Education

What Nigeria Can Learn From Bangladesh’s Journey in Female Literacy

Education, Women Empowerment, Youth /

Article by A A IsaacTamson In the early 1990s, Nigeria and Bangladesh were both low-income nations grappling with massive illiteracy and gender disparities. Three decades later, Bangladesh’s deliberate reforms transformed it into a model for female education—an example for Nigeria, which continues to wrestle with widening regional and gender divides. From Parallels to Paradoxes: The

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Building a community library amid learning poverty in the Philippines

Education, Grassroots Voices /

by Dominic Gutoman In the heart of an urban poor community in the Bagong Silang, Caloocan, Philippines, children huddle on tarpaulin sheets serving as their makeshift chairs. They squeeze themselves into the narrow alleyways between houses. The tiny space has not only sheltered them, but became their sanctuary of learning, a resisting community against the

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We live in an archipelago. Why can’t Filipinos swim?

Changemaker's Advice, Education, In-depth Issues /

In a country composed of 7,641 islands and one of the world’s longest coastlines, a bizarre phenomenon stands out—around half of Filipinos can’t swim without assistance. This puzzling contradiction raises questions about how residents of an archipelagic nation could be so disconnected from the waters that surround them.  Why is it that so many people

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Global Challenges: Addressing Inequality, Mental Health, and Education in Vulnerable Populations

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Two billion women without access to social protection Ⓒ WFP/Arete/Siegfried Modola | A group of mothers in Uganda discuss the benefits of the UN agency-supported Nutricash project which helps improve nutrition for families in need New research from UN Women shows that two billion women and girls around the world do not have access to

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News Digest | July 2024

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Global call to equip youth with skills for a peaceful and sustainable future credit: UNIDO UN Secretary-General António Guterres praised the efforts of youth in creating safer, stronger communities in his speech on World Youth Skills Day, despite the fact that roughly a quarter are not enrolled in school, working, or receiving training. With training in

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what asean changemakers read in their free time

What ASEAN Changemakers Read In Their Free Time

Education, Lifestyle, Uncategorized /

Between launching initiatives, building movements, and lobbying for progress, what do changemakers read in their free time? Changemakers in the ASEAN region share the titles and tomes that keep them educated, inspired, and mentally recharged. From memoirs offering personal inspiration, to analytical texts unpacking complex challenges, the changemaker’s reading list highlight the value of constantly

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Viral science reels on Tiktok

How a Singaporean science channel creates reels that get up to 3M views

Changemaker's Advice, Tech & Innovation, Uncategorized /

  “Hi guys!” This is the signature opener of Kong Man Jing, a teacher-turned-content creator making science accessible. Her bespectacled face takes up the entire screen in 9:16 aspect ratio before the reel cuts to reveal she is once again wearing a yellow polka-dot dress. The fast-talking host raps out science facts in laymanized language

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Teacher-turned-influencer Kong Man Jing on making science accessible

Grassroots Voices, Tech & Innovation /

At first glance, Kong Man Jing doesn’t seem like your typical science communicator. With her yellow polka dot dress, black-rimmed glasses, and quirky persona, the former science teacher comes across as a passionate kid eager to share her latest discovery about the natural world. Biogirl MJ, as she prefers to be called, is on a

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“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose”: why and how Shakespeare is a complex figure in decolonization of education

In-depth Issues /

By Jingye Tang Since the Black Lives Matters movements in 2020, popular and academic appeals for further decolonization in education and pedagogy have been actively responded by secondary and higher institutions in the Global North. In the Global South where the connection between education system and colonial rule was more explicit, decolonizing education is often

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