Despite being the most populated country in the world, China has been facing a severe slump in its population growth. The government now allows a family to have up to three children, scrapping its previously imposed two-child policy. However, the economic slowdown might discourage people from having more children. At the same time, Beijing has […]
Gender diversity has started to take over as a norm in modern society, challenging the conventional binary view. As a more divergent world welcomes each individual’s freedom in identifying themselves – whether as male, female, or LGBTQ – the long-established social values have become more and more disrupted. Issues about gender have always been presented […]
It’s clear that inequality and discrimination in society has deprived a large number of children across the world of access to school. In one obvious example, Kenya’s cultural value has been an obstacle that blocks women from the education system as effectively as poverty. The Guardian’s report in July unveiled how educational opportunity has been […]
One industry that manages to strive amid the crisis of COVID-19 pandemic is the online platform technology. In education, the online learning business has grown exponentially and attracted attention from several politicians and entrepreneurs. In the United States, an education business model called Elevate K-12 has seen a big spike in its revenue. One of […]
“Blended Learning Approach,” a COVID-era form of education taken by UK universities, has become controversial after Manchester University announced on July 5 that it would be permanently adopted, causing outrage among students. BBC reported that over 5,000 students signed their names petitioning a permanent adoption of online learning approach without any fee reduction from the […]
A BBC News report in May said nearly a third of children in Wales were in poverty – the highest rate in the UK. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Save the Children reported that up to 31% Welsh children lived in poverty during 2019-2020, compared to 30% in England, and 24% in Scotland and Northern Ireland. […]
During the latest G7 summit in mid-June, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a pledge to improve education for girls around the world as the members discussed a way to recover the world after the COVID-19 pandemic. “I am calling on other world leaders, including those here at the G7, to also donate and […]
Disparity in education is part of the root cause of social inequality in every dimension – gender included. Adolescent pregnancy is one of the reasons why many teenagers are falling out of the education system, although it is preventable by just encouraging sex education in schools. This shows that the lack of equal access to […]
As of late June 2021, Italy remained in the top ten countries with the highest rates of COVID-19 infections. It was the first European country to implement lockdown measures, and had kept them in place for much longer than its neighboring countries. The country decided to ease the restrictions on April 26 after the third […]
Besides being a safety net guaranteeing the general public’s well-being, a robust state welfare can also be like a cushion that helps absorb shock from violence. The prosecution of the mass shooter in the Norwegian capital of Oslo is a great example of it. The people there have paid more attention to how young people […]
