Yoko Kono While Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar are very different countries, they share recent histories of civil war that has led to the exodus of significant numbers of tertiary-level students. In Nepal, a 2007 peace deal ended 10 years of Maoist insurrection against the…
By Nick Clark, Editor, World Education News & Reviews The demand for an English-medium international school education has been growing at a steady clip over the last 20 years to the point that the sector brought in an estimated US$34.4 billion in 2013, up from…
Nick Clark, Editor, WENR Worldwide, there are in excess of 9,000 schools teaching a curriculum different from that of the host nation; commonly referred to as international schools. According to data maintained by the International Schools Consultancy Group, 6,734 of these schools were teaching fully…
Alejandro Ortiz, WES Research & Advisory Services, Rahul Choudaha, WES Research & Advisory Services As is the case in most developed countries, Canadians are living longer and having fewer children. Currently, Canada’s fertility rate is below the replacement rate of 2.1., which, if not addressed, could place…
Yoko Kono, Li Chang, Research & Advisory Services, WES Public health—an interdisciplinary field incorporating biostatistics, epidemiology, health services administration, health education/behavioral science, and environmental science—is one of the fastest growing and dynamic education sectors today, driven by a shortage of well-trained public health workers. The…