Category Archives: Education

Chinese students use intravenous drips while cramming for exams

Students in central China have resorted to classroom intravenous drips as a study aid to prepare for the nation’s notoriously difficult college entrance exams, state press said Tuesday. Photos showing students at Xiaogang high school in Hubei province hooked up to … Continue reading

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Some Vietnamese kids risk their lives daily on the way to school

Hundreds of K-12 students at two schools in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai risk their life to wade a fast-flowing river to get to school. Every school day is now like a thrilling adventure for the students enrolled … Continue reading

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About 18,000 pre-college age Koreans leave home for American education

Commentary: America is still the land of opportunity and hope for the world. As an immigrant myself, I believe in American Exceptionalism. United States is not only an ordinary country like the rest of the world. It is a country … Continue reading

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Chinese Mandarin is becoming popular in France

In 2004, roughly 9,000 French junior high and high school students studied Chinese. The number has jumped in recent years to 30,000. On Friday, more than 300 people were expected for a symposium on the emerging trend of teaching Chinese … Continue reading

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Many Poor Indians Turn to Private Schools

HYDERABAD, India — For more than two decades, M. A. Hakeem has arguably done the job of the Indian government. His private Holy Town High School has educated thousands of poor students, squeezing them into cramped classrooms where, when the … Continue reading

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