Bangladesh receives $81 mln from World Bank to develop higher education
A WB release said the Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project will support both innovation and accountability within public and private universities and enhance the technical and institutional capacity of the higher education sector in Bangladesh.
Japanese Education ministry announces additional package
Among the measures are the outfitting of every public elementary and junior high school in the country with an interactive white board, upgrades to televisions, computers and networks as part of the school information and communication technologies plan, and a 1 billion yen English program for elementary school teachers. Training teachers in charge of English for 5th and 6th year elementary school students is the other major part of the new package.
MSU scholars to help reform Pakistan's teacher-education system
A team of education experts from Michigan State University will play a key role in a US$ 75 million effort to improve basic education in Pakistan by improving teachers' training and skills over the next five years. MSU researchers will support the Pakistan Higher Education Commission's initiative to create a standard curriculum for a four-year baccalaureate of education degree at Pakistan universities.
Currently, teacher education programmes in Pakistan vary widely and are often subpar, said Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela, asso-ciate professor in MSU's College of Education and the project's principal investigator. MSU will collaborate with 15 universities from Pakistan's four provinces to improve their training and certification programs for instructors who will teach at the high-school level.
growing demand for Private education in Singapore
The private education sector in Singapore has seen growing demand as more people seek additional training. The East Asia Institute of Management (EASB) is seeing a significant jump in student enrolment and has plans to roll out more degree programmes.
EASB said it has admitted 30% more students in the last six months, especially into the MBA programme. Principal of EASB, Andrew Chua, said: 'Students and working adults who are retrenched recently are taking the opportunity to improve themselves for better paying jobs when the recovery takes place.
Students get laptops in Dadeldhura, Nepal
With the aim of improving education quality and access, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Nepal has provided laptop computers to 180 school children and teachers (grade 2 and 3) of three public schools in Dadeldhura district. The project is carried out in partnership with Open Learning Exchange Nepal (OLE Nepal) and Department of Education.
WFP Country Representative Richard Ragan said, 'The laptop project will improve the quality of teaching and provide teachers and students with new learning opportunities and resources, in an attempt to bridge the inequalities across Nepal's different socio-economic populations.'
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