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China Clears Professional-Degree Graduates to Apply With Practice Outcomes Instead of Theses
China's academic degrees office will let professional-degree master's and doctoral students earn their degrees through assessed practice outcomes, beginning with translation, agriculture, clinical medicine, accounting and fine arts.
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10/20/2026, 6:30:00 PM
Singapore to Pilot Smaller Classes in Six Schools From January 2027
Singapore's education ministry will test smaller class sizes, lighter non-teaching duties and a new AI-enabled Teacher Workspace platform in six schools from January 2027, framing class size as part of a broader redesign of how teachers work.
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10/20/2026, 5:00:00 PM
GEMS Education Unveils GR8 School, Pairing AI Study With Teacher Mentors
The Dubai-based K-12 group will soft-launch a school-within-a-school in January 2027 that replaces fixed timetables with AI-paced academics, 90 minutes to two hours of teacher-led sessions and two to three hours of enrichment.
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10/16/2026, 5:00:00 PM
China Report: 97.9% of Primary Pupils Have Heard of AI, but 56.4% Were Never Taught to Use It
A Beijing report on youth AI literacy finds near-universal awareness and heavy daily use among primary pupils, alongside weak judgement skills and a marked turn toward AI as an emotional companion.
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10/15/2026, 8:00:00 PM
Geely Adds Hainan Education Services Unit as Its Talent Arm Widens Scope
A new Geely-owned company registered in Hainan adds education testing, consulting, training and overseas-study services to the automaker's fast-growing education portfolio.
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10/15/2026, 6:30:00 PM
Hunan Sets Floor of Eight AI Class Hours a Year Starting Fall 2026
Hunan's education department orders every primary and secondary school in the province to teach AI from the fall 2026 semester, with binding minimum hours, staged curricula and new teacher incentives.
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10/15/2026, 5:00:00 PM
Arivihan Raises US$10M as 80% of Its Users Come From Rural and Tier-3 India
Indian AI tutoring platform Arivihan has closed a US$10 million Series A co-led by Prosus Ventures and Accel, taking total funding past US$15 million. Eighty per cent of its subscribers come from tier-3 cities and rural areas, and it teaches in six langua
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10/14/2026, 5:00:00 PM
China's Ministry of Education Launches Upgraded Teacher Development Center With AI Literacy Training
China's Ministry of Education held an AI-empowered teacher development conference in Beijing on October 10, relaunching the national smart education platform's Teacher Development Center and starting full-coverage AI literacy training for teachers.
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10/13/2026, 6:30:00 PM
Tencent to Shut Down Yuanqi AI Agent Platform on November 9
Tencent will discontinue Yuanqi, its no-code AI agent creation and distribution platform, citing business adjustments. New agent creation stops on October 29, the platform closes on November 9, and user data will be deleted from January 9, 2027.
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10/13/2026, 5:00:00 PM
Eight Language-Learning Startups Raised US$202M in 2026 — Here Is How They Use AI
Even in a weak funding market, eight language-learning companies from seven countries have closed rounds so far in 2026, with five disclosing amounts totalling US$202 million. The sector is splitting into two camps: AI as a tutor’s assistant, and AI conve
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10/11/2026, 6:30:00 PM
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