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THURSDAY, 18 APRIL 2024, 19:58

Education

Zimbabwe: ‘Children Must Embrace Education for Development’

Today at 19:34 PM, via AllAfrica

[The Herald] Education, through science and technology, is a tool of national development and economic growth that all children should embrace in line with the country’s economic blueprint, the National Development Strategy 1, President Mnangagwa has said.

Education

London mosque denies it advised school all prayers could be deferred

Today at 18:27 PM, via The Guardian

Statement says it made clear to Michaela community school that ‘in winter it would not be possible to pray later’

One of the UK’s most prominent mosques has denied providing advice to the Michaela community school that all afternoon prayers could be deferred, disputing claims heard in court.

Katharine Birbalsingh, who runs the non-faith state school in Wembley and is often called “Britain’s...

Education

Are your kids being spied on? The rise of anti-cheating software in US schools

Today at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

Remote proctoring tools have faced pushback at colleges over privacy and discrimination concerns, but their use in K-12 schools has attracted less scrutiny

In the middle of night, students at Utah’s Kings Peak high school are wide awake – taking mandatory exams.

At this online-only school, which opened during the pandemic and has seen its enrollment boom ever since, students take tests from...

Lifestyle

Unveiling the biggest cat breeds

Today at 19:30 PM, via The South African

Certain cat breeds, such as the Maine Coon and Ragdoll, are known for their bigger size compared to other cats.

Science/Tech

Big Sixty60 app revamp coming

Today at 19:32 PM, via MyBroadband

Shoprite CEO Pieter Engelbrecht recently revealed that the Sixty60 app was being rewritten.

Science/Tech

Hackers Are Threatening To Publish a Huge Stolen Sanctions and Financial Crimes Watchlist

Today at 19:22 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: A financially motivated criminal hacking group says it has stolen a confidential database containing millions of records that companies use for screening potential customers for links to sanctions and financial crime. The hackers, which call themselves GhostR, said they stole 5.3 million records from the World-Check screening database in March and are...

Health

Scotland Pauses Gender Medications for Minors

Today at 19:22 PM, via New York Times

The change followed a sweeping review by England’s National Health Service that found “remarkably weak” evidence for youth gender treatments.

Health

W.H.O. Broadens Definition of Airborne Diseases

Today at 12:00 PM, via New York Times

After a drawn-out global controversy over the coronavirus, the W.H.O. has updated its classification of how pathogens spread through the air.