News in September
Vice Minister TIAN Xuejun meets with Ministry of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs Secretary of Sri Lanka
Source: Ministry of education of the People's Republic of China
Date: Sep 15, 2018
Access: http://en.moe.gov.cn/News/Top_News/201809/t20180917_348989.html
Summary:
The Vice Miniter of Education Tian Xuejun and the Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs of Siri Lanka, Mr. J. J. Rathnasiri met on September 14th. Tian introduced the decisions were made during the National Education Conference which was held in Beijing recently, and said that China would love to make the education more open and cooperate with Sri Lanka in scholarships, teaching the Chinese language and cross-border education. China will enhance the ties of friendship with Siri Lanka in the field of education. Rathnasiri also expresses the willingness to actively participating in the "One Belt, One Road" initiative that is promoting by China.
Special Issue for Chinese Teacher’s Day: Education Policy Relevant for Teachers
Editor: Haoyang Leng
Source: China News
Date: Sep 10, 2018
Access: http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2018/09-10/8622786.shtml
Summary:
Today is the 34th Chinese Teachers’ Day! This piece of news summarized a few latest education policies that focus on teachers. For example, the Teachers Law of the Peoples Republic of China is being amended; teachers’ pay regarding compulsory education is being increased and regulated; guaranteed economic benefits for rural teachers are being implemented…many other public events are put on to celebrate teachers and education today! Check this out if you are interested!
China Leads Asia Rise in 2019 World University Rankings
Author: Bard Wilkinson
Source: CNN
Date: Sep 27, 2018
Access: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/27/asia/times-education-rankings-global-intl/index.html
Summary:
According to the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Chinese universities are leading Asia's rise. Overall, 72 Chinese universities make the 2019 ranking, up from 63 last year. Tsinghua University in Beijing has overtaken the National University of Singapore as the top institution in Asia. Another rising Chinese star is Zhejiang University, which climbed 76 places to 101st. Nevertheless, the top 10 list is still dominated by leading institutions in the United Kingdom and United States. The ranking mainly applied five metrics including teaching, research income, research volume, industry income, proportion of international students and proportion of international staff. Find out more if you are interested!
