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UN: Education for refugees very limited compared to hosts

23/09/2022Oktavina

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The UN refugee agency said in a new report Tuesday that access to education for refugees remains very limited compared to their counterparts in host countries and called for all youngsters forced to flee their countries to have access to quality schooling.

According to the report entitled “All Inclusive The Campaign for Refugee Education,” 42% of refugee children globally were enrolled in pre-school education in the academic year 2020-2021, 68% were in primary school, 37% in secondary school, and 6% in higher education.

Becky Telford, chief of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees education section, told

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

Trey Gowdy: Education challenges were worsened by COVID-19 pandemic, are a top concern for voters

05/09/2022Oktavina

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Fox News host Trey Gowdy discussed the importance of education in the upcoming midterm elections during his monologue on “Sunday Night in America.”

TREE GOWDY: We chose education as an area of focus for a couple of reasons. It’s important. It’s been a tough couple of years for students, and parents, and teachers. And education usually ranks pretty high among the issues voters care the most about as we head into another election cycle. Formal or otherwise, education is a necessity to flourish. Reading and writing and the ability to do

New vans allow Nanaimo Science to double up on education outreach | NanaimoNewsNOW

30/08/2022Oktavina

Nanaimo Science, a non-profit agency, is headquartered at Country Club Centre, with their mobile science vans filled with everything science brought directly to the kids.

For the past eight years, the programs have been coordinated through Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools for grades two, five, and six. They also work with teachers to coordinate special field trips, or go into classrooms to teach things like coding and computer programming, as well as provide support for home-schooled students.

Parker said having a second van allows them to offer dual programs in different locations, with their new cargo van making it easier to

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

LAWRENCE JONES: America’s children are facing ‘unprecedented challenges’ as new school year begins

28/08/2022Oktavina

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Fox News host Lawrence Jones broke down the challenges facing America’s education system on “Cross Country.”

LAWRENCE JONES: We’re taking a hard look at the state of our education in this nation. The students in our lives are facing unprecedented challenges as this school year begins.

EX-FAIRFAX COUNTY TEACHER ON GENDER TRANSITION TRAINING: “PARENTS RIGHT ARE BEING OBSTRUCTED LEFT AND RIGHT”

School districts are offering incentives and pay raises to get more teachers into the classroom before August.
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We see the consequences of the pandemic in the form of massive

Post-secondary education in Quebec should be free: study

25/08/2022Oktavina

Researchers from a Quebec institute are proposing that the provincial government take advantage of its rising revenues to introduce free post-secondary education.

In its study published Wednesday, the Institut de recherche et d’informations socioéconomiques (IRIS) claims that tuition fees no longer have a place as a method of financing universities.

The study’s authors calculate that free tuition in Quebec would cost $1.2 billion, representing less than 0.009 per cent of total spending in the provincial budget.

Samuel Élie-Lesage, a research associate at IRIS and co-author of the study, says that not only is free education financially viable, but high fees

Schooling Sec. Cardona slams lack of ‘respect’ for lecturers who ‘bent over backwards’ throughout the pandemic

24/08/2022Oktavina

Schooling Secretary Miguel Cardona argued Sunday that the nationwide instructor scarcity is the symptom of an general lack of respect for public college lecturers that began throughout the COVID-19 lockdowns.

“Let’s face it, this instructor scarcity is a symptom of one thing that is been happening for longer than the pandemic and that is a instructor respect concern,” he mentioned on CBS Information’ “Face the Nation.” “Until we’re critical about offering aggressive salaries for our educators, higher working circumstances in order that they’ll proceed to develop.”

“Is it actually nearly salaries?” CBS Information host Margaret Brennan requested Cardona.

“It is