for a complete overhaul when he ventured into the sector. Challenging the status quo existing for more than a decade, this edupreneur…
The draft National Education Policy is a rather strange document
A little over a quarter-century ago, through that strange alchemy of the classroom, two young men studying for their undergraduate degrees became the best of friends. Their backgrounds could not…