Education

KakiTangan raises RM1mil from pitchIN in record time of less than 24 hours
Coastal Hectare Sdn Bhd, which runs KakiTangan.com just raised RM1 mil on PitchIn in less than 24-hours, giving a huge boost to ECF as a viable funding platform for other startups. 
Celcom Axiata to help ‘digitise’ Malaysian schools, 1BestariNet déjà vu
Celcom Axiata will work with UUM and Orangetree Production to support the Ministry of Education’s move to digitise education in Malaysian schools, but that leaves us wondering about the similar 1BestariNet project.
What’s Next 2016: Focus on SEA’s basic needs, forget Silicon Valley
Entrepreneurs in South-East Asia should stop looking at Silicon Valley trends and instead focus on fulfilling the basic needs of people in this region, said one of the panellists at Digital News Asia’s What’s Next 2016 conference last week.
Wanna help underprivileged kids? Donate your old smartphone
Malaysian crowdfunding platform for education projects Give.my is urging people to donate their old smartphones to its Virtual Reality Field Trips programme for underprivileged students.
Week in Review: A Christmas wish list
‘Tis the season for wishes, so here’s what DNA cofounder A. Asohan is hoping for.
Digitising Malaysia: Need for broader partnerships
Achieving the vision of a more connected Malaysia would require broader partnerships across more industries and ecosystems, with education also playing a key role, a panel of experts said.
Asean Economic Community faces education, regulatory challenges
As the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) gears up to become a single market with the implementation of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) in December, the economic bloc faces a variety of challenges.
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.
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