Education

Despite children’s massive online presence, too little is done to protect them from the perils of the digital world and to increase their access to safe online content, UNICEF and Facebook have launched a year-long mass...

Against all odds, 4.9 million Syrian children continue to have access to education despite more than seven long years of war, violence and displacement. “Massive funding from donors, unprecedented generosity from host governments and communities; relentless...

AHZ Associates, a leading representative of higher education institutions based in the United Kingdom is hosting the biggest UK Education Expo in Dhaka and Sylhet. This is the second year and third expo is going to...

University Grant Commission (UGC) has approved “Establishment of Institute of Paediatric Neurodisorder and Autism (IPNA)” as full-fledged, first ever and only institute in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Bangladesh. IPNA received prior approval from academic...

Agrocenta, the startup from Ghana, won $500,000 prize and some unique growth opportunities at the Seedstars Summit 2018 as the Seedstars Global Winner 2018. On top of the $500,000 investment prize for the Seedstars Global Winner,...

A national learning sharing conference on Second Chance Education (SCE) was held in Habiganj, Bangladesh on April 8, 2018. The purpose of the conference was to share current progress and discuss future strategies of the SCE...

In March, Nissan China and Beijing Auto Museum signed a strategic cooperation agreement to introduce the Nissan Dream Classroom curriculum to the area. Additionally, Nissan donated a first-generation Nissan LEAF to the museum to help educate people about...

Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Iqbal Mahmood has called coaching centres ‘dens of corruption’ and called for their ‘permanent shutdown’. Mahmood’s remarks come soon after Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said coaching centres were ‘unlawful’. The ACC chief...

Nearly half a million children have dropped out of school since the 2015 escalation of conflict in Yemen, bringing the total number of out-of-school children to 2 million, according to a UNICEF assessment released. Meanwhile, almost...

Microsoft hosted its annual Education Exchange (E2) conference in Singapore this week, with educators and school leaders around the world exchanging ideas to develop innovative experiences in classrooms, as well as explore emerging trends in education,...