Labour starts review of government childcare plan
Bridget Phillipson tells the BBC the £4bn plan is a “mess” and calls for wider reform of provision.
FRIDAY, 29 MARCH 2024, 00:46
Bridget Phillipson tells the BBC the £4bn plan is a “mess” and calls for wider reform of provision.
After decades of financial mismanagement, the nearly 170-year-old private liberal arts school is set to close at the end of May.
The government has approved the lowest number of school building work requests since its model began.
The Royal High School in Edinburgh is installing “screaming” vape detectors in toilets to tackle the problem.
[Vanguard] …How we saved billions of naira
[Vanguard] The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has elected Prof. Thomas Brima Rick Yormah as the 21st Chairman of Council during the 72nd Annual Council Meeting.
[Capital FM] Nairobi — President William Ruto has announced a Sh13 billion funding from China for the acquisition of learning equipment for Technical Vocational Education and Training Institutions (TVETS).
[The Herald] About 750 learners won prizes in the Olivine Industries Pure Drop scholarship bonanza competition whose draw was held this week.
Freedom-of-speech guidelines pave the way for a new complaints system in England’s universities.
[Daily Trust] No fewer than 500 prospective retirees will benefit from skill acquisition training and strategic knowledge on retirement planning at the forthcoming 2024 National Pre-retirement Summit in Abuja.
PM to face questions on strategic thinking in government, economy and public services, and global issues from Commons Liaison committee
Teaching unions have complained that the extra money announced for special educational needs (Send) in schools in England today (see 10.35am) does not go far enough.
Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said while...
Gillian Keegan says parents having to ‘fight to get right support’ as unions say provision falls short of what is needed
Special educational needs provision in England is in the grip of a “crisis”, the education secretary has said, as school unions questioned whether a funding boost promised for the sector by the government was actually new money and said it fell a long way short of what...
[Egypt Online] Minister of Education and Technical Education, Reda Hegazy, received ambassador Hero Mostafa Garg, USA Ambassador in Cairo, and her accompanying delegation, to discuss enhancing aspects of cooperation between the two sides in the field of developing pre-university education.
GroundEd provides training to students who have special educational needs such as autism and anxiety.
It will be introduced a year later than planned but an expert says it is vital to “get it right”.
[New Zimbabwe] THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE) has put its foot down outlawing the conduct of extra lessons, guised as vacation classes, during the upcoming April school holidays.
Creation of a ‘cohesion and conflict unit’ to stop intimidation at schools in England is one of the recommendations in a new government-commissioned review
School leaders have welcomed proposals for the creation of “a cohesion and conflict unit” to support teachers who face “freedom-restricting” threats and harassment during the course of their work.
It is one of a number of recommendations in...
[New Zimbabwe] A KAROI man will forever rue the day he let lust take over him and proposed love to a juvenile before subsequently rapping her resulting in the girl falling pregnant.
[New Era] This is a hotly debated topic that often divides opinion, and I think every student thinks about this and asks, why don’t they teach us about important topics like how to make money and how to manage it, how to manage time, how to be patient, critical thinking skills, and being creative?
[New Times] The use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Rwanda’s education system is undeniably playing an important role in enhancing the quality of education–with the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) pushing for strategies to use ICT as an enabler to achieve quality, equitable, and accessible education relevant to the job market.
[New Times] Rwanda Polytechnic (RP), on Friday, March 23, officially inaugurated the first annual inter-college sports competitions.