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Indonesian students among winners of World Robot Olympiad

The team created a model robot called ZOID.

4 years ago
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Transgender pupil's suicide unites France school

A school in northern France on Friday paid tribute to a 17-year-old transgender pupil who killed herself earlier in the week, with pupils calling for greater tolerance from officials. ...

4 years ago
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Apple Developer Academy in Indonesia holds graduation with virtual event

The students had to adapt to virtual lessons and collaborated with each other over distance. ...

4 years ago

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Youthmanual offers future planning to senior high school students

Deciding what to do with your future after high school can be challenging, especially if you are not sure of your potential or still have no clue what your interests are. Fortunately, in this digital era, inspiration can easily be found online, including for such matters.

8 years ago
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Eco Music Camp 2016 calls on youth to protect the environment through music

Eco Music Camp 2016 is on again. Running from Thursday until Sunday, this year the event has shifted place to the Halimun-Salak Mountain National Forest in Bogor, West Java .

9 years ago
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Homeschooling gives children motivation, become more creative: Psychologist

As an alternative to formal education, homeschooling indeed has its perks.

9 years ago
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National Spelling Bee ends in its unlikeliest tie to date

If not for his high-pitched voice, there would be no way to peg Nihar Janga as the youngest-ever winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

9 years ago
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High-tech steps to curb cheating in college entrance exam

High-tech measures, such as face recognition and fingerprint verification systems, will be used for the first time in many places for this year's gaokao, or national college entrance exam, which will start within a fortnight, China News Service reported on Wednesday.

9 years ago
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The Avengers heed call to visit teen battling cancer

Each night, 18-year-old Ryan Wilcox sleeps under a portrait of himself dressed as Captain America — the pinnacle of human strength and endurance.

9 years ago
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China has 1 in 5 of all college students in the world: Report

In 1949 when the People's Republic of China was founded, only 117,000 students were attending colleges or universities. But the number soared to 37 million in 2015 - the world's largest student population.

9 years ago
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Refugees and scholars: Colleges offer war-torn a route to US

Colleges in the U.S. are opening their doors — and their financial aid — to Syrian refugees.

9 years ago
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12-year-old California student ready to start university

A 12-year-old Sacramento student who already has three community college degrees and has been accepted to two University of California campuses says he plans on studying biomedical engineering and becoming a doctor and medical researcher by the time he turns 18.

9 years ago
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Scouts movement invites students and families to join in social volunteering

A social volunteering program named "Time Please!" is set to be held by Gerakan Pramuka (Indonesian Scouts Movement) in collaboration with The Walt Disney Company.

9 years ago
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Govt calls on Rolls-Royce to open aeroengine polytechnics in Indonesia

British aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has been challenged to establish polytechnic training institutions in Indonesia that will be able to train a local workforce for the aero-engine industry.

9 years ago
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10 maestros join program to share knowledge with students

A program that allows students to learn from the country's maestros has been launched by the Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Ministry.

9 years ago
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Iraq shuts down internet to prevent exam cheating

In an effort to prevent sixth graders from cheating in national exams, the Iraqi government cut off internet to the entire nation from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. on May 14, 15 and 16, internet performance company Dyn Research has reported.

9 years ago
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Girls outperform boys in test of tech-engineering literacy

Eighth-grade girls are not only as skilled as boys at thinking through problems and using technology to solve them, they may even be a little better, a study released Tuesday suggests.

9 years ago
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Australian mother starts petition so daughter can wear pants to school

“We’ve had a win!” said Simone Cariss following news that her daughter, a grade-one student named Asha, would be allowed to wear pants for her uniform at a Catholic school in Melbourne, Australia.

9 years ago
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Verstappen becomes youngest F1 winner after Mercedes crash

Dutch teenager Max Verstappen stunned Formula One with victory at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, taking advantage of a crash by Mercedes teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg to become the sport's youngest winner only a few days after being promoted by his team Red Bull.

9 years ago
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French teen's streamed suicide on Periscope leads to inquiry

French authorities have opened an investigation after a teenager allegedly live-streamed video of her suicide on the popular app Periscope.

9 years ago
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High-tech devices take cheating to new level in Thai schools

Glasses with embedded cameras and smartwatches with stored information seem like regular spy equipment for the likes of James Bond, but for three students applying to medical school in Thailand, they were high-technology cheating devices.

9 years ago
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Padjadjaran, Brawijaya favorite public universities

Bandung, Malang and Semarang are home to the favorite public universities in Indonesia based on the number of students sitting entry exams.

9 years ago
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Confessions of a male victim of relationship abuse

When most people think of abuse, their mind directly moves to domestic abuse, or the act of physically hurting your partner in a relationship.

9 years ago
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Martial art 'Silat Beksi' to be included in Tangerang school curriculum

Indonesian traditional martial art Silat Beksi is set to be included in the school curriculum in Tangerang as local content.

9 years ago
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Indonesian children’s life goals too 'formal': Civil servant

Most Indonesian children have life goals that are too formal, with few aiming for happy and fulfilled lives, according to the Education and Cultural Ministry's culture director-general, Hilmar Farid.

9 years ago
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Marketing Perth as a university city

Collier stated that the number of Indonesian students was in decline, having reached the lowest level in 10 years. While there are direct flights from Jakarta to Perth, the region is overlooked with Eastern cities like Melbourne or Sydney.

9 years ago
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Princess Charlotte rakes in the gifts on her 1st birthday

She may be too young to appreciate it, but Britain's Princess Charlotte has received an extraordinary array of birthday gifts.

9 years ago
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IndonesiaX provides free online courses from HarvardX

IndonesiaX, a massive open online course platform, has launched an online course in which materials are developed by HarvardX.  

9 years ago
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Kate's new photos of Princess Charlotte mark 1st birthday

Kensington Palace officials have released new photos of Princess Charlotte ahead of her first birthday.

9 years ago
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Indonesian students win awards at 2016 ICYS

Wilbert Osmond (Chandra Kusuma High School, Medan) was awarded a gold medal in the computer science category for his research paper entitled Chaotic Boolean Networks (CBN-01) Encryption. 

9 years ago
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Sumatran rhino: Finding hope in the verge of obsolescence

Some great news shook the whole world as the International Rhino Foundation announced that Ratu — which means queen in Indonesian — was pregnant with her second calf and was scheduled to give birth soon in the first week of May.

9 years ago
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Disney to release Jungle Book, Maleficent sequels

Fans of Disney's recent release The Jungle Book, and Maleficent, will have something to look forward to as the studio has announced sequels for both films.

9 years ago
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