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Nigeria’s central bank takes steps to ease forex issues; boosting the naira

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday, 27th March 2017, introduced new Forex rates for transactions such as...
Middle East & Africa
Nigeria
05/04/2017

National Institutional Ranking framework (NIRF) for Indian institutions 2017

The National Institutional Ranking framework (NIRF) has announced the ranking of Indian institutions on 3 April 2017.
South Asia
India
05/04/2017

University of Ghana to introduce sustainability and environmental sanitation MA programmes

The University of Ghana, Legon has planned to introduce two new programmes in Sustainability Sciences and Environmental...
Middle East & Africa
Ghana
03/04/2017

Digital Scoop - April 2017

April issue of the digital update by SIEM, India
South Asia
India
03/04/2017

China rolls out plans for improving the quality of vocational education teachers

Recently, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued a document titled "Opinion on the...
East Asia
China
31/03/2017

99 Chinese HEIs announced as demonstration pilots for innovation and entrepreneurship education

The Ministry of Education announced the first batch of 99 HEIs as demonstration pilot HEIs for deepening innovation and...
East Asia
China
31/03/2017

China's National Youth Campus Football Plan 2017

By the end of 2016, 13,381 primary and secondary schools were qualified and designated as “campus football schools”. In...
East Asia
China
31/03/2017

Ministry of Education announces details of newly approved bachelor’s degree programmes for 2017-18

The Ministry of Education has released the result of its annual approval of new bachelor’s degree programmes in 2016....
East Asia
China
31/03/2017

China sets out priorities for the second phase of the “Revitalisation Plan for Higher Education in Western and Central China (2012-2020)”

China’s Ministry of Education has recently set out its priorities for the second phase of a plan to support...
East Asia
China
31/03/2017

China appoints new Vice Minister of Education, with responsibility for international cooperation

On March 28th, China’s State Council announced the appointment of Mr Tian Xuejun as Vice Minister of Education. He...
East Asia
China
31/03/2017

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