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Education sector under siege: Artuz
BY SILAS NKALA THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) says the education sector is under siege as government insists on frustrating teachers through poor salaries and unsafe working conditions. The remarks came at a time various teachers’ unions have complained over their
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
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Shannon Harris Officially Begins Tenure as Antilles Head of School
While Antilles was founded in 1950 with Deborah Finch at the helm, Shannon is one of the few women – and the first person of color – to hold this position in the school’s 70-year history.
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South Africa: 'I Am Forced to Watch Other Learners Eat'
Simon (not real name) is an 18 year old Grade 12 learner at a school in
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HISD faces teacher shortage amid COVID-19; seeking to hire 275 teachers - DefenderNetwork.com
As administrators prepare for the start of the new school year, the Houston Independent School District said it still needs to hire roughly 275 teachers. As of Wednesday night, the district had more than 360 certified teacher jobs posted online. However, Janie Ruiz, HISD’s general manager of talent
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Rwanda: Kagame, Suluhu Tour Kigali's Special Economic Zone
[New Times] President Paul Kagame alongside his visiting counterpart President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania on Tuesday, August 3, visited different factories at the Kigali Special Economic Zone.
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We won’t tolerate union-busting, Speid warns Mona High principal
Outspoken president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Owen Speid and principal, Keven Jones, are embroiled in a war of wills, with the school administrator accused of
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DC Educator Fights Teacher Burnout – The Wilmington Journal
School districts are having an increasingly hard time keeping their talented young teachers in the profession because of burnout at an early age. Teresa Lasley, a Washington, D.C. high school teacher, was facing that crisis [...]
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'Let's clap, cheer and celebrate each other,' says superstar headteacher Evelyn Forde - Voice Online
EVELYN FORDE MBE, who won the Times Education Supplement (TES) Headteacher of the Year Award... The post 'Let's clap, cheer and celebrate each other,' says superstar headteacher Evelyn Forde appeared first on Voice Online.
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Uganda: Parliament Petitions Government for Recovery Plan of Private Schools
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- Parliament has urged government to come up with a plan to support private schools that have suffered financial loss due to the prolonged closure. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, government closed education institutions in March 2020, partially opened up in
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South Africa: 'We Do Not Have Enough Food'
The family have been running out of food since the school feeding scheme was
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South Sudan to Woo Oil Prospectors in Energy Conference
[East African] South Sudan will be holding a two-day National Energy Conference on June 29 and 30 to showcase its seismic data from the 14 newly discovered oil blocks to potential prospectors.
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Teachers wary of new laws limiting instruction on race - Los Angeles Sentinel
 As middle school teacher Brittany Paschall assembled a lesson plan on the history of the Negro Baseball Leagues, she wondered how she might have to go about it differently next year under a new Tennessee state law that prohibits teaching certain concepts of race and
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Education ministry, teachers’ union hold talks ahead of reopening of schools - Stabroek News
The best practices to ensure safety during teaching is the biggest concern of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Education Minister Priya Manickchand believes following a recent engagement ahead of tomorrow’s reopening of public
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Shannon Harris Officially Begins Tenure as Antilles Head of School
While Antilles was founded in 1950 with Deborah Finch at the helm, Shannon is one of the few women – and the first person of color – to hold this position in the school’s 70-year history.
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PTUZ mobilises for boycott of exams invigilation - NewsDay Zimbabwe
A COMBATIVE teachers’ union has psyched up the educators to boycott invigilating the June examinations until government complies with a High Court ruling ordering it to equip schools with facilities to prevent the spread of COVID-19. By Brenna Matendere The “O” and “A” Level Zimbabwe Schools
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Retired educator Jacqueline Adams becomes a lawyer: 'I knew I could do it!' - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
“If you want to do something, just do it. It does not matter where you come from: your dreams are important. It is also very important to imagine your best self and show up as that person.” That was the advice of Jacqueline Adams, who was admitted to the bar on July 23 at the age of 70. “It
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Zimbabwe: Socialite Ginimbi Dies
[The Herald] Socialite Genius Kadungure popularly known as Ginimbi has died.
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East principals satisfied with SEA results - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Primary school principals from east Trinidad said despite all the challenges of the covid19 virus, they are proud and satisfied with the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) results of their students. Moments before distributing SEA results to parents and children at their schools, some princip
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Uganda: Government Sets Terms for Schools Reopening
[Monitor] Eighteen months since the outbreak of Covid-19 in Uganda, the country's schools remain largely closed, trapping at home some 15 million learners and leaving parents in a dilemma.
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WhatsApp helps keep parents, teachers, learners connected during lockdown
South African learners, teachers and parents are relying heavily on WhatsApp to help keep everyone in touch over lockdown.
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Uganda: Expert Tips On Living With COVID-19 After Lockdown
Dr Monica Musenero, a presidential advisor on epidemiology, told Daily Monitor yesterday that the public must observe a four-metre social distancing, hand hygiene, appropriate mask use and isolation of the sick in order to cope living with the
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Racial Equity in Journalism Fund awards $3.6M to news organizations led by and serving communities of color – Jackson Advocate
The Racial Equity in Journalism (REJ) Fund at Borealis Philanthropy has awarded $3.6 million in grants to 28 news organizations serving communities of color across the country.
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Government urged to consider total shutdown of schools
More learners will return to the classroom on Monday, as government continues its phased reopening of schools.
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Haiti racing to rebuild schools destroyed in earthquake - Barbados Today
SOURCE: AFP – Haiti is struggling to send children back to class amid the devastation of the earthquake last month that killed more than 2,200 people and destroyed tens of thousands of buildings, including many schools. It is a logistical and humanitarian challenge in the disaster-prone country
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St Thomas schools battling mental, tech concerns
Pointing out that depression among her teachers forced her to abandon a meeting agenda this week, one St Thomas principal is concerned that there is reportedly no budget to retain the school’s guidance counsellor. With the pandemic forcing schools...
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Walton-funded report finds disparities in teacher certification - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… do. There are benefits for African American students when they attend classes … led by African American teachers. One study mentioned in … the report found that African American students with an African American teacher in kindergarten …
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Rwanda: Govt to Recruit 580 Nursery Teachers
[New Times] The number of teachers in pre-primary schools is set to be increased from the current 33 to 613 in this fiscal year, according to the ministry of education.
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Somalia: Police Nab One More Gang Rape Suspect in Galmudug
[Dalsan Radio] The Somali police in Adado town say they have arrested a suspect in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a 19-year-old who was thrown from a building in Mogadishu's Waberi district on Friday night.
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