DealStreetAsia
India edtech Byju's gets $250m from U.S.-based Davidson Kempner
Talks said underway for another $750m from a sovereign fund by end of May
Education
Education
Sushi school creates chefs in 3 months using hybrid teaching
Course with online videos, hands-on training aimed at addressing shortage of pros
Education
Japan's Smile Zemi home learning tablets to make U.S. debut
JustSystems says devices raised test scores in elementary school trials
DealStreetAsia
Vietnamese edtech startup Teky gets funding for service expansion
Singapore-based firm Sweef Capital invests $5m from women's empowerment fund
Education
Metaverse education blossoms in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan
Teaching taps VR even as emerging tech's mass adoption remains in doubt
Education
Fewer students spell trouble for women's universities in Japan
Institutions going coed, offering new tech majors in fight for survival
Opinion
Japan must lead G-7 to address global education crisis
Pandemic has devastated schooling for children in low-income countries
Education
Limits on new med schools in Japan 'hamper' growth: IUHW chair
Head of new department of medicine dreams of 'Asian medical bloc'
Education
Jack Ma to take up Tokyo University visiting professorship
Alibaba founder to lecture on management, business start-ups
Datawatch
Foreign students flock to Global South for jobs, low fees
Overseas applicants rise sharply at universities in Argentina, Turkey, India
DealStreetAsia
Indonesia edtech Cakap gets new funding; valuation exceeds $100m
Undisclosed amount from MDI Ventures, Heritas Capital to aid 'blended' learning
Afghanistan turmoil
Over 1m girls barred from Afghanistan schools as rules sap economy
Taliban restrictions deplete workforce, prompting warnings of long-term damage
Education
Vietnam textbook publisher DTP wins investment from Japan's Gakken
Southeast Asian foothold sought as Japanese student population shrinks
Caixin
How China's shrinking population is driving education reform
Provincial authorities place limits on campus expansion as students dwindle
Caixin
New business, old risks for China's struggling tutoring industry
Schools face competition from tech companies and possible regulatory crackdown
Finance
University of Tokyo taps ex-BlackRock exec to triple alternative investments
$330m endowment fund seeks higher returns to raise school's global standing
Myanmar Crisis
Myanmar faces 80% decrease in students taking matriculation exam
Youths seek alternatives at home and abroad as regime restricts curricula
Opinion
Japan is producing more lawyers than it knows what to do with
Law school and bar exam reform failed to factor in market demand
Technology
Japanese universities rush to set up data science departments
Moves aimed at helping fill big shortage of IT professionals
Education
Study in Cebu: Japan-run English school in Philippines thrives
QQ English offers online and person-to-person teaching, from one day at a time
