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AsiaEDU News Flash Jun 7th |
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Education Forum for Asia is an NGO that, since its origin in 2003, has been devoted to building bridges of communication in order to improve education throughout Asia and beyond. EFA is engaged in granting many scholarships to students throughout Asia each year, connecting different education groups in order to facilitate mutually beneficial exchanges, and increasing dialogue among many high level groups in order to assist in the development of education. To learn more about EFA, click here |
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20% of College Grads Willing to Work for Free
This year’s polling of college students revealed a startling fact that 20% of college graduates will work for free, just to get into a company and prove themselves. The previous year was only 1.8%. For more information, click here. |
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How School Finances are Just Business
In the UK there are some new trends in educational spending as schools are given more freedom over their budgets. The results have been positive in some cases and not so positive in others, however, it is being widely received as an improvement. For more information, click here. |
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Students Express Dissatisfaction with Chinese Universities
A recent poll of Chinese university students revealed a high level of dissatisfaction with the current schools and showed that many feel China lacks the kind of schools that can compete on a global level. For more information, click here. |
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Education is constantly evolving, and is now developing tremendously into the virtual world. In the United States many young students are beginning to take classes by sitting in front of a monitor at their homes or at a nearby neighbor’s house. Online education has many aspects to offer its students, such as home-schooling with more structure, and more flexibility, but there is also the downside such as, verifying who is actually doing the work, and the physical components like Physical Education. Due to the lower overhead costs and feasibility of online education, there is a promising future. If you would like to read more click here |
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South Africa spends 6.1% of its GDP on education, a relatively large amount, but the results are heartbreaking. In an International Reading and Literacy study South Africa was ranked in the bottom 40. South Africa’s top students compete at an international level, but the others perform way below the international norm, with many students dropping out before their final exams. A large difference of performance also exists between the white and black students; Almost 13% of black adults are functionally illiterate, compared with 0.4% of whites. Fewer than 2% of black adults have a degree, compared with 17% of whites. Also South Africa’s university’s standards vary tremendously, and many higher-education establishments are “fraudulent and bad, not really universities at all.” If you would like to read more click here |
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Students are leaving mainland China for the opportunity to study in Hong Kong instead
Censorship is causing problems in education. "Without political reform, economic growth in China will decline," he said. "Talents will leave China. Students and teachers who want to have more access to information are not dissidents anymore. They are becoming the mainstream." For more information, click here. |
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Two-year degrees are sweatshops, say university staff
University staffs have rejected any move to introduce two-year degrees, warning they would lead to "academic sweatshops" and affect standards. For more information, click here. |
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Performance-Pay Model Shows No Achievement Edge
Preliminary results from a Chicago program containing performance-based compensation for teachers show no evidence that it has boosted student achievement on math and reading tests, compared with a group of similar, nonparticipating schools, an analysis released today concludes. The study also found that the Chicago Teacher Advancement Program, a local version of the national TAP program, did not improve the rates of teacher retention in participating schools or in the district.For more information, click here. |
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New York Mayor Freezes Pay Raises
Unions for teachers and principals immediately questioned the mayor's authority to halt the 2% raises, which would save $400 million a year and help close a $750 million budget gap. The layoffs would have been the first to hit teachers since the economic crisis three decades ago. For more information, click here. |
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