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Former student of Christian school asks education minister to close it

28/09/2022Oktavina

Former students of Legacy Christian Academy met with Education Minister Dustin Duncan on Wednesday.

Caitlin Erickson Photo by Matt Smith /Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Pleading for more action after what she and others allege has been decades of abuse, a former student at a Christian school in Saskatoon has directly asked Saskatchewan’s education minister to close the school.

Caitlin Erickson was among three former students of Legacy Christian Academy — once known as Christian Center Academy — who met

COVID-19 harmed literacy development of younger NB students: minister

19/09/2022Oktavina

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s Department of Education says mental wellness remains a concern as students return to class after two years of disruptions due to the pandemic.

The 2021-22 provincial assessment results released today show about 30 per cent of students from Grade 6 to 12 felt lonely most or all of the time, while nearly 50 per cent reported spending three or more hours a day on social media.

It says about

Afghans try to divine Taliban plan as girls’ schools open, then close, in eastern province

16/09/2022Oktavina

Many Afghans are following news of a reversal in girls’ school openings in eastern Paktia province for clues on whether the Taliban will loosen restrictions on girls’ education after reneging on a pledge to reopen high schools in March.

Some girls’ secondary schools in what is considered a conservative part of the country quietly reopened in recent weeks, and local officials last week acknowledged classes had resumed. News spreads quickly through local news reports and social media.

But Taliban authorities said there had been no formal approval for such a move. According to three Taliban sources and some locals, the

In Chad, a mobile school offers nomad children hope | Education News

15/09/2022Oktavina

Chad’s nomads make up almost a tenth of the country’s population and many children in the community hardly get an education.

In a makeshift open-air classroom, dozens of children sit squeezed together on a mat watching their teacher chalk simple sums on a blackboard – a rare chance of education for their nomadic community in Chad.

According to the Denmark-based International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, fewer than 1 percent of nomad boys and “virtually zero” nomad girls were registered for school in Chad as of 2018.

About 7 percent of the central African nation’s population of about 16 million

3rd lawsuit filed over alleged sexual abuse by Hidden Valley educational assistant in Whitehorse

12/09/2022Oktavina

A third lawsuit has been filed over alleged sexual abuse at the hands of an educational assistant at Hidden Valley Elementary School in Whitehorse.

A student and their parents filed a statement of claim to the Yukon Supreme Court last month. The document only recently became publicly available after a judge approved an order to anonymize the plaintiffs’ names.

The lawsuit targets former educational assistant William Auclair-Bellemare, the Yukon government Education Department and the Yukon RCMP via the Attorney General of Canada.

No statements of defense had been filed as of Sept. 7.

Like the preceding lawsuits, the statement of

CA WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches, and Advisories

11/09/2022Oktavina

AREA FLOOD WATCH

Flood Watch

National Weather Service San Diego CA

933 PM PDT Sat Sep 10 2022

…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT…

* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE…A portion of Southwest California, including the following

areas, San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland

Empire and San Diego County Valleys.

* WHEN…Until Midnight PDT tonight.

* IMPACTS…Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,

creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…

– Isolated showers continue over the watch area, but will

dissipate by midnight.

– https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

New electric vehicle charging stations at WRDSB Education Centre, six public schools

28/08/2022Oktavina

They’re available to the public over summer break from 7 am to 11 pm

The Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) is making it easier for staff and community members to charge their electric vehicles.

Seven new electric vehicle charging stations are now available, including at the WRDSB Education Center on Ardelt Avenue.

The six others are located at various public schools.

The board launched its first charging station at Chicopee Hills Public School in Kitchener in 2019. According to a WRDSB release, the station has helped avoid 8,241 kg of greenhouse gases. “This is like planting 211 trees and

Educational assistant in NS leaves job due to low wages

27/08/2022Oktavina

Maddie Hickey loved being an educational assistant for the past three and a half years, but she says she is stepping away from the job this fall because of low wages.

“I’m leaving the job this year because education assistants in Nova Scotia are underpaid and I need to think about my family,” Hickey said about her former job as a term education assistant at Riverside Education Center in Lantz, NS

“It’s hard to make ends meet making $15 per hour.”

Hickey worked within the Chignecto Central Regional Center for Education. Educational assistants make hourly wages ranging from $16.10 to

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