MALE, Maldives (MNTV) — The Maldives has opened applications for dozens of higher education scholarships funded through the country’s national Zakat system, expanding the use of Islamic charitable funds to support students pursuing advanced studies in Islamic scholarship, journalism and women’s healthcare. The Maldives Zakat House announced th...
DOHA, Qatar (MNTV) — An education discussion in Doha has highlighted both the opportunities and challenges of integrating artificial intelligence into classrooms, with experts warning that schools are adopting AI faster than policies and teacher training can keep up. The session, held under the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), a g...
By Akhtar Pathan KARACHI, Pakistan (MNTV) — In Pakistan, politics is often viewed as an exclusive arena reserved for wealthy families, entrenched elites, and those backed by the country’s powerful establishment. Leadership is inherited more often than cultivated, and moral politics is frequently dismissed as idealism with little place in the r...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MNTV) – Malaysia has achieved a significant breakthrough in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings, entering the continent’s top 40 for the first time while doubling its representation in the top 100. The Universiti Teknologi Petronas climbed eight places to secure the joint 35th position...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A state-run institution tasked with promoting Urdu in India’s most populous state has remained largely non-functional for nearly five years, fueling concerns over declining support for a language closely associated with the country’s Muslim minority. The crisis centers on the Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy in Uttar Prades...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — More than 1,100 volunteer teachers working in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh have received formal training certificates for the first time, in a move aimed at improving the quality of education for displaced children facing prolonged uncertainty. The certification program was implemented through a joint initiat...
CHENNAI, India (MNTV) — Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on Saturday criticized the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) new curriculum framework, alleging that its three-language formula is a “covert mechanism” to promote Hindi in non-Hindi-speaking states. The framework is aligned with the National Education Policy 2020 and pr...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Rohingya refugee students in Bangladesh’s sprawling camps began their first-ever matriculation examinations earlier this week, marking a significant step toward formal education for a stateless community that has long faced limited schooling opportunities. The Examination Board of Rohingya Refugees (EBRR), which oper...
BAKU, Azerbaijan (MNTV) — Access to preschool education has expanded rapidly in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan, reflecting broader global gains in education over the past two decades, according to a new report by UNESCO. In Azerbaijan, the share of five-year-olds enrolled in preschool rose from 25% in 2016 to 92% in 2021, nearly eliminating dispari...
SINGAPORE (MNTV) — Universities in Singapore and Malaysia lead a pilot Times Higher Education (THE) ranking focused on south-east Asia, a rapidly advancing region in global higher education. The National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, claim the top two places in the table, which analysed 195 higher edu...
