Education ministry exploring opening more schools

School leaders to receive training to manage institutions remotely

(JIS): School leaders across Jamaica are to participate in a Virtual Instructional Leadership (VIL) online course to equip them with the skills and competencies to effectively manage institutions

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Mother makes online learning work with a single device

PORUS, Manchester: When Acia Wills gets her children ready for their online classes in the morning, nothing is left up to chance. It has to be a well-thought-out, strategic move, or everything goes downhill. The working mother of six children, with...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Trinidad: Education Minister concerned about video of liming children - Stabroek News

(Trinidad Guardian) A video of underaged children who appeared to be drinking alcohol during school hours has caught the attention of Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly. The article Trinidad: Education Minister concerned about video of liming children appeared first on Stabroek News.

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PATH students plus 100,000 others to get devices

THE Ministry of Education, Youth and Information last Thursday officially launched its 'One Laptop or Tablet Per Child' initiative, which is designed to promote inclusivity in the education sector.It aims to provide needy students with the requisite tools to function in the online teaching and

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Trinidad: Taxes removed from laptops, tablets - Stabroek News

(Trinidad Express) PARENTS who could not afford a computer device for their children to participate in virtual learning may now be in a better position to do so, as all taxes on laptops, notebook computers and tablets have been

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Rwanda: Mineduc Announces When Second Cohort of Boarding Students Will Return to School

[New Times] The Ministry of Education (Mineduc) on Saturday, November 7, announced dates at which the second cohort of students will return to their respective boarding schools.

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Hair we go again - J’cans question ruling on 7-y-o dreadlocked student in Marley land

“Really?” That was the reaction from the seven-year-old Kensington Primary School student after learning that her constitutional rights were not breached when the school refused her access because of her dreadlocks, two years ago. The ruling was...

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Uganda: Museveni Orders Taskforce to Consider Opening Schools

[Monitor] President Museveni has directed the Covid-19 National Taskforce to discuss reopening of schools across the country in a phased manner starting with candidate classes.

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Rwanda: Private Varsities Threaten to Lay Off Workers

The Government has since challenged private learning institutions to diversify their revenue streams and told them they could benefit from a $200-million (about Rwf186 billion) relief fund designed to help the private sector recover from Covid-19

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Kenya cancels 2020 school year, classes to resume next year | Africanews

Kenya has declared the academic year of 2020 lost because of the coronavirus pandemic. All primary and secondary schools in the East Africa nation will remain closed until January

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Over 24,000 Guyanese have registered for online learning via Coursera - ministry - Stabroek News

(Ministry of Education) – On Friday September 4, 2020 the Ministry of Education publicly announced its collaboration with the Commonwealth of Learning to provide free access to online courses to the general population offered by Ivy League other reputable universities through

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Robinson calls for removal of taxes on tablets, computer devices ahead of schools reopening

Opposition Spokesperson on Technology, Julian Robinson, is calling for the government to immediately remove the General Consumption Tax on tablets and computer devices to make them more affordable to parents ahead of the reopening of

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Alassane Ouattara

Alassane Ouattara , in full Alassane Dramane Ouattara, byname Ado (born January 1, 1942, Dimbokro, Côte d’Ivoire, French West Africa), Ivoirian economist and politician who was elected president of Côte d’Ivoire in 2010. Despite Ouattara’s victory, the incumbent, Laurent Gbagbo, refused to step

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Burundi: I Cry, Not for Nkurunziza, but for the Lives He Broke

On 25 April 2020, exactly five years after Pierre Nkurunziza announced he would run for a third term, I attended the virtual screening of a new

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: 'Not Safe to Reopen Schools,' Warn Headteachers

Kenya Primary School Heads Association (Kepsha) chairperson Nicholas Gathemia in a presentation to the Covid-19 Education Response Committee chaired by Dr Sara Ruto also want national examinations be rescheduled to later dates when candidates are adequately

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Rwanda: Construction of More Classrooms Triggers Shortage of Cement

[New Times] The ongoing scarcity of locally manufactured cement is mainly driven by CIMERWA's current quest to satisfy a supply tender from the Ministry of Education, The New Times has learnt.

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Digicel Foundation pumps $42m in humanitarian project

DIGICEL FOUNDATION has announced a significant investment in Jamaica’s response to the COVID-19 crisis with the launch of its $42-million islandwide humanitarian project, Operation SAFE, (Sanitising, Advocating, Feeding, and Enabling) in the fight against

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

NCEL to launch new online course for principals, vice-principals

The National College for Educational Leadership (NCEL) is now accepting applications for its Virtual Instructional Leadership (VIL) online course that will be launched within

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

ONUNGA: School reopening truths that lie ahead as Covid war

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Education minister appointment nothing to celebrate, says Speid

MONTEGO BAY, St James — President of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Owen Speid says while the association welcomes the appointment of Karl Samuda as minister of education, there is nothing to

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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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COVID-19: Schools and universities reopen in Burkina Faso after six month closure | Africanews

Schools and universities reopened in Burkina Faso on Thursday after being closed for more than six months due to the coronavirus

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PEP peeved

PARENTS of grade six students are fuming as a result of incorrect information disseminated by the Ministry of Education regarding the portal on which they should have registered on Wednesday in order to access the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) placement results at 4:00 pm today.

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Kenya: Report On Teen Pregnancies Alarms Kenyans

A survey by the Kenya Health Information System shows that about 4,000 girls aged 19 years and below were reported pregnant in Machakos County between January and May, which means 27 girls conceived every

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700 PEP students to repeat

MORE than 700 students who were registered to take the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exam this year stand to repeat grade six in the next school year which begins in

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Awolowo, Obafemi (1909-1985)

Nigerian nationalist, politician, lawyer, statesman, and chancellor, Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo was born on March 6, 1909 in Ogun State, Nigeria, where he commenced his political

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Uganda: Igg Orders Education to Complete Shs88b Project

The Inspector General of Government (IGG) has ordered the Ministry of Education and Sports to complete the Dutch-funded project whose funds were allegedly misappropriated by some ministry officials in

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McLean: Options on table to re-energise students

Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education, Dr Grace McLean, says several options are being explored to help students who might have regressed because of the disruption to the teaching learning process since the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to close early in March, come the September

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41 Clarendon South Eastern students get tablets

Member of Parliament for Clarendon South Eastern Pearnel Charles Jr, and Minister of Education, Youth and Information Fayval Williams presented tablets to 41 primary and high school students across Clarendon South Eastern last Thursday.

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Education ministry says all in place for CSEC, CAPE

ACTING chief education officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information Dr Kasan Troupe says that all is in place for administering of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE).Approximately 58,720 students have

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