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Sarah Al Amiri, the UAE’s minister of education, met with Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo at the Zayed Educational Complex in Dubai on January 14 to discuss fostering innovation in education and promoting academic collaboration. Consulting, and head of the firms Global Education Practice.
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According to Acumen, Nepal Rising helped the universities gain deeper insights into the South Asian countrys K-12 market, transnational education space and government regulations in the education sector, and also encouraged engagement with over 35 Nepali counsellors and agents.
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With the National Education Policy , introduced in 2020, promoting transnational education to establish India as a global hub of education, efforts are being made to attract international universities to the South Asian country. The delegation actively discussed establishing an offshore JHU campus in India.”
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As education practitioners, we must consistently reimagine the delivery of secondary education and how it will meet the needs of both higher learning experiences, and of course, the future of work. Verified by PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), the OSSD ranks second in high school programs internationally.
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The two organisations will work with Egypts Ministry of Education to create a new English-language curriculum to prepare secondary school students for an increasingly globalised world. The governments education strategy aims to transform K-12 education by 2030 by moving towards more skills-based learning and digital proficiency.
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The program, coordinated by Finlands ministry of economic affairs and employment, and ministry of education and culture, encourages education-based and work-based immigration. With Finlands education system influencing NEP greatly, Lhdevirta believes the Finnish model can offer some valuable contributions to India.
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. “The government’s efforts to restore the number of international students, which declined significantly due to the influence of Covid-19, are showing steady results,” Kuniko Takeda, deputy director of international affairs at Japan’s ministry of education, told The PIE News.
A comprehensive new plan aimed at helping students across Chile look after their mental health has been lauded by the country’s undersecretary for highereducation. Multiple government entities, including the ministry of education, the ministry of public health, and the University of Chile were involved in the launch.
Taiwan’s government watchdog has accused three ministries of failing to protect overseas students from exploitation as the island sets out plans to attract 10,000 more international students over the next four years. The educationministry was subsequently asked to look into the issues but failed to carry out a full investigation.
. “Our intention is to establish a campus that delivers social value and economic impact to India and the university by bringing together Southampton’s world class activities in education, research, and knowledge exchange and enterprise, with all the talent of the rising global superpower that is India.”
The country hit a record of 370,000 international students in the 2022/23 academic year and is looking to target skilled workers and international graduates of its highereducation system to boost its economy. in the third quarter of 2023. “Germany is offering visas to students really quickly.”
Image: China’s Ministry of Education will no longer recognize online degrees from overseas colleges, per a Jan. Some students, educators and analysts welcomed the news as an opportunity to open more in-person international exchanges. “They want to better regulate the quality of education that’s being delivered.”
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“This campus is the first university to award Japanese academic degrees overseas, thus becoming a groundbreaking university in the history of Japan’s highereducation,” Ikuya Sugisato, international affairs employee at the Ministry of Education (MEXT) told The PIE News. “We
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The data, released by the Korean Educational Development Institute , comes after an announcement by the country’s immigration service that Korea had passed 200,000 international students. A previous ministry of education aim from 2011 had hoped to host 200,000 university students by 2020, but this date was later revised.
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The digital campus – financially backed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research – seeks to break down language, technical and cultural barriers, and offer relevant information alongside comprehensive services. The initial test run is seeking to simplify the pathway to German universities for refugees from Ukraine.
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