Posts Categorized: Asia

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 »

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 »

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 has its highs, its lows, its shisha bars (which, it turns out, is quite a lot), but when it comes down to it, the United Arab Emirates is a wonderful place to live and work. However, it’s come to my attention that many of our candidates struggle with the initial cultural shift when moving… Read more »

Since it rose to power and opened up as a global nation shortly after the turn of the 90s, the Middle East, especially Dubai, has become a coveted region for new lifestyles of luxury and comfort. But it’s only in the past few years that it has really began to hit home just how popular… Read more »

The Asian nations are notorious for two things education related; producing the highest exam-scoring students of any country in the world and having those same students be less-rounded than a triangle with sharpened corners covered with spikes.   But today that all changes as the Ministry of Education recognizes the efforts of twenty-three schools that… Read more »

There have been hints and rumours but finally, it’s been confirmed; the United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Education is planning to install a cutting-edge electronic system allowing them to monitor teachers’ performances in the classrooms. This is expected to impact over 525,000 Teachers across 34,000 Gulf schools. The technology is expected to improve communications between… Read more »

For the first time in history, North Africa’s education may finally be on the verge of meeting western standards. The countries in the region number seven, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia and the Western Sahara, and are currently seeing a 99% rate of enrolment of children of a schooling age as stated by the… Read more »