Education
Budget 2015: Stay the course, Intel urges
Saying that the Malaysian Government has achieved successes particularly in education transformation and Digital Malaysia, Intel Malaysia added that was critical at this juncture for the Government to stay the course in building on these successes.
Taamkru lands US$620K to battle Thailand's ‘mutual shame’
Thailand-based startup Taamkru has received a seed investment of US$620,000 from 500 Durians, M&S Partners, IMJ Investment Partners, Ookbee, and Red Dot Ventures, which it intends to use to tackle the country's 'mutual shame' in education.
Building mobility into the future of education
The BYOD trend is gaining popularity in Asia Pacific and education is impacted by this trend. Extreme Networks’ Gary Newbold look at how schools and universities can handle the major challenges that BYOD has brought to education, while ensuring visibility and control of their network.
Education portal EasyUni looking to raise Series B funding
Education portal EasyUni is looking to aggressively expand its presence. Towards this end, it is raising a Series B round now.
Most white-collar Malaysians open to working abroad: JobStreet
According to a recent survey by online recruitment company JobStreet.com, 55% of Malaysians in white-collar positions said if given the opportunity, they would say yes to working overseas. A similar JobStreet.com survey conducted on Singaporean white-collar workers showed 88% were open to overseas work opportunities.
AIM pushing higher order thinking skills in schools
In this second of a two-part story, AIM chief executive officer Mark Rozario tells DNA founder Karamjit Singh about two initiatives that he hopes will impact the lives of millions of Malaysians going through the public education system.
Ministry of Education gets CIO magazine nod for virtual desktop deployment
The Malaysian Ministry of Education has been named by International Data Group’s (IDG) CIO magazine to its 2014 CIO (chief information officer) 100 list of organizations exemplifying the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology (IT).
Democratising education with Learnemy
To get her startup off the ground, Elisha Tan learned how to code using Ruby On Rails. Now the Learnemy founder hopes to democratise the way new skills are learnt in Singapore with a peer-to-peer marketplace to help teachers and learners connect outside of the classroom.
Taylor’s rolls out new free interactive MOOCs
Taylor's University said it is launching a series of new, interactive Massive Open Online Courses (xMOOCs) that would give young learners access to customised Taylor’s classes anywhere, at any time, for free.
SEA educators see need for digital media skills in today’s workforce
A majority of educators in South-East Asia (52%) strongly agreed that students proficient in digital media skills have a better chance of being recruited when they enter the workforce, a higher proportion Asia Pacific’s overall sentiment of 47%, digital media specialist Adobe Inc said in a statement.
