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National exams in Malaysia to go on as planned despite calls for deferment

PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – National examinations in Malaysia, including the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM, a GCE O-Level equivalent), Sijil Kemahiran [...]

Singapore TCM charity clinic donating $1m to NTU student bursary fund

SINGAPORE – A $1 million bursary fund was launched on Friday (Jan 22) to help financially challenged students at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). [...]

Malaysians urge government to stop 'flip-flopping' on school reopening decision amid state of emergency

PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysian parents and teachers have urged authorities to avoid flip-flopping on their decisions regarding the reopening [...]

IB diploma and A levels: How the two routes differ

SINGAPORE – The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) and the A levels are both two-year-long programmes that cater mainly to students between 16 [...]

Teen founder of social enterprise helping needy children gets near perfect IB score

SINGAPORE – Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) school leaver John Thng Wen Cong has been adept at juggling his studies and a host of other [...]

New York becomes the first big US city to reopen all its schools

NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – New York City completed the reopening of all its public schools on Thursday (Oct 1) morning, a major step [...]

A model coaching programme helps 700 tribal students crack India's most competitive engineering entrance test

BANGALORE – When the results of India’s biggest engineering entrance exams came out last week, eight of the top 24 scorers were from [...]

China's international schools struggle as teachers, students remain stuck abroad due to Covid-19 curbs

SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – China’s international schools are reopening this month but will be short of key elements – teachers and pupils. Schools across [...]

Language wars break out in India over new education policy

NEW DELHI – As India overhauls its education policy after more than three decades, heated debates have erupted over the language in which students [...]

UK schools begin full return despite increase in coronavirus cases

EDINBURGH (AFP) – Scottish children began attending schools for the first time in five months on Tuesday (Aug 11) as leaders across Britain [...]