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Anuradha Sankaran has always been passionate about education. As a child in India, her parents sent her to boarding school because they wanted her to have a good education.
Read the original →A research team from the University of Education, Hue University, developed VietSpeak AI, a multimodal AI system to support training and assessment of primary students' speaking and listening skills. It won first prize at the 16th Hue City Technical Innovation Competition in 2026. The solution aims to help teachers assess students more effectively and create more opportunities for them to practice.
Read the original →A research team at the Hue University of Education developed VietSpeak AI, a multimodal AI system for training and assessing primary pupils' speaking and listening skills. The solution won the top prize at the 16th Hue City Technology Innovation Contest in 2026. It aims to help teachers assess pupils more effectively and give pupils more chances to practice.
Read the original →Nifty surveyed 2,236 students, mainly elementary and junior high school pupils, about friends and groups, and released results on October 15. Of respondents, 84.5% said they have worried about friendships.
Read the original →St. John's University students teach Brooklyn high schoolers how to use AI ethically for learning, research and career preparation.
Read the original →According to the cram school Eiko Seminar in Tokyo, entrance exams in recent years include more questions on philosophical themes. Generative AI has become familiar and answers to many questions are available instantly.
Read the original →The company notes that access to preparation and corrective instruction for written math answers depends heavily on where students live and their family's finances. The app aims to ease applicants' anxiety and support their daily study.
Read the original →Mizuho Financial Group announced on the 15th a full-scale reskilling program to turn employees in sales and clerical roles into AI developers, aiming for several thousand within 10 years. A trial began in June, in which five employees completed training and took AI development roles. Training for about 20 volunteers will start in November and expand in stages.
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