Education

TLDR : UNDP and Exponential Science will open the Government Blockchain Academy to support global public sector innovation efforts in 2025. The Academy will train governments on blockchain, AI, and digital identity to address service delivery challenges. Programs will include online modules, workshops, and mentorship leading to real-world blockchain solution deployments by 2026. The official

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has made strides in increasing access to higher education.  This can be attributed to efforts by the government, businesses, and civil society. Students from historically marginalised backgrounds are enrolling in universities more than ever before. Despite this, graduation rates are still low. Only 29.9% of students who started university in 2016

Education Secretary Linda McMahon, testifying before a House subcommittee on Wednesday, defended a 15.3% leaner budget from last year as part of the department's "final mission...

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has accepted the courtesy resignation of Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) Chairman Prospero De Vera III, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin announced on Thursday. Taking over his post is CHEd commissioner Shirley Agrupis. "As far as I know, although this is not the official reason. CHEd chair[man] De Vera

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid will resume "involuntary collections" on May 5 for federal student loans that are in default...

Officials at the Department of Education told staff that if they accept the Trump administration’s resignation package, the education secretary may cancel it.

Perspectives > Second Opinions — Artificial intelligence should be used differently in training and medical practice by Naga Kanaparthy, MD, MPH December 1, 2024 Kanaparthy is a practicing internal medicine physician specializing in clinical informatics. President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of education, Linda McMahon, will be wrestling with growing uncertainty around education in the

The Paso del Norte Health Information Exchange enables data sharing between 11 regional hospitals and more than 40 outpatient clinics, local primary care practices, laboratories, imaging centers, home health and more in the El Paso, Texas, border region.  The hyperlocal HIE has built a clinical viewer that enables primary care physicians and doctors to access