Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, schools in Indonesia were closed, and ‘Learning From Home’ (LFH) began all over the country in mid-March 2020. The government
Education principally serves two primary functions; to equip a country’s youth for gainful employment, and to build social cohesion. When Singapore became independent, its education
In Australia, international students account for more than 20% of tertiary education students – the highest proportion of international students in all OECD countries. With most
Singapore has transformed itself into a vibrant city-state with one of the highest gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in the world. However, real growth
The internationalisation of higher education has been widely found to have brought about tremendous benefits at the national, institutional and individual levels. It has become
Written by international scholars specialising in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) and edited by teacher educators Subhan Zein and Richmond Stroupe, English
A substantial body of research literature in the Western context is clear: School principals are critical to overall school quality. The evidence suggests that the
In Hong Kong, most junior secondary students study not one but two history subjects: one is History which refers to western history and world civilisations
Most governments of less-developed countries still consider the exodus of high-skilled professionals from their home countries—a phenomenon known as brain drain—as a loss and potential
The notion of social capital, and its associated variables, have been crucial to the expansion of environmental knowledge, sustainability, ecological system, and natural resource care.
Across Asia, we are seeing countries making investments in improving the quality of their school systems. This transition from a focus on access to school
As a practising medical specialist, Singapore's first female Nominated Member of Parliament, and a founder of many civil society organisations including WINGS (Women's Initiative for
Computational thinking is based on the essential concepts of computer science and can be distilled down to four key elements: decomposition; pattern recognition; abstraction; and
Public universities (including university colleges and short-cycle institutions of higher education) are created by governments to achieve public ends. These include, above all instruction and
What is Thought Leadership, really? I personally don’t really know how this term was coined. Wikipedia says the idea is seen to be inherently contradictory.
Education in Indonesia: Literacy is the Key to Learning Indonesia has a reading problem. Despite a reported 95% adult literacy rate, most available evidence suggests
Over the last half century or so, across the international development realm, donors and individuals have been extremely active in providing advice to recipient nations
The phrase ‘Social Impact’ is one of the buzzwords of today’s society. Everyone is talking about creating social impact, measuring social impact and sustaining social
At the World Economic Forum (WEF) on ASEAN in May, the youngest speaker was still in college. Twenty-one-year-old Kamolnan Chearavanont gave us hope, breaking the
For decades, we have grown accustomed to the notion of major system reform, typically involving changes to the national curriculum, followed by changes to assessment,
The latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) notes that Thailand and Indonesia continue to remain in the bottom ranks for their PISA scores. I