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Education

Nigeria: UNN Security Allegedly Arrests Secondary School Teachers After Political Campaign Visit

Friday at 13:07 PM, via AllAfrica

[This Day] Three teachers of the University of Nigeria Secondary School, Nsukka, including Mr. Lawrence Oko, popularly known as “Uncle Law”, and Hon. Chinedu Ezenwa, were reportedly arrested by security personnel of the University of Nigeria over an alleged political meeting involving members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

Botswana: School Feeding Programme Advances Despite Supply Delays

Thursday at 19:36 PM, via AllAfrica

[Botswana Daily News] Kanye — The School Feeding Programme is being implemented fairly across Kanye District, despite ongoing challenges, particularly delays in the supply of key food commodities by suppliers. The delays have affected both teaching staff and learners.

City & Guilds scraps mass redundancies and offshoring UK jobs to Greece

Thursday at 19:17 PM, via The Guardian

PeopleCert had been planning to cut about 400 jobs in £22m savings drive at training body it bought last year

The vocational training body City & Guilds has guaranteed that plans for mass compulsory redundancies and the offshoring of hundreds of UK jobs to Greece will no longer go ahead.

The proposal to remove about 400 UK roles was first reported by the Guardian in December as part of a £22m...

VAT on private school fees not caused exodus to state sector, says Bridget Phillipson

Thursday at 18:07 PM, via The Guardian

Education secretary cites admissions data for England, saying Labour is ‘rebalancing the system to focus on 94% of kids in state schools’

Adding VAT to private school fees has failed to trigger an exodus of pupils into the state sector despite widespread speculation that it would, the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has said.

The Labour government applied 20% VAT to private school fees...

Nigel Farage to join populist and rightwing figures at ‘anti-woke Davos’ in London

Thursday at 15:45 PM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: Event co-founded by Jordan Peterson will bring together rightwing figures, US state officials and anti-abortionists in London

Nigel Farage and fellow Reform UK MPs Sarah Pochin and Andrew Rosindell will be there. As will a plethora of Reform advisers, backroom staff and figures, such as Ben Delo, a British crypto billionaire who has given £4m to Nigel Farage’s party.

Yet as...

We must be alive to the dangers of a UK social media ban – and the way to really help young people | Rosie Parkyn

Thursday at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

A ban alone will have limited impact and could make things worse. A good strategy needs more educational content – and more money

As a parent, I understand the appeal of the announcement on Monday by the prime minister that would prevent children under 16 from using social media. Right now, you are in constant battle with the infinite scroll for your child’s attention, while their impetus to...

Harvard and Bard face fresh questions from lawmakers over ties to Epstein

Thursday at 01:41 AM, via The Guardian

Democrat Jamie Raskin seeks ‘comprehensive accounting’ and requests interview with outgoing Bard president

Harvard University and Bard College are facing new questions about the institutions’ relationship with Jeffrey Epstein amid allegations that the convicted child sex trafficker leveraged his ties to the universities and their faculty to traffic women, while also burnishing his reputation...

Top teaching union says Burnham is Labour’s best chance of beating Reform

17 June at 16:35 PM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: NASUWT leader Matt Wrack also calls for more robust change from the government on education policy

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The leader of one of the country’s biggest teaching unions has said Andy Burnham is Labour’s best chance for beating Reform in a general election.

The general secretary of NASUWT, Matt Wrack, was speaking to the Guardian in the run-up to Thursday’s...

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