Education

The Dimensity 9000 is challenging Qualcomm in the flagship segment, now MediaTek unveiled its high-end competitors – Dimensity 8000 and 8100. Both are 5 nm chips that are built up of essentially the same hardware. However, the 8100 is a winning ticket for the silicon lottery and runs at higher clock speeds. There is also [...]

Pushed by the pandemic, most of us are back to online learning. Even sceptics now say blended learning is the future. While it may ease the tension between online and on-campus education, what problem is blended learning trying to solve? What are the challenges that loom in this mode? Purpose and design Online, hybrid, or [...]

A staggering 55 percent of educators are thinking about leaving the profession earlier than they had planned, according to a National Education Association (NEA) survey of its members released on Tuesday. This represents a significant increase from 37 percent in August and is true for educators regardless of age or years teaching, driving buses, or serving meals to students. [...]

Three years later, the COVID slide hasn’t stopped. New research suggests students still haven’t regained the academic ground they’ve lost in the disruptions of the ongoing pandemic, and many high school students will continue to struggle after graduation. The average high school junior who took the ACT college-entry test in spring 2021 fell from the [...]

The West Bengal government on Friday engaged a new Vice-Chancellor for Diamond Harbour Women’s University (DHWU) hours after Chancellor and state Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar appointed for the post another person who expressed “unwillingness” to accept it on personal grounds. The education department appointed Prof Soma Bandyopadhyay as the VC of DHWU after the resignation of [...]

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad on January 3 announced the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2021 results. A total of 9 candidates secured 100 percentile of which all are male students. A total of 19 candidates (all male) secured 99.99 percentiles. Of the 19 candidates who have achieved the 99.98 percentile, only one is female. For [...]

Blogging comes in many forms, it addresses countless topics, and it can, without a doubt, be divided by its quality. But when it comes to education, blogging can be an excellent tool for improving a student’s involvement, excitement, and most importantly, writing skills. The benefits of blogging are tremendous, especially for young people. They can [...]

Schools across the globe have already closed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic – including those in the UK from Friday March 20th – and many more are expected to shutter over the next few weeks. As a result, teachers are suddenly faced with the challenge of how to continue their students’ education. While [...]

Brain breaks are 3 to 5-minute activities to energize children and help them concentrate on the lesson. These activities break the monotony of learning and will pave students to learn effectively without getting bored. In this blog, we will look into 55 effective brain breaks for kids and students. You will need a max of [...]

The enthusiasm for living and studying abroad has waned as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the importance of in-person and on-campus experience for a full-time and residential college generation has become increasingly apparent. Studying overseas is doubtless one of the most precious aspects of contemporary higher education. Over the past several months, the [...]

Dutch students from the Technical University of Eindhoven in the Netherlands have created a solar-powered motorhome, shaped like a huge teardrop. Expansive solar panels on the roof and on lateral wings allow the vehicle to travel up to 740 km (460 miles) on a sunny day. The team of inventors hope that their vehicle will [...]

China has emerged in the past two decades as one of the world’s largest markets for private education services and home to many of the richest entrepreneurs in the field.  Shares in online education firms TAL and New Oriental Education, for instance, have soared during the coronavirus outbreak, fueling anew the fortunes of their billionaire [...]