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

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

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5 Primaries To Watch On Tuesday

Months of primaries come to an end Tuesday when a pair of New England states hold the final major contests before November’s general election. The themes are similar to what we’ve heard since the first contests in Texas on March 1: Republicans are grappling over former President Donald Trump’s influence in Senate contests, and Democrats are wondering how best to hold on to their narrow congressional majorities.

Here are five races to watch in New Hampshire and Rhode Island:

Can Republicans Avoid Yet Another Problem Child In A Senate Race?

Trump-aligned, election-denying Senate candidates have largely had their way in

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CA WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches, and Advisories

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…

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Money set to boost nursing education in Florida

TALLAHASSEE – State higher-education officials are slated next week to discuss how universities plan to spend $40 million at bolstering the number of “high-quality” nursing graduates in Florida.

The Legislature this year approved spending $100 million to create what’s called the Prepping Institutions, Programs, Employers, and Learners through Incentives for Nursing Education fund, or PIPELINE.

Along with money for universities, the PIPELINE fund included $40 million for nursing programs at state colleges and $20 million for nursing education at career and technical centers.

Gov. Ron DeSantis touted the money as part of efforts to boost workforce education.

“There has long

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NB education minister to keep close eye on COVID-19

New Brunswick Education Minister Dominic Cardy answered some outstanding questions on the upcoming school year Wednesday, promising that if public health advises COVID-19 measures be reinstated, he will not hesitate.

That includes mandatory masking.

Right now, Cardy says he’s encouraging students and staff to do whatever they’re comfortable with.

“We’re still in COVID, we know that COVID is airborne, we know that COVID is going to continue to present stresses,” he said.

Cardy also said he’d like to see more children get the COVID-19 vaccine, now offered to children six months and older.

Two years ago, Cardy presented a bill

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Abduction, murder of Eliza Fletcher leaves University of Memphis students shocked

The education community was left stunned by the kidnapping and murder of Eliza Fletcher, a Memphis teacher who was abducted during an early-morning jog near the University of Memphis (UofM).

Some UofM students expressed shock that the incident happened so close to where they travel to class daily. Many students asked to remain anonymous. “It is frightening and discouraging that it can happen so close to here.”

RELATED: New details surrounding the death of Eliza Fletcher released

After an intense 3-day search for the missing jogger, Memphis Police confirmed Tuesday morning that the body found in the 1600 block of

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Dene teacher education program gets $250K from Saskatchewan government

A teacher education program that trains instructors to deliver education in the Dene language in Saskatchewan’s northern communities got a funding boost from the provincial government.

The government is contributing up to $255,000 to the First Nations University of Canada for its Dene teacher education program at educating Saskatchewan students in their first language.

The goal of the program is to improve student participation and rates of graduation by helping teacher recruitment and retention in northern Saskatchewan.

Minister of Advanced Education Gordon Wyant said the partnership is a shared commitment to truth and reconciliation and the calls to action.

“Currently,

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Hundreds of students in Montreal stuck at home waiting for Quebec to approve English eligibility

Elisa Silva is from Brazil but has been staying with her aunt and uncle in Montreal with hopes of attending high school in Canada.

The 15-year-old was supposed to start school last Friday. She was enrolled at FACE, a specialty elementary and secondary school downtown.

She chose the school for its art program because she loves to paint.

But instead, she’s sitting at her aunt and uncle’s house with nothing to do.

“I don’t know when I’m going to study. I don’t know when my school is going to start,” she said.

She is waiting for her English eligibility application

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