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28,000 teachers’ promotion arrears may require supplementary funding – Haruna Iddrisu
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28,000 teachers’ promotion arrears may require supplementary funding – Haruna Iddrisu

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu said the government was considering the option alongside fresh processing of the claims, with the aim of paying the affected staff by mid-November or the end of November. Mr Iddrisu said the government had paid the promotion salary arrears of 52,000 teachers who successfully completed the validation process, out of approximately 80,000 people seeking payment.

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Gov’t pays 52,000 teachers’ promotion arrears, 28,000 pending
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Gov’t pays 52,000 teachers’ promotion arrears, 28,000 pending

The government has paid the promotion salary arrears of 52,000 teachers, with payments for the remaining 28,000 still outstanding, the Education Minister, Haruna Iddrisu, has disclosed. “The 52,000 promotion arrears on the new grade were honoured by the government and paid by the government by October 16.

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The pest I’ll never forget: the rats stood six or seven deep on the lawn beside my dormitory
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The pest I’ll never forget: the rats stood six or seven deep on the lawn beside my dormitory

All it took was one or two careless teenage girls giving the vermin a taste of their snacks and they became the most well-fed animals imaginable I’ve written a fair amount about my boarding school years in Nigeria in the 90s, but never about the rats that accompanied my school experience. I will never forget the sight of rats – six or seven deep – congregating at dusk on the scraggly lawn next to my dormitory, like an illegal gathering of political dissidents.

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NPS Assures Security for KPSEA, KJSEA Candidates Despite Heavy Rains
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NPS Assures Security for KPSEA, KJSEA Candidates Despite Heavy Rains

NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 26 – The National Police Service (NPS) has deployed officers across the country to secure the ongoing Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) and Kenya Junior Secondary Education Assessment (KJSEA), with examinations entering their second day amid heavy rains in several parts of the country. The NPS wished all KPSEA and KJSEA candidates success as they undertake the assessments, reaffirming its commitment to ensuring a safe and orderly examination period nationwide.

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‘It’s the smell of freedom’: Belgrade cleans up after Student List triumph
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‘It’s the smell of freedom’: Belgrade cleans up after Student List triumph

Binbag-wielding volunteers clear encampment used by thugs to intimidate opponents of deposed government Student List cleaned up at Serbia’s parliamentary elections. So it was only fitting that the morning after a night of raucous celebrations, the movement’s supporters were gathering, bin bags in hand, at Pioneers Park, opposite the national assembly building in Belgrade.

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Nyoro Demands Release of Sh60bn Owed to Private Universities
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Nyoro Demands Release of Sh60bn Owed to Private Universities

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 27 — People’s Party of Kenya (PPK) leader Ndindi Nyoro has urged the government to release more than Sh60 billion owed to private universities, accusing the administration of President William Ruto of neglecting the higher education sector. Nyoro urged the government to engage university lecturers and address their grievances to facilitate the resumption of learning in affected institutions.

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UCC-UTAG demands clearer boundaries for GTEC’s regulatory role
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UCC-UTAG demands clearer boundaries for GTEC’s regulatory role

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) Chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has admonished the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to refrain from interfering in university affairs and focus on its core mandates. Professor Philip Ebow Bondzi-Simpson, a Senior Member of the Faculty of Law, UCC, noted that beyond being a regulator, the GTEC was, by law, an advisor, coordinator, and accreditor, a mandate he said the Commission had failed to execute effectively and efficiently.

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Telecel Foundation equips 100 hearing-impaired students with practical STEM skills
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Telecel Foundation equips 100 hearing-impaired students with practical STEM skills

The Telecel Foundation extended its commitment to inclusive learning to the Volta School for the Deaf in Hohoe, Volta Region, where 100 students took part in hands-on robotics training as part of Telecel Ghana’s Care Month celebrations. Speaking at the event, Rita Agyeiwaa Rockson, Foundation, Sustainability and External Communications Manager at Telecel Ghana, described the initiative as the Foundation’s way of creating meaningful impact during Care Month.

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Special ed diaries: Teachers tell NPR about their most joyous, most difficult moments

Bottom row (from left): Paul Stone of Mt. Diablo Unified School District in California, Diana Swanson of Vail School District in Arizona, Kathleen Tejeda of Alvord Unified School District in California and Emily Ellis of Lexington School District Two in South Carolina. NPR set out to find some answers by talking to more than a dozen teachers who do this work every day.

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ASUU-IMSU Urges Imo Govt To Resolve Strike, Gives Conditions For Resumption
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ASUU-IMSU Urges Imo Govt To Resolve Strike, Gives Conditions For Resumption

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Imo State University (IMSU) branch, has appealed to the Imo State Government, the university’s Visitor and Governing Council, to urgently intervene in its ongoing strike, insisting that academic activities will not resume until outstanding welfare issues are addressed. ASUU-IMSU Chairman, Stephen Oguji, made the appeal during a press conference at the university premises in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Monday.

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Obuasi SHTS scandal: Plan International Ghana demands independent probe, nationwide safeguarding reforms

Plan International Ghana has called for independent investigations and comprehensive child protection reforms following allegations of sexual abuse involving female students of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS) and the school’s headmaster. Plan International Ghana reaffirmed its commitment to collaborating with the government, Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service and other relevant institutions to strengthen safeguarding systems and ensure safer, more inclusive learning environments across the country.

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Protest leaders urge French pupils to keep barricading their schools
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Protest leaders urge French pupils to keep barricading their schools

Activists say struggle must go on until their ‘maximum’ demands are met over teacher shortages and building repairs French children should continue to barricade their schools and take part in street protests, a student union said on Monday after the government announced a package of education measures to try to stem the crisis. “Today we’re at the negotiating table, we’re able to negotiate with the government,” Pierre Sourzat of Les Lycéens told France Info television.

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