Kenya: Why the Push to Overhaul Teacher Training in Kenya Is a Bad Idea

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Kenya: Why the Push to Overhaul Teacher Training in Kenya Is a Bad Idea

[The Conversation Africa] Kenya is in the fourth year of implementing a new competence-based curriculum for all levels of schooling. The new curriculum seeks to develop student competencies including mastery of content, critical thinking and complex problem-solving.

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Kiwanis Club of West St Andrew Vice-President Paula Smith (left) hands over central processing units (CPUs) to Sandra Clarke, principal of Rest Primary and Infant School, in Milk River, Clarendon, recently. The charity donated CPUs, mouses and keyboards, along with five laptops, to the educational

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Family of Black Doctors Has Social Media Buzzing By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Dr. Herbert Oye is a Board Certified Endovascular and Vascular Surgeon, specializing in invasive and non-invasive treatment of vascular diseases. Dr. Oye received his medical

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Rwanda: Why MPs Want More Incentives for Teachers

Some members of parliament recently suggested the idea of government rolling out special incentives for teachers to help uplift their welfare, which, they say will go a long way in boosting the quality of education in the

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Illinois State University Announces New Scholarship for CPS Graduates. | Chicago Defender

Scholarship money has opened up for students in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) who plan to return to their communities as teachers. Illinois State University announced CPS students who join the Teach Chicago Tomorrow Pathways Partnership program and enroll at Illinois State will be awarded a $3,000

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Pupils in protest over choice of food served at Gauteng school for the hearing-impaired | News24

Pupils from Katlehong School for the Deaf in Gauteng took to the street to demonstrate their frustration over food served at the institution.

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Quality of Public Education During the Pandemic Expressed by Black Parents and Students. - New Orleans Data News Weekly

Data News Weekly Contributor Roughly a year in, students of New Orleans had to adjust to online learning for most of their time in school. Around January 4, 2021, majority of the public schools in

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JTA welcomes resumption plan for schools

THE Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) says the Government has taken the only option it could at this point in the COVID-19 pandemic to formally reopen the school system on October 5, but instead of physical reopening as was initially being planned.

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Angola: Ministry of Education Assesses Distance Learning Efficiency

Luanda — The upgrade of the TV and radio classes in the primary and first cycle (7th to 9th grade) education system were analyzed last Tuesday, in Luanda, at a meeting between the minister of Education, Luísa Grilo, and coordinators of the

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DeKalb Schools set to present plan for reopening schools in the fall

The DeKalb County School District will continue preparing its road map for bringing students and teachers back to classrooms for the upcoming school year, district officials said after state officials announced guidance for K-12 school

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Kenya: TSC Backs Down on Plan to Kill Bachelor of Education Degree

[Nation] The Teachers Service Commission appears to have backed down from its earlier recommendation to scrap the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) degree programme from September this year.

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Pietermaritzburg schools shut down by protesters demanding water

On Monday angry residents also blockaded the entrance to Bhekuximba Secondary for hours, preventing the delivery of water.

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Oppression of the National Grade Six Assessment continues

In the dysfunction of Guyana where ‘all parties’ go one day to fight Venezuela, and then another day to fight with each other the oppression of the National Grade Six Assessment

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Going back to school after the lockdown - Voice Online

SINCE THE Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown started in March there has been a complete change in... The post Going back to school after the lockdown appeared first on Voice Online.

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DeKalb Schools set to present plan for reopening schools in the fall - Atlanta Tribune

By Marlon A. Walker The DeKalb County School District will continue preparing its road map for bringing students and teachers back to classrooms for the upcoming school year, district officials said after state officials announced guidance for K-12 school systems. The plan, which will be presented

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400,000 may be in cyber limbo - Online deficit could leave students behind

Hundreds of thousands of Jamaican students may be unable to tap into online learning because of inaccessibility to computers at home as the academic year gets under way today, Education Minister Fayval Williams has said. The yawning vacuum in...

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Commentary: Bill would close an intolerable loophole for schools | Black Voice News

Restrictions were lifted on some forms of state school aid, dubbed “categoricals,” thus giving local school districts more flexibility in spending, and they also were given extra money specifically to help underachieving children catch

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252 school dropouts in Tobago, Support Unit intervenes - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Since the start of the virtual curriculum in September 2020 to reduce the spread of covid19, a total of 252 primary and secondary school students are presumed to have dropped out of the education system in Tobago. In giving the statistics on Wednesday at the post executive council news confere

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Platooning proposals: Length of school day could be halved for learners

'Platooning' could be used to bring students back into a safer educational environment - even if it means they get a shorter school day out of it.

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Barber-Scotia College [Concord] (1867-)

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US debates school reopening, WHO warns 'no return to normal' : TheGrio

MIAMI (AP) — The resurgence of the coronavirus in the United States ignited fierce debate Monday about whether to reopen... View Article The post US debates school reopening, WHO warns ‘no return to normal’ appeared first on TheGrio.

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Gov't urged to show seriousness by ratifying ILO convention

Veteran trade unionist Danny Roberts has called on the Government to swiftly ratify the International Labour Organization (ILO) convention to end violence and harassment in the workplace, as a further demonstration of Jamaica's commitment to the global anti-sexual harassment

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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents (1950)

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Georgia budget gap passes $850 million as revenues again lag | The Atlanta Voice

With a month left in the current budget year, Georgia’s shortfall widened to more than $850 million in May. Figures released Monday showed less of a decrease for May collections than in April, when revenues fell by more than $1 billion because the income tax deadline was postponed to July. But

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House team calls on TSC, Knut to end wrangles

Parliament has asked the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) and the tutor’s employer to consider withdrawing legal suits against each other to end their long-standing dispute.

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Angola: Government Reaffirms Inclusion Policies for People With Special Needs

[ANGOP] Huambo -- The Secretary of State for Pre-school and Primary Education, Pacheco Francisco, reaffirmed Tuesday in Huambo, the Angolan government's commitment to include people with special needs in its policies.

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FEEL GOOD | Miss, the dogs ate my homework - for real! | News24

The classic 'the dogs ate my homework' excuse became a reality for a Bryanston Primary School pupil in a bizarre series of domestic disasters that started with an innocent glass of Milo.

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We cannot rule out arrests, says Limpopo SAHRC head after hearings on bullying, sexual abuse | News24

The SA Human Rights Commission hearings in Limpopo ended this week with fingers being pointed at failures in the education system when it comes to bullying, sexual relations with teachers and corporal punishment in schools.

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