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Eleven days later, (white) employees of the Jackson, Miss., police and the Mississippi Highway Patrol opened fire on a protest outside a women's dormitory at historically black Jackson State College (now
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Zimbabwe: 600 Laptops Handed Over to Colleges
[The Herald] The first batch of 600 of the 1 200 laptops bought by Government to support e-learning at polytechnics, teachers' colleges and industrial training centres countrywide were handed over yesterday.
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Watch How COVID-19 Changed the College Experience for Students: ‘Nobody Wants Their Senior Year to End Like This’
The COVID-19 pandemic changed life overnight for millions of college students. Starting in March,colleges and universities closed their campuses to protect students, faculty and staff []
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Latest cyberattack on health care system has Illinois hospitals on edge
Hospital corridor. Helovi/Canva Hospital systems in Illinois and around the country continue to be attacked by cyber criminals.  According to the Institute for Security and Technology, about 300 hospitals have suffered ransomware attacks this year alone. Cyber experts say hackers typically see
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Bracelet tracking coming
THE Amber Group, after dipping into its coffers for millions of dollars to establish the jamcovid19 website and mobile app, has turned its attention to developing technology to help with monitoring the increased number of people expected to be home quarantined with the recent opening of the
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COVID-19 takes away excitement in release of PEP results
SCHOOLYARDS across the Corporate Area yesterday were a stark contrast to previous years when excitement among primary school students would be at fever pitch over their secondary school placement
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How Online Education Boomed During the Pandemic
The COVID-19 put the entire world in a state of temporal dormancy. Each industry is on hold except for the industries operating online. However, when it comes to online education, it seems that it is pretty resilient to the outbreak of the coronavirus. While schools are shut down all over the
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Chuck Todd: Trump is ‘more reliant on outside events’ to sell his message than Biden
With former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s exit from the race, the general election is set to be a rematch between President Biden and former President Donald Trump. Chuck Todd joins Andrea, Ana, and Jose to break down the results and discuss what they will mean for the race going forward. “Trump is
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Uganda: Nursing Schools Need More Regulation
[Monitor] Globally, nurses and midwives are the backbone of every healthcare system and spend most of their time with the patients.
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U.S. Virgin Islands Students Return To A Virtual Classroom On January 10
CHRISTIANSTED — During the Government House weekly press briefing today, Governor Albert Bryan announced he is postponing the resumption of in-person learning for public school students until January 24 while he waits to see whether the exponential spreading of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19
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Alabama State pulls away from Alabama A&M, 31-16 in 82nd Magic City Classic
Andrew Hammond | ahammond@al.com The 2023 edition of the Magic City Classic, much like the 2022 version, once again came down to a few pivotal plays, only this time things were decided much earlier. Alabama State used key plays at the end of the first half and the beginning of the second half to
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Rust College [Holly Springs] (1866- )
Rust College was founded in 1866 by the Freeman’s Aid Society’s missionaries of the Methodist Episcopal Church with the goal of providing basic education for adults and children who had formerly been enslaved. Located outside Holly Springs, Mississippi, the College is currently affiliated with the
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Some NYC students randomly tested for COVID-19 without parents’ consent – National News – The Black Chronicle
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Teachers' college students, fearing COVID-19, oppose face-to-face exams
STUDENTS at some teachers' colleges across the island have launched an online petition against a decision to have them sit examinations face-to face for the new academic year in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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CXC extends deadline for SBAs
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has granted an extension for the submission of School-based Assessments (SBAs) for some students in Jamaica who will sit the June/July 2021 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations....
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Timotheos Foundation 'fights' Patricia Kaliati over expenditure reports’ directive
Timotheos Foundation, a local charity, is reportedly planning to hold demonstrations against the Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati, who ordered the Foundation to submit expenditure reports for 2011 to 2021 or risk closure. Kaliati ordered the
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Summer school on!
THE education ministry has warned schools that there must be strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols to prevent the spread of the virus, as some institutions started summer schools yesterday.
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So far, student turnout for Easter term lower than previous term - Manickchand - Stabroek News
Minister of Education Priya Manickchand yesterday said that her ministry will know the true extent of the effects of the novel coronavirus on the education system after CAPE and CSEC registration as she disclosed that the number of students present for the Easter term is less than that of the
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Texas students' standardized test scores dropped dramatically during the pandemic - DefenderNetwork.com
The COVID-19 pandemic appeared to undo years of improvement for Texas students meeting grade requirements in reading and math, with students who did most of their schooling remotely suffering 'significant declines' compared to those who attended in person, according to
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Abducted schoolboys released
KANKARA, Nigeria (AFP) - Schoolboys who were abducted in north-west Nigeria were released yesterday, a presidential aide said, although it remained unclear how many.'The abducted students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara have been rescued, the Katsina State Government has
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HBCUs: From inclusion to empowerment — a catalyst for change
… African American engineers, 50 percent of African American lawyers, 80 percent of African American … judges and 70 percent of African American … of African Americans. … accepts, African American achievement, …
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Students staged a sit-in demonstration near the entrances to Wits University, protesting against the institution blocking students with debt from registering.
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We Must Take the 2024 Local Election Seriously – The Courier News
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 The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC®) has welcomed another partner into the fold with the Thursday, 17 June 2021 signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Western Illinois University (WIU). Due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions, this signing was held virtually and broadcast online on
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Schools confront 'off the rails' numbers of failing grades - DefenderNetwork.com
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Cameroon: Student Creates App to Ease Knowledge Exchange
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