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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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Crisis offers varsities chance to reclaim charm
In terms of numbers, the staff in the administrative university are four times more than the teaching
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Ministry, teachers brainstorm on this year’s Grade Six exams - Stabroek News
The Ministry of Education yesterday hosted a virtual consultation with 739 Grade Six teachers from both private and public schools to discuss the writing of the National Grade Six Assessment
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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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Morocco, Mauritania Ink MOU in Employment Sector
[MAP] Nouakchott -- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the sector of employment and vocational integration was signed Thursday in Nouakchott between the Moroccan and Mauritanian ministries of Employment and vocational integration.
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Gov’t hails teen summer school hero
Spurred by the altruism of 16-year-old Jaheim Brown in spearheading a makeshift summer school in Yallahs, donors have lined up to support his charges. Jaheim and four other teens conducted summer classes, mainly for primary- and secondary-age...
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Ministry of Education riled with confusion over Covid-19 preventive measures in schools
The Ministry of Education has expressed disappointment with some schools, which have sent learners to their homes on the pretext that the government had ordered closure of schools due to a surge in Covid-19 cases. The Ministry’s Principal Secretary (PS), Chikondano Mussa, has clarified in
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Rwanda: Rwamagana Leaders' School Reaches Out to Citizens
Rwamagana Leaders' School, a secondary school in the Eastern Province has undertaken a commendable initiative of supporting the community during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Pilot face-to-face teaching gets under way | News |
The Ministry of Education is reporting that 16 of the 17 schools selected to participate in the pilot of face-to-face teaching began classes today. It says Yallahs High School has asked to begin tomorrow because of flooding on the compound. The...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Sagicor Foundation now accepting scholarship applications
BOTH new and returning students enrolled at select universities can now apply to the Sagicor Foundation's 2020 scholarship programme for funds to cover tuition expenses.The foundation, which is the charitable arm of Sagicor Group Jamaica, provides scholarships to tertiary and secondary students
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Ethiopia: News - EPHI Director Says, "There Will No Change in Schooling Methods" After Moe Official Announces Dropping Shifts in the Coming School Year
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- According to data obtained from the Ministry of Health (MoH), to date 3,277,931 people were tested for Covid-19, positive cases were registered at 314,984 while 283,991 recovered, 26,228 cases remain active. The ministry said there is a high probability of a third
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Morocco: MCA-Morocco Agency Holds 8th Strategic Orientation Board
[MAP] Rabat -- The Millennium Challenge Account-Morocco Agency (MCA-Morocco) held, on Tuesday in Rabat, the 8th session of its Strategic Orientation Board, under the chairmanship of Minister of Economy, Finance and Administration Reform Mohamed Benchaaboun.
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Somalia: Covid-19 Cases Rise to 6,444
[East African] Somalia recorded 198 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, Minister of Health Dr Fawziq Abikar Nur said.
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Namibia: Over 500 Schools Get Covid-19 Makeover
[Namibian] THE Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the lack of adequate health and sanitation facilities at educational establishments, which has led to the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture renovating and constructing 552 schools nationwide.
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Gov’t committed to digital switchover by 2023
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has reiterated the Government’s commitment to completing the switch from analogue to digital free-to-air television by 2023. Jamaica is undertaking a phased transition to digital broadcasting technology, with...
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Dinthill Technical moves for full digitisation with fibre-optic technology
LINSTEAD, St Catherine - Digicel Foundation, under its Build Jamaica Grant Programme, has partnered with Dinthill Technical High School (DTHS) in Linstead, St Catherine, for the upgrade of the school's ICT (information and communications technology) infrastructure with wide-scale installation of
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Petitions of protest over CXC results
Snowballing rage at apparent discrepancies in some Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) results is spurring a local student group to launch a petition for an immediate review. Public relations officer of the National Secondary Students’ Council,...
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Permanent Secretary leads local delegation in Community College Administrator’s Programme
THE CCAP IS A PROGRAMME FOR OFFICIALS WITH HIGHER EDUCATION PLANNING RESPONSIBILITIES.
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Uganda: Govt to Reopen Schools Based On Inspection Team Report
[Monitor] The Ministry of Education has revealed that the decision to reopen schools for other classes will be determined by the findings of the inspection team that is currently in the field conducting inspections.
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MBW Highlights the First Angel Investors of its New Main Campus 
My Brother's Workshop is highlighting the investors who are part of the first $1 million raised toward its new 30,000-square-foot St. Thomas campus.
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Resumption of face-to-face classes tomorrow - Barbados Today
The Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training (METVT) wishes to inform the public that any scheduled face-to-face classes at all schools will resume tomorrow, Thursday, July 1.  Students should adhere to the set schedule by their respective schools. In addition, all Caribbean
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McBride donates supplies to Ministry of Education - Barbados Today
With the return of students, teachers and ancillary staff to physical classrooms at primary and secondary schools, a local company is helping to ensure their health and safety. McBride (Caribbean) Limited, Barbadian manufacturer of Beep household products and a subsidiary of Goddard Enterprises
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Lesotho: Parly Finally Approves M23, 7 Billion Budget
Afterwards, a relieved Finance Minister Thabo Sofonea said he was happy the budget had been passed and the government ministries now had to get down to fully addressing the populace's demands for efficient service
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WHI could face closure
The closure of the embattled, privately operated Western Hospitality Institute (WHI), which gets 90 per cent of its revenue from the education ministry, is being considered as questions mount over how it came to enjoy such close financial ties with...
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MOE warns schools against barring students over hairstyles
The Ministry of Education is warning schools that the hairstyle of students should not prevent them from sitting their exams.   It says the warning comes amid reports of students being turned away from sitting exams because they “needed...
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Isaac Ruto denies claims of helicopter lift to State House
Chama Cha Mashinani (CCM) party leader Isaac Ruto has refuted claims that he was picked by a helicopter on Wednesday morning and dropped at State House, even with speculations rife that he was set for appointment to a top State
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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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Virtual National Language Policy Implementation Planning Conference, today
SAINT LUCIA WORKS TO INSTITUTIONALIZE KWÉYÒL LANGUAGE.
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Liberia: Italian NGO, AIFO, Closes 'Humanitarian Package' for Liberian Disabled People's Organization
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- In 2018, the Liberian Office of a pro-Human Rights and capacity-building Italian Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)--named Association Friends of Raoul Follereau (AIFO)--established a project for Liberia's community of persons living with disabilities. The project was
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West Virginia State University (1891- )
West Virginia State University is one of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) that has undergone a demographic change in its student body over the last century.  When it opened its doors in 1891 the institution was intended to educate black students from throughout West
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