Scholarships in 4 Philippine schools offered to Myanmar refugees
At present, there are 31 Burmese scholars in the Philippines studying in four universities.
EDUCATION
Fake academic papers may have been created with AI; Japanese researcher falsely cited as author
The expert consulted by The Yomiuri Shimbun suspects that the website’s operators created the fake papers using generative AI, to make the site look like it represents a quality…
South Korean women’s colleges in crisis: Blasted for gender bias, coed transition proposals
The debate over the schools' potential transition to coeducation has revealed broader issues facing women’s universities in South Korea, caught between the challenges of a…
With ‘Suneung’ discounts, theme parks eye influx of high school seniors
The theme parks have begun their annual promotions aimed at test-takers looking to destress and celebrate their hard work. Everland, South Korea’s largest theme park, is…
Lessons on coding and AI to start in fourth grade: Indonesia Education Minister
Elementary and Secondary Education Minister Abdul Mu'ti also said that the ministry is looking into the possibility of hiring new instructors to teach AI and coding or…
At least 70% of students across seven Singapore schools have autism
Minds and Rainbow Centre, which together serve about 1,900 individuals with special needs across the seven schools they run, said they have seen rising numbers of children…
Malaysia growing in popularity as destination for studying abroad; British-style education available at low cost
1,424 Japanese high school students who graduated in March 2022 went on to study at a foreign university. By country or region, Malaysia was the sixth most popular destination,…
South Korea’s annual college scholastic ability test retakes hit record amid med school expansion
While the proportion of graduates was 0.7 percentage points lower than the previous year due to a significant increase in the number of current students relative to graduates, the…
Indonesian university investigates alleged plagiarism involving history lecturers
The investigation involves two books written by Gadjah Mada University lecturers on the history of the Madiun regency in East Java and Raden Rangga Prawiradirdja III.
Student backlash erupts as Dongduk Women’s University weighs coed future
The student council wrote in a statement, “We are wholly against the coeducational transition that contradicts the founding purpose of the university, which was established with…