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Education
Han Bi-ya: Education is basis of achieving goals
Han Bi-Ya is a traveler, writer and relief worker. She is from Seoul, South Korea. She was born in Seoul in 1958. She grew up in a wealthy family. But she had hard time after her father’s sudden death. She failed in the exam for the college entrance and she…
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University Without Students in Burma
A woman walks to the entrance gate of Yangon University in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday, June 28, 2012. The university was once one of Asia’s finest and a poignant symbol of an education system crippled by Myanmar’s half a century of military rule. Only graduate students are still allowed to study…
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Scenery of Examination Room in Yemen
Yemeni students take their final exam in a classroom in Sanaa, capital of Yemen, June 26, 2012. The illiteracy rate stands at 29.8 percent for men and 62.1 percent for women in the war-torn country. The Yemeni government has taken measures to improve education among the people to decrease illiteracy.…
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Deaf Palestinian Women Receive Job Training
Deaf Palestinian women work on embroidery at Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children in Gaza City, on June 12, 2012. The society provides services for about 15,000 deaf children and adults on education, training programs and income generating projects. <Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
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Spain’s Deepening Economic Crisis
A protester carries a mock pair of scissors with the words ‘Cuts for politicians and bankers’ during a demonstration against education cuts in Madrid Tuesday May 22, 2012. Teachers and students from every level of Spain’s education system went on strike Tuesday to protest wide-ranging government spending cuts. The impact…
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‘Education key to economic growth’
South Korea’s Education, Science and Technology Minister Lee Ju-ho, sixth from left in the front row, and Muhamad Noor, left, executive director of the APEC secretariat, pose with the education chiefs of 21 APEC member economies ahead of their discussions at the Hyundai Hotel in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, Tuesday.…
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APEC education ministers’ meeting opens
Top educators of 21 Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) members will discuss globalization, the convergence of education and technology and other topics at the fifth education ministerial meeting, which will kick off a three-day run in Gyeongju today. The APEC Education Ministerial Meeting will be the biggestever such event to…
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Graduation Season in Philippines
QUEZONE CITY — High School graduates march on a graduation ceremony at Batasan Hills National High School in Quezon City, the Philippines, on March 29, 2012. According to the Philippine Department of Education, a total of 1,817,549 elementary school students are scheduled to graduate this year, and public high schools…
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Syrian Refugee Children Continue Education in Turkey
HATAY, Turkey- Syrian refugee children who took shelter in Turkey with their families after they run away from brutal Syrian regime began their educating in Turkey. They are continuing their education with their own language in the Tent school in Turkish border city of Hatay. <Photo: Gihan> news@theasian.asia
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4+4+4: educational relegation or championship!
I know what 4+4+2 or 4+2+3+1 would mean in a soccer formation. However, with the entire disgraceful hassle in Parliament and with all the annoying fights on social media, I am clueless about what 4+4+4 is all about! Nowadays, with the domination of a popular culture in which our kids…
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