IT in education
The Hong Kong's Education Bureau has launched a smartphone application that would help students gain access to program information from local educational instructions based on their interests and plan their pathway for future studies.
SPRING Singapore is committing S$10 million to an education initiative that will support capability upgrading for some 1,000 private education institutions over the next three years.
The Council for Private Education (CPE) in Singapore has launched initiatives to enhance capabilities of private education institutions.
What does it take to educate young people in the digital era? Understandably, schools, governments and policymakers are in a quandary on how to choose from a slew of technology options available the best fit for an institution's learning objectives.
As Saint Paul School (Escola São Paulo) in Macau moves to a technology-rich learning environment, it required a robust networking infrastructure to support the technologies used to change pedagogical strategies. H3C designed the new network infrastructure.
The Sunan Kalijaga Islamic State University (UIN) Yogyakarta has adopted IBM's smarter computing approach to IT to improve the quality of the education process through highly collaborative learning services.
Philippine President Simeon Benigno Aquino III announced during the launch of the country's new K-12 basic education program recently that the government is eyeing the use of PC tablets in public schools in lieu of traditional textbooks.
The Singapore government is revamping the format of the National Infocomm Competition (NIC) to include a new category for primary school students, as well as new competitions across all categories to further expose students to regional and international platforms.
Educators in Asia-Pacific are bullish on the prospects of digital education. Nearly 40 percent of about 500 educators from the region who participated in an online survey conducted by Adobe Systems said they now use tools like e-textbooks and tablets in their classroom.
To expand students’ access to high-quality technical education and collaboration, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) will be deploying a cloud-based education solution in 10,000 technical colleges and institutes across the country.
