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[Monitor] Mbale High Court has upheld the election of Ms Connie Nakayenze Galiwango as Mbale City Woman Member of Parliament and dismissed, with costs, the election petition filed by Ms Lydia Wanyoto.
\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
Jamaica College students are now breathing a sigh of relief with their adjusted grades after being stumped when earlier Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) results showed that over 90 per cent of them had failed English A. So, too, is...
[AIM] Maputo -- According to the Mozambican health authorities on Saturday, for the second day running, Cabo Delgado, in the far north, was the only province where new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease ran into double figures.
[Daily Trust] A former governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has said stakeholders in the nation's polity should jettison the idea of zoning the presidency to a particular region of the country ahead of the 2023 general polls.
Even as political watchers zero in on August dates for the next general election, Prime Minister Andrew Holness kept his cards close to his chest as he spoke with The Sunday Gleaner a week ago, giving no hint as to when he will summon Jamaicans to the polls.
Weighing in on the matter last week, political commentator Dr Paul Ashley said that with the world’s governments, including Jamaica’s, dealt a terrible hand by COVID-19, the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) would be foolhardy not to name the election date soon.
The island had previously had one general election under a state of emergency – the 1976 polls in the Michael Manley (People’s National Party – PNP) era of 1972-1980.
While he is aware of the increased political tempo in recent weeks, Prime Minister Andrew Holness told The Sunday Gleaner that his administration’s main priority right now is to get the country on a path to economic recovery following the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as he remained coy about the looming general and municipal elections.
They are St Ann North East, which was represented by the late Shahine Robinson; St Andrew East Central, now represented by PNP President and Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips; St Andrew South East, represented by PNP General Secretary Julian Robinson; and St Thomas Eastern, represented by the PNP’s Dr Fenton Ferguson, who will be seeking his seventh-straight term.
After many months of COVID-19 and the strict efforts taken by governments to reduce the spread of the disease, educators and students continue their efforts to adapt to the realities of remote and hybrid learning. Microsoft is committed to continue...
[Nation] Kenya's economy contracted by 0.3 per cent in 2020 compared to a 5 per cent growth in 2019, as it took a hit from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Despite the instability of the market and heightened competition, the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL) is showing a marked turnaround. In its first quarter consolidated financial statement recently published for the period ending March 31, ICBL recorded total comprehensive income of $2.95 million. This represented a significant improvement on the 2020 first-quarter position, when […]
The post ICBL reports strong first quarter appeared first on Barbados Today.
Fortress Fund Managers is boasting of “healthy returns” for the second quarter of 2021 when compared to last year at the height of the COVID- 19 pandemic. In its most recent public disclosure for the period ending June 30, Fortress, which has the largest funds under management on the island, said the performance came from […]
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[Nation] The tourism sector shed more than Sh71 billion in 2020 under the weight of the Covid-19 containment measures, representing a 43.9 per cent decline compared to 2019.
Education Minister Nyan Gadsby-Dolly said there was a decrease in performance in all three subjects in the SEA examinations between 2020 and 2021. She said the effect of student absence from covid19 could not be ignored.
Speaking at the SEA 2021 recognition ceremony on Thursday at the Ministry of Education on St Vincent Street, Port of Spain, Gadsby-Dolly said examination of the mean raw scores for SEA 2021 showed decreases in performance in mathematics by six per cent, English language arts by 4.1 per cent, and writing by 0.8 per cent.
In 2020, the average score in mathematics was 52.9, compared to 46.9 in 2021. In English language arts, the scores were 60.7 and 56.6 respectively, and in writing they were 57 and 56.2.
Also of note was that while 1.4 per cent more students scored over 90 per cent than in 2020, 6.7 per cent more students scored under 30 per cent.
“Though further analysis will be done into the distribution of scores and the performance of students, as is customary, the effect of student absence from the physical classroom over the past 18 months cannot be ignored as a contributing factor to a decline in performance, notwithstanding the mitigation efforts of parents, teachers, administrators, corporate T&T and the Ministry of Education.
“The continued absence from the physical classroom, as predicted, will contribute to a reduction in average student performance as well as a widening of the achievement gap, and not only for SEA 2021. This is part of the global learning loss phenomenon which has been spoken of widely.”
Gadsby-Dolly said the ministry had put a number of measures in place to ensure educational continuity, especially for examination students.
“These included providing over 6,500 devices for teachers to carry out online classes; providing training for teachers in online delivery and other relevant areas for upskilling; reducing the number of test items and specifying the type of writing for the SEA, and providing specimen papers for practice; providing all students of Standard 5 who were identified as not being online with devices and connectivity courtesy Digicel, Bmobile and TATT; providing the opportunity for psychosocial counselling and emotional support online; the procurement of 20,000 devices which have been distributed to all successful applicants of the Means Test; Wifi projects to extend service throughout the school plant in 55 rural primary schools and 134 secondary schools, of which 25 schools have been completed thus far, and continuing; and the procurement of 10,000 mifi devices for distribution which should begin next week.”
In a release, the ministry said that 19,544 children sat the SEA exam this year, 343 more than in 2020.
It said the assessment framework was modified in 2021 in recognition of the difficulties experienced by students and teachers owing to the necessary closure of physical school during the covid19 Pandemic.
“There was a reduction in the number of items in the Mathematics and English Language Arts assessments and the type of wri
Jamaica’s employed labour force suffered a six per cent decline at the end of July in comparison with July 2019, according to the latest data from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) Labour Force Survey (LFS). At as July 2020, there were...
[New Times] The report says that water losses are mainly due to leakages, illegal connections, road construction, metering inaccuracies, meter bursts, meter blocks, natural disasters and stealing water by moving meters.
Mark Golding, People’s National Party (PNP) presidential aspirant, has indicated that his first order of business if he is elected as president is to unify the party regardless of the views held previously by Comrades. His comments came yesterday...
[Nation] The teachers' employer has defended its non-monetary counteroffer to the unions, saying it is the only deal they can afford in the prevailing economic situation.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A ‘fix’ is reportedly on the way for almost 300 students of Jamaica College (JC), a local elite all-boys institution, who were left shocked after learning that more than 90 per cent of them failed the July 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) English language exam.
The article CXC failure sparks probe at Jamaican schools - Only 6% at JC pass English; 0% at Penwood appeared first on Stabroek News.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) - Former India batsman Gautam Gambhir feels Virat Kohli should be replaced as captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore after the team ended yet another Indian Premier League campaign without the trophy.
The article Gambhir calls for Kohli’s removal as RCB captain appeared first on Stabroek News.
\tEven as political watchers zero in on August dates for the next general election, Prime Minister Andrew Holness kept his cards close to his chest as he spoke with The Sunday Gleaner a week ago, giving no hint as to when he will summon Jamaicans to...
The new infections are from 6,434 samples conducted in the last 24 hours, which now puts Kenya’s positivity rate at 7.9 per cent.
