Education
Is Asean’s education system future-ready?
The same technologies which are transforming businesses around the region – cloud computing and mobile devices – could do the same for the education sector, writes Ivan Low of Lenovo.
Singapore startup Skoolbo out to boost education for millions worldwide
Singapore startup Skoolbo said its game-based education platform, which runs on Microsoft Corp’s Azure PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) offering, has reached more than five million students in 22,000 schools globally over the past 12 months.
Adobe in major deal with Thailand’s higher education institutions
Adobe and the Association of Private Higher Education Institutions of Thailand (APHEIT) have signed an agreement which will see tens of thousands of students across the nation given access to Adobe’s Creative Cloud.
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).
