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Panamá: Acusan a colegio de violar derecho de estudiantes a la educación

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Panamá/ 25 de julio de 2017/ Fuente: http://www.critica.com.pa

Un “proceso de protección urgente” ante la jurisdicción de Niñez y Adolescencia del Órgano Judicial Internacional fue interpuesto contra la escuela Boston School International, ubicada en Balboa, por una madre de familia para evitar que el plantel supuestamente violara el derecho de recibir educación a sus dos hijas.

Se trata de dos niñas que el colegio se negaba a recibir el año pasado, a pesar de que habían sido beneficiadas por acuerdos de beca que las exoneraba del pago de la colegiatura, firmado por su madre y por el representante legal de la escuela, Frederick Gornell, y notariado por la Notaría Quinta de Panamá.

El antiguo representante legal del plantel, Frederick Gornell murió en febrero de 2016, y el nuevo representante, Miguel Ángel Sosa, se negó a reconocer los acuerdos de becas de las niñas, de 9 y 5 años, alegando que debían pagar por todo el tiempo que habían sido becadas.

Cinco días antes de que se iniciara el año lectivo, el 24 de agosto de 2016 (se rige con calendario estadounidense), la directora académica de Boston School, Carmen María Pile, mandó una carta por correo electrónico a la madre de las menores informando que no se les permitiría a las niñas ingresar a la escuela.

El expediente quedó radiado en el Juzgado Primero de Niñez y Adolescencia, que ordenó al colegio recibir a las menores; sin embargo, el proceso sigue porque, a juicio del abogado de las niñas, Leonardo Paul, se mantienen las presiones de Miguel Ángel Sosa para sacar a las estudiantes, a pesar de que son estudiantes de cuadro de honor.

A juicio del abogado, todas las acciones en contra de las menores son represalias de Sosa, porque la madre de ellas era colaboradora del colegio, abogada y persona de confianza del fenecido Frederick Gornell.

Fuente de la Noticia:

http://www.critica.com.pa/nacional/acusan-colegio-de-violar-derecho-de-estudiantes-la-educacion-482795

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Vanuatu: PM announces free primary and secondary education – again

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Vanuatu/July 25, 17/Source: https://vanuatudigest.com

Happy Vanuatu Children’s Day. Children are appropriately singled out today with the announcement that the entire government is behind the Free Secondary Education Scheme. This will start from next year. The Governments of Australia and New Zealand have looked after the entirety of the first years of education for, really, far too long: Vanuatu should have found a solution. It now has and will shoulder the full burden of primary education henceforth. Today’s story in Daily Post raises many questions and it is to be hoped these will be answered after today’s celebrations are over. Their subhead is “Prime Minister declares free early childhood and secondary education.” This promise was made exactly a year ago. Our present PM is not one to simply take an advantage of a public holiday to tout a rehashed policy. But we want all the details. Government is extremely concerned at the number of late primary dropouts. This policy action is intended to stop it worsening.

Another Children’s Day venture: Government support for a Telecom Vanuatu–Wan Smolbag initiative to combat street crime. The two organisations have the best interests of youth at heart, as has Government. An annual street dance battle would seem to be just what it can use from the stack of amazing talents of the organisations who are sponsoring!

Source:

https://vanuatudigest.com/2017/07/24/pm-announces-free-primary-and-secondary-education-again/

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Prague: Education Ministry keeps money for teachers’ career system

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Prague/July 25, 17/Source: http://praguemonitor.com

Some 1.7 billion crowns originally designated for the rejected teachers’ career advancement system will probably remain in the Czech Education Ministry’s budget for 2018, Education Minister Stanislav Stech told reporters after his talks with Finance Minister Ivan Pilny on Monday.

Stech (for senior government Social Democrats, CSSD) would like to spend the money on the introduction of some elements from the career advancement system the amendment on which the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Czech parliament, turned down in July.

Stech and Pilny (ANO) did not talk about particular sums within the education budget on Monday.

According to the budget draft, the Education Ministry is to get some 160 billion crowns for 2018, while the sector originally demanded 172 billion. This year the ministry has some 148 billion at its disposal.

Stech said he believed that he would manage to increase the budget of higher education facilities as well.

His predecessor Katerina Valachova (CSSD) proposed that the universities’ budget rise from 21 billion to 27 billion crowns next year, while the sum for university teachers’ salaries, investments and post-graduate students in doctoral programmes should rise by 4.5 billion crowns.

However, the Finance Ministry only plans a 100-million-crown rise so far.

Representatives of higher education facilities and trade unions insist on a more significant rise. If they fail with their demand, they plan to take some pressure steps in September and October.

Stech said he would like to secure a rise in the universities’ budget that would lead to «differentiation» of their quality and performance.

Pilny said he was willing to keep negotiating about these demands.

Stech also said he would like to use the money from the career advancement system mainly to fund regional schools.

Pilny assured him that he still considered the school system a priority though they had not yet reached consensus on particular budget sums.

Stech will have to decide whether he wants to use the money for regional schools, teachers’ salaries or universities, Pilny added.

Both ministers also discussed the funding of school inclusion this year.

The Finance Ministry has already found 400 million crowns in the budget that the Education Ministry can spend on supportive measures and aids for children with special educational needs, Pilny said.

The ministers will debate the 2018 budget again in about a month.

Source:

http://praguemonitor.com/2017/07/25/education-ministry-keeps-money-teachers-career-system

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EEUU: Black Education Leaders Slam Teachers Union For Comparing School Choice To Segregation

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EEUU/ July 25, 17/ By: Amber Randall/ Source: http://dailycaller.com

Black school choice advocates and education reformers criticized a teachers union president who compared school choice to segregation during a conference call Monday.

The conference call, led by the American Federation for Children, featured four prominent education leaders — Dr. Howard Fuller, Derrell Bradford, Darrell Allison, and Kevin P. Chavous — who had harsh words for American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten’s claim that school choice policies have a history of racism and segregation.

Chavous, a board member on AFC, called Weingarten out for her “hypocrisy” and said her comments were an insult to minority children who are stuck in bad schools.

“Let’s be clear: the hypocrisy coming out of the mouth of Randi Weingarten reeks. Back in her comments, she has in effect spat in the face of every African American and Hispanic child who’s trapped in the school that doesn’t serve them well, and spat in the face of their parents,” Chavous said during the call. “In addition …as Dr. Fuller said, history didn’t just start last week, or twenty years ago. The private school reality for most American children of color started because black folks weren’t getting a fair shake with traditional public schools”

Weingarten claimed during a speech last week that the school choice was used as a way to keep segregation in place by the South.

“Make no mistake: This use of privatization, coupled with disinvestment, are only slightly more polite cousins of segregation,” Weingarten said.

Dr. Howard Fuller, a professor at Marquette University, said that the debate over school choice boiled down to power and control.

“The fact of the matter is Randi is doing what she can do so that the people that she represents can maintain control and power over a system. And the threat of vouchers and charter schools and all of this, let’s be real, what it’s about is reducing the number of people who are under her control,” Fuller said. “… And I would argue that for those of us who believe that low-income and working class parents ought to have choice, we’re trying to as best we can represent the interest of those families because I believe that having choice empowers them.”

Source:

http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/24/black-education-leaders-slam-teachers-union-for-comparing-school-choice-to-segregation/

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Jerusalem: Accessible higher education begins with a question mark

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Jerusalem/ July 25, 17/By: Tova Hartman/Source: http://www.jpost.com

Hard fought, this academic certification provided these exceptional women with life-altering opportunities.

On July 4, a day that has become almost universally synonymous with independence, I had the great honor of conferring bachelor’s degrees in education upon a sea of eager undergraduates at Ono Academic College. Among them were 100 female Arab students who had taken specialized courses that would allow them to develop inclusive educational programming and assist youth at risk across the country.

Hard fought, this academic certification provided these exceptional women with life-altering opportunities and empowered them to write new chapters in their lives and improve the lives of countless others.

Like many of our students, these Arab women had faced a long road before finding their way into our classrooms, a gauntlet of cultural, social and political challenges. Lucky for us (all of us), they never gave up hope and found the strength to overcome every obstacle. As they graced the stage, triumphantly accepting their diplomas one by one, many with children in tow, I reveled in the knowledge that our society and educational system was now so much richer.

One hundred new, dynamic educators. One hundred erudite and productive members of society. A stunning victory for diversity in the classroom and beyond.

Source:

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Accessible-higher-education-begins-with-a-question-mark-500637

 

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Jamaica: Diaspora Urged to Utilise Education Trust for School Donations

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Jamaica/July 25, 17/By: Latonya Linton/ Source: http://jis.gov.jm

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, is advising members of the Diaspora to utilise the services of the National Educational Trust (NET) when making donations to the education sector.

“Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, in his vision, established this institution to partner directly with the Diaspora and other multilateral donors so you can ensure that there is no red tape in getting your gifts and donations to Jamaica and to the destination schools,” he noted.

He was responding to a concern raised by a delegate at the opening day of the Jamaica 55 Diaspora conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on Monday (July 24).

The NET is the agency of the Government of Jamaica that mobilises financial and quality resource investments for schools in Jamaica to achieve greater levels of access to education and learning.

Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Managing Director of the NET, Marcia Phillips Dawkins, said persons should send the list of items to the Trust before shipping, so they can be advised of the procedures.

“There are specifications for electronic devices like computers, tablets… so we encourage persons to let us know what they are taking and (so we can) tell them if they are appropriate,” she informed.

Mrs. Phillips Dawkins said that the donor should also identify the school that the items will go to “and they also have to consign the shipment to NET, so that when it comes to Customs, it can be identified.”

“When the items arrive here, Customs advise us and we provide the letter for them to take to the Customs department and the things are cleared hassle free,” she said.

She added that when shipping donations through NET, the donor will only pay 50 per cent of the administrative cost and the environment levy.

“All the other fees are waived,” Mrs. Phillips Dawkins pointed out.

For more information, persons can call NET at 967- 9007 or send an email to info@net.org.jm

NET is one of the exhibitors at the Diaspora Marketplace, which is part of the Diaspora Conference.

The marketplace, which will operate for the duration of the conference, will provide for active business interactions.

Source:

Diaspora Urged to Utilise Education Trust for School Donations

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Vietnam and China work on education

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Vietnan – China/ July 25, 17/ Source: http://www.thestar.com.my

Minister of Education and Sports of Laos Sengdeuane Lachanthaboun and senior education officials from China met to discuss vocational education cooperation recently in Vientiane.

The meeting reported that some 40 students received scholarships from a university in China and many are studying in vocational programmes across various fields in China.

Laos students have studied in over 37 countries for their bachelors, masters and PhD degrees in subjects including administration, foreign affairs, law, technology, and agriculture and fisheries.

Laos and China not only collaborate in education but are alsoco­­operating in trade and investment, with China consistently among the top three investors in Laos. — Vientiane Times/Asia News Network

Source:

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2017/07/25/vietnam-and-china-work-on-education/

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