Hong Kong’s education minister has asked schools to hold events to mark the 80th anniversary of China’s World War II victory over Japan in the new academic year, while urging kindergartens to take the opportunity to instil patriotism in pupils. In a social media post on Sunday, Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin shared two…
United States President Donald Trump has announced that he will allow 600,000 Chinese students into US universities. His announcement on Monday, which marks a sharp departure from the Trump administration’s crackdown on Chinese students launched earlier this year, has caught his conservative base off guard. Here is more about what Trump is saying now, in…
South Korea has passed a bill banning the use of mobile phones in school classrooms nationwide, officials said Thursday, joining other countries in efforts to curb social media use among minors. The Barron’s news department was not involved in the creation of the content above. This article was produced by AFP. For more information go…
RALEIGH, N.C. — As the Trump Administration ramps up deportation efforts, there are growing concerns among parents about whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s operations could impact their local school districts. What You Need To Know No ICE operations have been reported in any North Carolina school districts Earlier this year, both Durham and Wake County school…
South Korea’s parliament passed a bill on Wednesday prohibiting the use of mobile phones and other digital devices in school classrooms nationwide. The law, set to take effect in March next year, comes during rising concern over the impact of heavy social media use among young people. The move aligns South Korea with…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump seemingly caught his loyal conservative base off-guard and sparked backlash by saying he would allow 600,000 Chinese students into American universities. That would be a departure for the Trump administration after it added new vetting for student visas, moved to block foreign enrollment at Harvard and expanded the grounds…
The authorities in Hong Kong have refused to extend the employment visa of a Bloomberg journalist, effectively expelling her from the Chinese territory where she has lived and worked for six years. Rebecca Choong Wilkins, a reporter on the financial newswire’s Asia government and politics team, was applying for a routine visa renewal when she…
Hong Kong authorities have issued letters to local schools to warn them against working with third-party agencies to offer classes for students outside the city without prior approval, as part of a crackdown on so-called shell institutions. Jeff Sze Chun-fai, the acting secretary for education, said on Sunday that the government was “seriously concerned” about…
A federal district court in Texas temporarily blocked a new state law on Wednesday that would have required public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. U.S. District Court Judge Fred Biery issued a preliminary injunction in Rabbi Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District, ruling that Texas Senate Bill 10, set to…
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