An advisory panel to education minister Hirokazu Matsuno recommended Thursday that the enrollment limit at 12 private universities in Tokyo’s densely populated 23 wards be allowed to increase overall by 2,183 in fiscal 2018 from the previous year. The panel’s recommendation came after all ...
One day in mid-May, Benjamin Peters, vice president of a university in Miyazaki Prefecture, asked some students in English to explain the differences in thought between Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes. The seven students, who had read English books on the philosophers to prepare ...
Under fire for allegedly doing a favor for his friend, Prime Minister Abe suggests that his government allow even more new veterinary departments to open nationwide.
Chinese education authorities have gone high-tech to catch cheaters as millions of high-school students take their “gaokao,” the annual university entrance exam seen as key to landing a lucrative white-collar job. So high are the stakes and so competitive is the exam that some ...
The government needs better ideas than limiting universities' expansion options if it wants to halt the population flow into the Tokyo area.
The debate over privately managed exams for university admissions will make little difference because of the limitations of all standardized tests.
The education ministry plan calls for fully shifting to privately managed exams in fiscal 2020 or partially maintaining the current government-backed system until fiscal 2023.
Education in Japan, within the nexus of business, science and internationalization, is currently developing progressive initiatives. One such trend is to move university teaching out of brick-and-mortar classrooms and into the online sphere. This could be, in its more modest form, simply supplementary resources ...
Making education more affordable is a great idea, but the government must figure out a responsible way to pay for it.
A government panel of experts broadly agreed on a package of measures on Thursday to curb the flow of students to universities in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The package features the introduction of new regulations that basically ban universities in Tokyo’s densely populated 23 ...
Princess Kako, a granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, will study at the University of Leeds in Britain from this September to June next year as an exchange student, the Imperial Household Agency said. The 22-year-old princess, the second daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, ...
Police fired into a crowd of stone-throwing students in Indian Kashmir on Monday as violence in the disputed region intensified. Hundreds of student protesters shouted “We want freedom” and “Go India, go back” as they fought with government forces after taking to the streets ...
