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Education

South Africa: Laptops to Bridge the Digital Divide for Gauteng School

16 April at 10:40 AM, via AllAfrica

[SAnews.gov.za] As part of efforts to ensure that no child is left behind, the Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Nonceba Mhlauli, together with the CEO of HONOR Technologies Africa, Zou Lefeng, handed over laptops to learners of Kaalfontein High School in Ebony Park, Gauteng.

Botswana: Govt Commits to Increasing Student Allowances

16 April at 06:54 AM, via AllAfrica

[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone — The Ministry of Higher Education is still committed to increasing student’s living allowance to P2,500 as indicated in the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) manifesto. Responding to a question in Parliament on Monday, Minister of Higher Education, Mr Prince Maele stated that it had not been possible due to country’s current economic constraints.

English councils need to hire 1,400 more educational psychologists, says report

16 April at 01:01 AM, via The Guardian

Rising demand from children with special needs means the £140m required could come from government grants

Councils in England need to hire 1,400 more educational psychologists at a cost of £140m to meet demand from children with special needs such as autism, according to a new report.

Research by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) found huge regional variations and chronic shortages in...

Ulster University to cut up to 450 jobs

15 April at 15:38 PM, via BBC News

It is not clear which areas of the university, which has campuses in Belfast, Londonderry and Coleraine as well as a campus in Qatar, will be affected.

Sri Lankan student could be deported from UK after one-day student fee delay

15 April at 12:41 PM, via The Guardian

Coventry University reported Navodya De Silva, 25, to Home Office after £8,000 arrived late, causing termination of visa

A Sri Lankan university student says her life has been ruined because a one-day delay in paying her tuition fees led to her being thrown off her degree course and at risk of deportation.

Navodya De Silva, 25, secured a place at Coventry University to study international...

UK parents: have you considered switching your children from school dinners to packed lunches?

15 April at 11:48 AM, via The Guardian

We would like to hear parents’ views on their children’s school meals

The government is to announce an overhaul to school food standards in England that will lead to dishes such as fish and chips and steamed sponges being banned. The new rules, which are part of efforts to lower the rates of childhood obesity, will apply from September.

We would like to hear parents’ views on their...

‘An incalculable loss’: Hampshire College to close doors after fall semester

15 April at 00:59 AM, via The Guardian

Massachusetts liberal arts college laments ‘heartbreaking reality’ and says financial pressures to blame

A Massachusetts liberal arts college is set to close permanently due to low enrollment and financial problems.

The board of trustees of Hampshire College, a small liberal arts school in Amherst founded in 1965, pointed to “financial pressures” that have been “compounded by shifting...

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