Education

Education • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 03, 2016 • 9 min read

Creative learning

By Euan Black • Oct 03, 2016
The Montessori approach to education is well placed to serve growing regional demand for creative thinking, yet Southeast Asia’s devotion to grades and testing is proving difficult to shake

Education • STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 07, 2016 • 3 min read

Asean announces joint-plan to tackle out-of-school children problem

By Euan Black • Sep 07, 2016
Yesterday, Asean adopted its first declaration on out-of-school children, part of a wider strategy to ensure that all girls and boys in the region complete primary and secondary education by 2030

Education • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 22, 2015 • 8 min read

Knowledge-based economy Follow the leader

By Kevin Ponniah • Oct 22, 2015
Southeast Asian nations will eventually need to swap farming for flash drives and become knowledge-based economies. Singapore is already showing how it’s done

Education • STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 06, 2015 • 10 min read

Education To the future we go

By Jemma Galvin • Aug 06, 2015
From Skyping astronauts to virtual reality tours, classroom technology is taking the region’s students far beyond the boundaries of the traditional school

Education • Jan 13, 2015 • 7 min read

Degrees of difficulty

Problems with student visas are transforming Malaysia from an attractive education hub to a foreign student’s worst nightmare
By Marco Ferrarese • Jan 13, 2015

Education • Oct 10, 2014 • 6 min read

Class action

Changes are afoot in Cambodia’s much-maligned state education sector. Can a dynamic, reform-minded minister bring the system up to speed?
By Daniel Besant • Oct 10, 2014

Education • Oct 09, 2014 • 7 min read

The next level

The region’s tertiary education sector has received an ‘A’ for effort in recent decades and, while there is certainly room for improvement, the future looks even brighter
By Bridget Di Certo • Oct 09, 2014

Education • Oct 07, 2014 • 4 min read

All aboard

Elite British school Harrow currently has just three outposts in Asia. But according to CEO Simon Leung, plans are afoot for expansion in numerous Asean nations
By Chris Taylor • Oct 07, 2014

Education • Apr 02, 2014 • 2 min read

Students on the up in the Land Down Under

Advertorial: In Australia, the Sir Walter Murdoch School of Public Policy and International Affairs is nurturing the leaders of tomorrow
By Southeast Asia Globe editorial • Apr 02, 2014

Education • Jan 08, 2014 • 4 min read

How Myanmar’s young women can get ahead

Myanmar has made steps towards reforming its education system, but there's a long road to travel before the country can catch up with the rest of Asia, particularly for women and girls.
By Pauline Chiou • Jan 08, 2014

Education • Oct 14, 2013 • 6 min read
Education

Speak easy

A method of teaching foreign languages that encourages students to learn as children do is gradually expanding in Southeast Asia
By Antonio Graceffo and Jemma Galvin • Oct 14, 2013

Education • Jul 09, 2013 • 7 min read

School's out…

An online movement sweeping the world has the power to change education as we know it
By Charlie Lancaster • Jul 09, 2013