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Eje Agalar, a sophomore at Weinberg College, goes to bed at 3 a.m. and wakes up around noon.  The native of Istanbul spends most of her time studying online, but her course is taught in a US time zone. Consequently, the difference in time between Turkey and the US turned her from a morning person into a night owl.

Due to the new wave of the coronavirus pandemic, many schools in  European Union countries have not opened in the new year.

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University spokesman Rajeev Gupta said that the university is preparing for the phased opening of offline classes.

More than 3,500 students from Loughborough University have signed a petition calling for the partial refund of their tuition fees. They claim that due to the transfer of classes into online space, their education quality has significantly decreased.

TABIS is designed to teach students who find it difficult to cope with the school environment and social adaptation.  Its Director, Pia Marker, told Financial Express Online about the challenges educators are faced with during the Covid19 pandemic.

A new Wealth-X report revealed which universities had the most graduates with successful careers and high earnings.

Certified online courses completely replace classical university education. According to experts, some of them may even compete with degrees from Indian universities.

Alibaba, Tiger Global Management, Softbank Vision Fund, FountainVest Partners, and Sequoia Capital China have invested $1.6 billion in Chinese start-up Zuoyebang.  The company offers distance learning for school children.

Classes will be held online until the end of the semester.

Maxim Spiridonov, the CEO of Netology, one of the largest EdTech companies, said in his statement that education will have to adapt to the new environment and develop original approaches to education and create special platforms to broadcast lessons.

The extension of the distance learning format in schools in the Novosibirsk region has led to increased teacher workload, according to Deputy Governor Irina Manuilova.

In December 2020, rural Indian teacher, Ranjit Disali, won the honorary title of “Teacher of the Year”.

In recent years, India has been actively developing the distant learning market for IT specialists. The world's largest investors, including the one and only Mark Zuckerberg, began to invest in Indian projects. 

The Japanese government has announced the launch of the GIGA project to purchase computers for remote learning.

Due to the Covid19 pandemic, many schools were forced to switch to remote learning. Nevertheless, the reality is that not everyone has successfully succeeded in this endeavour because of a lack of hardware and an unreliable Internet connection.

The world-renowned company Google has begun an active partnership with the Indian state of Maharashtra to create an accessible digital classroom platform for millions of students.

With the support of the Ministry of Education, China is launching two new online educational platforms: XuetangX and iCourse International.

Taking into the account the second wave of the pandemic, Germany is in no hurry to return to the traditional learning format.

According to a recent poll, more than 80% of parents in Italy support the government’s decision to reopen schools for the new school year. 

In New York, a student was arrested for violating the self-isolation regime. Despite the distance learning format having been introduced into all educational facilities, the student attended school to protest against the new rules.  

The coronavirus pandemic has had an especially hard impact on the development of Central Asian countries, where young people make up almost 50% of the population.

Laura McInerney, a teacher from the UK, has reported a human rights breach.

During her interview, Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel spoke about the priorities of the state after the end of the coronavirus pandemic.