Sentences with phrase «current national challenges»

One of the questions that nag all school leaders is whether our nation and its schools can meet the current national challenge of providing all students with the skills they will need to thrive in our rapidly changing economy and society.

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«Finally, the PDP assures its numerous supporters across the country of the dividends of the on - going rebuilding and re-engineering process in the party to re-position the party for the electoral challenges ahead especially as it has become clear that APC lacks the capacity to handle governance and provide economic direction for the country, but has only succeeded in injecting bad blood and division among Nigerians resulting in the current threats to national cohesion and stability.

A better way of legitimating the necessary revival of sovereign political action to face current social and economic challenges — whether at the national or European level — would be to use the language of interests rather than that of identity.

Sanders offers an implicit challenge to the current system of national electoral politics.

The current situation in Libya can be best characterized as a struggle pitting the «centre» that controls national institutions, the flow of oil, and billions in unfrozen assets against a marginalized «periphery» that can challenge the centre's legitimacy via its use of force and appeal to local loyalties.

The 163 page report, which is very detailed on current affairs on the African continent, also mentioned the leader of Togo's main opposition party, the National Alliance for Change (ANC), Mr. Jean - Pierre Fabre, who challenged the incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe 2010 and 2015 but lost as the second most peaceful opposition leader in Africa and the best within the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWA) Sub-region region.

The National Chairman of Socialist Party of Nigeria, SPN, Segun Sango, on Wednesday said that the President Muhammadu Buhari - led Federal Government lacks the ability to proffer solution to the country's economic challenges, stressing that current government has brought about high rate of inflation and increased poverty.

«This means following through on the current national health inequalities target on infant mortality and life expectancy which runs to the end of 2011 acknowledges the challenge posed by a social gradient - the lower a person's social position, the worse his or her health.»

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, has today written to the Secretary of State challenging the accuracy of an answer given by Lord Nash to a parliamentary question on the NASUWT's and NUT's current national industrial action.

National Union of Students (NUS) president Liam Burns said: «We should be celebrating the numerous individual successes that today represents, but unfortunately we can be under no illusion about how challenging the current circumstances are for students.

The presidential aide stated this while delivering a lecture entitled «Challenging Current Security Issues For National Transformation: The Way Forward», at the 10th Convocation ceremony of the Benson Idahosa University, Benin City.

According to the President, «The need for community input to policing and crime management in Nigeria has even become more imperative considering our current national security challenges in which kidnapping, armed robbery, murder, transnational crimes, terrorism and other organized crimes have evolved to threaten our national values and developmental strides».

That the meeting notes with dismay the poor state of the national economy and feel terribly sad that the current ruling party has not demonstrated the capacity to contain the economic challenges with attendant dwindling fortunes that has reversed almost all the economic gains recorded under the PDP.

A review of all security arrangements at the National Assembly has began, in a bid to keep the institution adequately informed of the current challenges in the country.

Speaking at the 2016 National Children's Day Celebration, Buhari said: «Challenges posed by the total breakdown of societal values and the current unrestricted social media vices, which therefore, calls for an urgent need for all stakeholders to put all hands on deck in making conscious efforts at raising awareness of parents, family and communities at all levels on the critical role of protecting children against all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation including abduction of children, forced and early marriage.

Speaking in Abuja to mark 2016 National Children's Day Celebration, President Buhari said, «Challenges posed by the total breakdown of societal values and the current unrestricted social media vices, which therefore, calls for an urgent need for all stakeholders to put all hands on deck in making conscious efforts at raising awareness of parents, family, communities at all levels, on the critical role of protecting the children against all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation including abduction of children, forced and early marriage.

«In view of the current security challenges facing the country, the IGP called on all good people of Nigeria to disregard any report capable of causing distraction especially now that all efforts should be galvanized towards national security in the New Year.

Earlier, the party's National Chairman, Chief John Odigie - Oyegun, said despite the successes recorded by the current administration, the 2019 elections beginning with Ekiti and Osun would be challenging.

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies global health priorities in light of current and emerging challenges and makes 14 recommendations for the U.S. government and other stakeholders to address these challenges, while maintaining U.S. status as a world leader in global health.

In its current form, the NFIP is «ill - suited to deal with the challenges we face today and the flood risks we face five, 10, 50 years from now,» says Robert Moore, a senior policy analyst at the National Resources Defense Council.

The Special Issue Section of the current Technology and Innovation — Journal of the National Academy of Inventors focuses on challenges to fresh water from environmental changes and from the human population.

Lead researcher, Kit Huckvale, Imperial College London, UK, says: «Our study suggests that the privacy of users of accredited apps may have been unnecessarily put at risk, and challenges claims of trustworthiness offered by the current national accreditation scheme being run through the NHS.

Dr. Virkar presented «The Sodium - Sulfur Storage Battery: History, Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities for R&D and Commercialization,» at the Frontiers in Materials Sciences Seminar Series held April 10, 2009, at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

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The current issue of the PCOS Challenge e-zine is dedicated to nutrition in honor of National Nutrition Month ® and features articles and nutrition tips from dietitian nutritionists who work with PCOS.

-1-Dating In the Workplace: Avoiding A Harassment Claim From A Relationship Gone Sour By Karen Sutherland Karen Sutherland is the Chair of Ogden Murphy National newsmagazine committed to enhancing the entire social work profession by exploring its difficult issues, new challenges, and current successes.

The AARP Employer Pledge Program is a national effort to help employers solve their current and future staffing challenges and direct job seekers to More doctors, patients turning to telemedicine for emergency care.

Facing this challenge requires providing the current workforce with high - quality professional learning opportunities, something we talk about a great deal at the national level.

The detail and specificity of our current national curriculum makes cross-curricular planning challenging enough in the primary setting where one teacher is responsible for teaching nearly all subjects.

This report, co-authored by Safal Partners and Public Impact for the National Charter School Resource Center, examines federal requirements under civil rights laws and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and state laws governing charter school recruitment, retention, enrollment of EL students and their accountability for EL student performance; requirements and current challenges related to EL data reporting; and whether existing laws are adequate to address the needs of this growing population of ELs in charter schools.

As I listen to the national education conversation, recently heightened and hyped by the movie Waiting for Superman, I am troubled that the current conversation has set up a false dichotomy that obscures the deeper challenges associated with improving the quality of teaching for every student.

Through its successes, Pre-K Now changed the national conversation about pre-k education, and in its final report, challenged the nation's policy makers to transform public education by moving away from the current K - 12 system to pre-K-12.

Given the current challenges in education, the National Education Union with the combined resources of ATL and NUT provides: excellent advice, support and representation; learning and development opportunities; and a stronger voice in local and national negotiations and caNational Education Union with the combined resources of ATL and NUT provides: excellent advice, support and representation; learning and development opportunities; and a stronger voice in local and national negotiations and canational negotiations and campaigns.

The Green Schools Catalyst Quarterly, published by Green Schools National Network, serves as a record of the green schools movement, showing our past successes and challenges as well as our current progress.

The president of the National Council on Teacher Quality has also challenged the data in the LPI report, noting that the demand data presume student - to - teacher class size ratios to decrease from the current average of 16.1:1 to 15.3:1.

Working at the National Education Union will provide you with opportunities to use your skills and experience to meet current challenges in the sector and to better support the education profession.

ExcelinEd Policy, Pilots and the Path to Competency - Based Education: A National Landscape This report, published together with EducationCounsel, offers a survey of current state laws and policies on competency - based education in K - 12 systems and explores the potential challenges they may pose for states implementing this innovative learning model.

In addition, the course will continue our engagement with the current issues, challenges, and opportunities associated with science teaching and learning at the secondary level, with particular emphasis on the assurance that all students have opportunities to learn the core ideas, practices, and crosscutting concepts (as outlined in state and national standards documents), while leveraging students» interests, prior knowledge, and lived experiences.

In addition, the course is designed for engagement with the current issues, challenges, and opportunities associated with science teaching and learning at the secondary level, with particular emphasis on the assurance that all students have opportunities to learn the core ideas, practices, and crosscutting concepts (as outlined in state and national standards documents), while leveraging students» interests, prior knowledge, and lived experiences.

Life After Pre-K: Looking at Kindergarten Assessment presented material for attendees to understand the components of a statewide comprehensive assessment system for all children birth to kindergarten, identify the current status of kindergarten assessments as well as commonalities / variations across states and challenges in developing kindergarten entrance assessments, identify challenges and opportunities for including children with disabilities in statewide assessments, and understand the experiences of the State of North Carolina in implementing a kindergarten assessment.Jim Squires presented with Cindy Bagwell (NC Department of Public Instruction), Mary McLean (Head Start National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning / University of Florida) and Catherine Scott - Little (UNC - Greensboro) at the 2015 National Early Childhood Inclusion Institute.

Lenders have some leeway in devising credit alerts, but the forms will probably show home buyers and homeowners refinancing their current mortgages how their score compares to other mortgage applicants, any significant factors that drive down their score, a notice that they have the right to challenge mistakes they find on credit reports, and contact information of the three national credit bureaus.

We're leading a movement to overcome local and national challenges caused by free - roaming cats, bringing about change by conveying the most current scientific information, promoting science - based policies, and working with diverse stakeholders such as animal shelters, veterinarians, wildlife rehabilitators, and conservation biologists.

Through this work she investigates current approaches towards the writing of indigenous - specific art histories, recent indigenous and settler research / arts collaborations, and strategies of creative - based interventions that challenge colonial narratives, national / ist institutions, and settler imagination.

The photo exhibition «Unfinished», with which Spain won the Golden Lion for the best national participation in the 2016 Venice Biennale, arrived in Berlin today, to translate the great challenges of current architecture.

The country developed its last official national GHG inventory for the 2005 calendar year, which makes it challenging to get an accurate read on current non-CO2 GHG emissions.

The Green Schools Catalyst Quarterly, published by Green Schools National Network, serves as a record of the green schools movement, showing our past successes and challenges as well as our current progress.

The steepness of these curves superimposed on actual national ghg emissions levels is an indication of the enormity of the challenge for the international community because the emissions reduction curves are much steeper than reductions that can be expected under projections of what current national commitments are likely to achieve if fully implemented.

The annual business - concept competition awards «the best entrepreneurial approaches that solve one or more of the challenges facing America's 193 - million - acre National Forest System,» according to the National Forest Foundation (NFF), which runs the competition with sponsorship from the Barrett Foundation, led by Craig R. Barrett, former CEO of Intel and current chairman of the NFF's Board of Directors.

In particular, the paper focuses on: 1) the contours of the adaptation issue, as well as its relationship to other important issues; 2) the consideration of adaptation within the current international negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including the issues relating to adaptation finance; 3) the challenge of approaching adaptation at every level in a country: community, local, regional, sectoral and national.

A national effort to connect job seekers to employers that value and are hiring experienced workers to help companies solve their current and future staffing challenges.