In recent years, South Korea has become an economic powerhouse, being known as one of the ‘Four Asian Tigers’ alongside Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. It’s academic power rivals those of Shanghai, China, placing 5th in both Maths and Reading and 7th in Science. The small break-off from the larger North Korea has certainly proven… Read more »
After a full year of discussions, powerhouse academic giants EtonHouse and Singapore Chinese High School have announced they plan to open a new academy in 2016. The groups have now openly declared their joint venture and their desire to submit a formal application to the Council for Private Education (CPE), which regulates private schools in… Read more »
According to the United States, success is defined almost entirely on hard work and perseverance. The US’s mantra is basically defined as “Persistence overcomes resistance.†And subsequently, 57 percent of Americans disagree with the statement that, “Success in life is pretty much determined by forces outside our control.†As well as that 73 percent of… Read more »
Since the 1930’s, the US has seen its economy rise once more, get hit by the Second World War, rise again and suddenly fall as huge shifts in the country’s bureaucracy and leadership take place, which are usually accompanied by massive changes to the populace’s attitudes towards politics and management of the country’s capital assets…. Read more »
Once a year, towards the end of October or the beginning of November, something amazing happens all across India, Malaysia and Singapore. A unification of Hindu and Sikh followers gather in various locations and begin to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights. The festival dates back thousands of years, originally set as a festival… Read more »
Tuition fees in the United Kingdom are a relatively recent invention, they’ve been around since the late 90’s and at the time, the £1000 fees seemed extortionate. Wonder what those same complainants would feel about the £9000 fees today with a chance of possible future increases? Still, we compare the UK’s fee system to… Read more »
SeekTeachers is proud to announce that it is working with proactive charity African Revival, the charity focuses its efforts on community schools in Zambia and Uganda that have been set up by the locals to help teach their children where resources are scarce. The determination these communities have shown to teach their young students and… Read more »
So you’ve probably heard about it by now and if you haven’t, you probably should read up on the information below about the Z Visa, it’s critical and we can’t stress just how critical enough, especially for those travelling to China in the near future! The Z Visa is essentially China’s version of the… Read more »
It’s commonly thought that people are ‘book-smart’ or ‘street-smart’. I remember so many students, acquaintances and even friends that were labelled as ‘dumb’ or ‘less intelligent’ as school progressed, and even if nobody said it, so many people thought it. Even now looking back, I recognize just how wrong an opinion it is, how such… Read more »
It’s pretty apparent that the world’s in a very sorry state, we have warring, famine, disease, lack of resources, pollution and violations of human rights almost everywhere. But what if I told you that it can all be solved? It’s pretty obvious how, the world is simply over capacity to hold the amount of people… Read more »
