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ICT in Bhutanese Education System

9 November 2016
Integration and use of ICT in the Kingdom of Bhutan’s educational system started way before the year 2000. iSherig is the Education ICT Master Plan for the Kingdom of Bhutan that aims to harness the power of ICT as an enabling tool in teaching and learning.

ICT in Education in Nepal: Policies and Programs

9 November 2016
The ICT in Education Master Plan (2013) and the Teacher Competency Framework (2016) are some of Nepal’s policy provisions on ICT in education. Strategic interventions on improving the quality of ICT education in Nepal are indicated in the ICT in School Sector Development Plan (2016-2023).

Mindfulness

3 November 2016
Mindfulness involves training people’s attention to experience the present moment with greater curiosity and kindness. This helps them to not only appreciate what is going well but to respond more skillfully in the here and now to life’s inevitable challenges.

How Mindfulness Can Help You and the Organization

3 November 2016
British School Manila (BSM)'s Chris Jones and Athena Douglas explain how they are introducing mindfulness to the BSM community. Through mindfulness exercises, they demonstrate how mindfulness can benefit individuals and institutions collectively. This short video highlights key moments on Insight…

How Mindfulness Can Help You and the Organization

3 November 2016
British School Manila (BSM)'s Chris Jones and Athena Douglas explain how they are introducing mindfulness to the BSM community. Through mindfulness exercises, they demonstrate how mindfulness can benefit individuals and institutions collectively. This video covers the full session of Insight…

Research and Development and its Role for Digital Learning to Address Education Quality, Equity, and Efficiency

28 October 2016
While most research programs on digital learning for development are aligned with global education agendas, various gaps still exist. Addressing these gaps is the key for digital learning development research to fulfill the pivotal role of enhancing equity and quality and improving efficiency.

Financing for Sustainable Urbanization

27 October 2016
Mobilizing funds to suport sustainable urbanization remains a big challenge in Asia. Specifically, the biggest challenge is boosting investments on urban development while ensuring sustainable and inclusive growth. This presentation looks into the urban infrastructure needs in the region and shares…

Bulgaria: Tax Reform

25 October 2016
As Bulgaria’s tax system deters foreign investors and citizen-taxpayers alike, the need for change is enormous. The Bulgarian government decided to unify and modernize its tax collection facilities by combining the revenue-collection function and the General Tax Directorate into a new, single tax…

Orissa, India: Public Enterprise Reform

25 October 2016
Financial and public enterprise challenges in Orissa, one of India’s poorer states, posed great concern at the start of the new millennium. A chaotic political machine is inherited by the newly-installed state official. Yet the new chief minister, together with some civil servants, championed…

Understanding Education Entertainment in Development

12 October 2016
Entertainment education, also called edutainment or enter-educate, is the use of entertainment genres to communicate development messages. Edutainment approaches are effective because social messages are set in more practical, day-to-day situations from which audiences can find meaning for everyday…