Education services

Zambia and UNICEF partner to introduce mobile teaching services

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Africa/ Zambia/ 10.04.2019/ Source: africandailyvoice.com.

Zambia is set to introduce mobile teaching services, to provide education services to children in remote areas lacking teachers and education facilities, African Daily Voice has learnt.

This was recently disclosed by the Ministry of General Education Permanent Secretary, Jobbicks Kalumba when he addressed teachers in Kapiri Mposhi District during his interaction in the area.

According to Kalumba, the mobile education services will require teachers to set camp in particular areas lacking education services, in order to broaden access to education in the country.

“The ministry has already initiated discussions with cooperating partners that include United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in order to actualize the initiative,” said Kalumba.

“This initiative is one way of making children especially those that are in areas where we do not have presence and where there are inadequate numbers of teachers to equally access quality education. We will engage teachers who will be specifically employed to carry out mobile teaching services in various schools countrywide.”

Kalumba also revealed that his ministry will next year introduce subject specialisation among primary school teachers, to limit the number of subjects that each teacher will have to teach.

“The ministry is trying to get away from a situation where primary school teachers are compelled to teach over nine different subjects, from grade one to seven, which is creating an overload, thereby making them ineffective and inefficient.

“Primary School Teacher Specialization Policy will afford teachers enough time to prepare lessons, assess pupils and institute remedial measures to help learners having problems in a particular subject.

“It is not practical that a teacher should prepare lesson plans in nine subjects and because of this teachers at primary level are presenting work plans which are not genuine because they have to do that in nine subjects…. this is just compromising the delivery of education in the country and we should reform the system,” added Kalumba.

He further underlined that the policy will not require any resources to be rolled-out adding that affected teachers will be written to be assigned specific subjects they will be teaching.

Source of the notice: https://africandailyvoice.com/en/2019/04/05/zambia-unicef-partner-introduce-mobile-teaching-services/

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Indonesia: How much time Asians spend helping their child with education?

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Asia/ Indonesia/ 16.01.2019/ Source: globalnation.inquirer.net.

Indian parents spend far more time helping their child with their education compared to other countries of the world.

According to the report published by Varkey Foundation, parents in lower income and emerging economies are more likely to spend significant amounts of time helping their children outside the classroom than those in established economies.

India tops the list of Asian countries and also globally with parents taking education under serious consideration for the growth and development of their children. Parents in India dedicate around 12 hours per week to help children in their studies, according to the survey.

The survey report says better educated parents were more likely to spend some time every week helping their children with their education. Also, Asian households spend about 15% of their income on supplemental education services.

Vietnam follows India closely.

Vietnamese parents spend around 10.2 hours per week by helping children in their studies and homework. Indonesia comes third among Asian countries with parents spending 8.6 hours per week to help their children with education, followed closely by Malaysia ranking fourth in Asia and spending 8 hours per week to support the education of their children.

Singapore is ranked fifth among Asian countries where parents spend around 7.9 hours per week to help their kids in their studies.

China takes the sixth position among Asian countries where parents give 7.2 hours per week to help their children in their studies at home.

Japanese and South Korean parents spend far less time helping kids in their learning process, spending only 2.6 hours and 5.4 hours per week.

Source of the notice: https://globalnation.inquirer.net/172461/how-much-time-asians-spend-helping-their-child-with-education

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EEUU: Texas special education programs enrollment surges

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EEUU/November 11, 2017/Source: http://www.kten.com

Special education programs in Texas have seen a sharp increase in enrollment.

The Houston Chronicle reports that more than 477,000 students received special education services in the 2016-17 school year, an increase of about 14,000 students from the previous school year.

Data from the state’s Public Education Information Management System says almost 9 percent of Texas students use special education resources.

The Texas Education Agency had enacted a cap in 2004 requiring school districts to limit special education services to no more than 8.5 percent of students. The agency removed the cap last year after a newspaper investigation found thousands of students with disabilities didn’t have access to necessary services.

An agency spokeswoman says districts must identify and provide all special education services to students who need them.

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http://www.kten.com/story/36815032/texas-special-education-programs-enrollment-surges

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