Tag: International Education
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Covid: Half Of France’s Schools Expected To Close As Teachers Strike
Three-quarters of teachers are likely to walk out in protest against Covid measures in education sector
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Uganda Reopens Schools After World’s Longest Covid-19 Shutdown
Many countries have closed classrooms on and off, but Uganda had kept more than 10 million students at home since March 2020.
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Outdoor Learning Is Booming – Here’s Why
For most schools, the past two years have brought a complicated weighing of the risks of being in a classroom: in-person versus virtual learning, masks, class sizes, ventilation. But a growing number of schools around the world have sidestepped many of those concerns by leaving the classroom behind.
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China signs deal to build 1,000 Schools in Iraq
Iraq has awarded contracts to two Chinese companies to build 1,000 schools at a cost of nearly $1.9 billion, a local news agency reported on Monday.
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Watch and Explore | St Mary’s School: The Only School In The World’s Most Isolated Inhabited Island “Tristan Da Cunha”
Tristan Da Cunha is one of a set of islands in the South Atlantic, which are the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world. The nearest populated land mass is the island of St. Helena, 745 miles away. To further understand the magnitude of the islands’ isolation, the nearest city is Cape Town, the capital…
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France To Jail School Bullies
A lower court of the French Parliament on Wednesday approved a draft law that would make school bullying a criminal offense punishable by up to three years in prison, following bullying tragedies in France that have in some cases resulted in the deaths of children. The proposed law was supported by Emmanuel Macron’s education minister, Jean-Michel Blanquer.…
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There’s a School In Cambodia That’s Entirely Built From Waste.
The Coconut School — also known as the “Rubbish School” — is located in a national park on top of a remote mountain some 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of the capital Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The school was the idea of former hotel manager Ouk Vanday, who envisions a future free from garbage in Cambodia.…
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Teacher Teaches Microsoft Word Without Using Any Computers
A teacher who teaches Microsoft Word without using any computers in Ghana had become an online sensation. Teaching kids how to use a computer is hard enough already, since they’re kids, but just try doing it without any computers. That was the task undertaken by Richard Appiah Akoto in Ghana, who, thanks to his innovative…