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Thai Students Learn Chinese Culture Through Strengthened Bi-Lateral Relations
Premier Li Keqiang visited the Chongfha Sin Seng School in Chaing Mai, Thailand; a 112 year old bi-lingual school that teaches traditional Chinese education in the country. The Chinese Prime Minister...
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Bangladesh Schools Struggle To Survive During Flooding
Chronic flooding in Southwestern Bangladesh has forced school closures, creating regular gaps in students’ education. The late October flooding has forced educators to find creative ways to continue...
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Disabled Children in Burma Experience Barriers to Education
In Burma, children with disabilities have few opportunities to gain an education. Public schools often prohibit children with mental disabilities, blindness or deafness from enrolling, leaving them...
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Burma Struggles With Its Language of Instruction Policy
Burma is an amazingly diverse country, with eight major ethnic groups, over 100 subgroups, and dozens of spoken languages. However, Burmese is the only language of instruction allowed in schools, and...
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New Report Shows the High Cost of Keeping Children Out of School
A new report released by the Washington, DC-based Results for Development Institute (R4D) has shown that it is more expensive to keep children out of school than to educate them. The study, entitled...
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Laos To Develop Sex Education Curriculum To Reduce Teen Pregnancies
Somchit Inthamith, Lao Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment, has called for Laos to address high levels of teen pregnancy through sex education. This would be a joint health and education...
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Cambodia to Teach Anti-corruption in Schools
The Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Sen, declared that the state will incorporate anti-corruption curricula into the national school system. This decision came in time for International Anti-Corruption...
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Classes Resume in Philippines Following Super Typhoon
Two months after Super Typhoon Yolanda devastated the Philippines, formal classes have resumed for the region’s school children. Teachers and students alike were delighted to return to classes and...
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Child Soldiers Released from Service in Myanmar
Myanmar’s military has recently released 96 child soldiers from service. Since the government of Myanmar agreed to end the use of child soldiers in 2012, five release events have taken place to...
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Myanmar’s Government Excludes Influential Education Group from Reform Talks
Myanmar is in the midst of a massive upheaval. Following the 2011 dissolution of the military junta that had controlled the country since 1962, the country has begun a process of democratization and...
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