Sentences with phrase «education as a sector»

A report by McKinsey last year singled out education as the sector that could benefit the most from the free exchange of data, adding as much as $ 1.2 trillion to the economy through more efficient, effective instruction.

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Unifor will initially represent more than 300,000 workers across roughly 20 sectors of the economy, primarily in manufacturing, communications and transportation, as well as some public sector employees in the health, education and transit sectors.
Katie previously covered the community and arts, education and science sector when she joined the team in 2016, after a brief stint as a recruitment consultant.
Ed - tech sector is booming By Erica Alini, MacLean's October 29, 2012 Canadian education startups grew by 65 % in five years as the technology of learning changes our schools and universities.
Though we're not likely to get into the higher - education business, it certainly strikes me as a sector where a serious overhaul is overdue.
Similarly, in 2001's economic dip, women's job losses accounted for only 14 % of total layoffs, largely because women overwhelmingly work in recession - proof industries such as health care, education and the public sector.
Some sectors, such as medicine and education, are switching wholesale to electronic media.
Terry: The Western Australian education system is very good, evidenced by the mere fact that when you get to university level, there is strong demand for private clients to access our education and as we all know, the education sector is Australia's third largest export.
In fact, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says the only sector to show year - over-year job growth as of May was education and health services.
Many local governments and education systems use this retirement vehicle as a way to allow employees from non-profits sectors like this to contribute toward their retirement as well.
On top of this, there are various private sector options to paying for college such as income share agreements and private education loans.
As a 2016 - 17 Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Media Fellow, he travelled to Beijing and Shanghai to report on the growing connections between Canada and China in the higher education and startup sectors.
The Ontario government has invested $ 995,000 to support this project as part of the province's OntarioBuys initiative to strengthen innovation and efficiency practices in the province's health and education sectors.
There is also an opportunity to connect Canadian businesses with new and like - minded partners in APEC economies such as Vietnam, where Canadian companies will find opportunities in sectors such as agri - food, education and training, information and communication technologies (ICT), clean tech and financial technology, as well as other services.
Tallahassee, FL, August 10, 2015 — NewSci, LLC, a leading provider of Insight - as - a-Service to the education, healthcare, and social sectors, announced today the successful close of its seed round totaling $ 500,000 led by members of the Florida Angel Nexus in Tallahassee and Orlando.
If anyone in academia is puzzled as to why higher education is seen as spoiled by much of the rest of the public sector (and indeed the public - at - large), this graph is the answer.
«Removing these monies from classrooms, and redirecting them to private sector entities such as Encana, directly affects our ability to meet both our educational and environmental goals,» said McEvoy in a letter to the education minister.
Other significant year - ended wage increases were recorded for a number of industries with substantial public - sector representation, such as education.
«You can appreciate, then, that as our summer upgrade projects wind down, it continues to be an extreme source of frustration to watch over $ 4 million in funds that the public invested in public education make their way to the private sector
It's clear that China is open to negotiating in sectors such as financial services, education, tourism and health care — areas where Canada tends to punch above its weight.
As a result, education and skills may become extremely competitive in order to meet the demands of future employment in the sector.
The management team has implemented an effective hands - on investment approach to drive growth and efficiency in companies primarily in consumer sectors such as consumer staples, consumer discretionary, education and healthcare.
As Director of the Business / Higher Education Roundtable (BHER), Isabelle Duchaine leads BHER's external communications and several other initiatives that support its goals of increasing employment opportunities for young Canadians, boosting private sector and post-secondary research collaborations and helping businesses adapt to the economy of the future.
Composed of leaders from the private sector, universities, colleges and polytechnics, the Roundtable works to help young Canadians transition from education to the workplace, strengthen research collaboration between industry and institutions, and help Canadian employers as they adapt to the economy of the future.
Composed of leaders from the private sector, universities, colleges and polytechnics, BHER works to support young Canadians as they transition from education to the workplace, strengthen research collaboration between industry and institutions, and help Canadian employers as they adapt to the economy of the future.
There are leaders in every sector — government, education, nonprofit and private — who can add to this list as we approach the 2012 elections.
Announcing the U-turn, the Department for Education said: «We want to ensure any future system of regulation that we may introduce appropriately targets the small minority of settings which may be exposing children to harmful practices, without causing undue burdens on the sector as a whole.
Those in power, in all levels or education, government and the private sector, have become far to powerful and hell - bent on making the USA a Christian Nation, there is no way in hell, that they would let Christianity to ever be seen an taught as anything but perfect.
Groups concerned, as Morgan put it, with «maximizing the provision of human services by the state (especially in education) and confining private sector institutions (especially the churches) to wholly private matters» gained in power and influence.
But it strains credulity to believe that all sectors of a society as complex as our own» education, politics, the media, advertising, music, scholarship, psychology, medicine, movies, fashion, toy makers, and (unkindest cut of all) many women themselves» are conspiring and colluding against all women everywhere, which means, in many instances, against themselves.
There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.
As an achieved firm within the on - line education sector, AOT will most certainly educate you the procedures to the technique to turn out to become a respected trainer.
As the 21st century Church we must be apostolic in our approach, and not just invade different geographical regions but also various world systems and sectors, such as: government, business, entertainment, family, arts and media, and educatioAs the 21st century Church we must be apostolic in our approach, and not just invade different geographical regions but also various world systems and sectors, such as: government, business, entertainment, family, arts and media, and educatioas: government, business, entertainment, family, arts and media, and education.
As a Silver Patron of the WSET we build upon our commitment in the field of wine and spirit education and offer the sector new opportunities for further education during the trade fair,» explained Michael Degen, Divisional Director at Messe Düsseldorf and Director of ProWein.
James has extensive career in government relations and corporate affairs roles including senior representation of Australia's food and grocery manufacturing, resources and education sectors as well as in consultancy and ministerial offices.
BPNI coordinates and facilitates the education and training of grassroots personnel in health and nutrition sector and private hospitals through skilled counseling as a sustainable support to mother - baby dyads.Our training alliances include National Health Mission (NHM) and Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS).
Since then, James has worked as both a teacher, examiner and in management across a broad spectrum of the State and Independent Education sectors.
Healthy schools — also known as health - promoting schools — work with partners from the health and education sectors, and with those from the broader community, to support students to develop healthy habits that will last a lifetime.
«Our government will spare no effort in its bid to reposition the state most especially the education sector as we are bent and irrevocably ready to provide necessary facilities and equipment to aide teaching and learning process through conducive atmosphere,» The governor pointed out at the site.
These sectors, in a «knowledge economy» world, provide the drivers for national innovation, for links between universities and the private sector and for higher - level education and training, as well as well - paid employment and tax revenue.
Laoye - Tomori said, «I am very happy that this round table meeting would in no doubt improve the qualitative and quantitative performances in education sector of our region as it seek to arrest the apparent decadence and rot in our education.
We've seen tremendous improvement in the economy and at the social level since 1992, the Rawlings regime and that of Kufour all contributed immensely to the growth we seeing, the Mahama administration has added value to what he inherited.The infrastructure development recorded under this government is the highest after Nkrumah, the improvement in the health and education sector can not be downplayed.Policies rolled out by the regime to close the yawning gap between the toiling but highly productive rural folks and city officials is commendable.The IMF director Christie Lagarde was right when she described what we called economic success between 2005 - 2008 as mediocre growth.The base of the economy was still shattered and now being built to restore the confidence of the people.
The institute drew particular attention to plans to allow universities to recruit as many students with AAB grades at A-level as they like, a plan which it found would entrench social divisions in the higher education sector.
Just as crucially as opening up a debate on the role of the private sector in education, the government must do a better job at getting a clear message across to the people who really matter.
The PSMP aims to accelerate private sector workplace investments in malaria prevention as it will support employers by facilitating cost - effective Insecticide Treated Net (ITN) distribution plans while providing workplace malaria education sessions for company staff and community members.
Now, Kenneth Raske of the Greater New York Hospital Association is pulling hard the other way: «New York's financially struggling hospitals were living austerely within the state's Medicaid spending cap well before the recent avalanche of federal health care cuts,» Raske told the Daily News» Kenneth Lovett, «while other sectors, such as education, have not been held to theirs.»
A recent study by the Center for State and Local Government Excellence and the National Institute on Retirement Security finds that when such factors as education and work experience are accounted for, state and local employees earn 11 to 12 percent less than comparable private sector workers.
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has described the population of teachers currently engaged in the education sector as grossly inEducation, Adamu Adamu, has described the population of teachers currently engaged in the education sector as grossly ineducation sector as grossly inadequate.
Adetarami who described Osun education policy as one of the best in the world, said the impacts of the state in building solid foundation in education sector has been yielding positive results.
Ogbeh said the Federal Government's decision to relocate its three Universities of Agriculture from the Federal Ministry of Education to Agriculture, was to refocus the schools as globally acclaimed citadels to move the agriculture sector forward.
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