Sentences with phrase «funded education sector»

On education, he said, «We are devoting N50 billion to fund the education sector for the 2018 fiscal year.

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However, with technology - based education initiatives likely to see a reduction in federal and state funding in the coming years, the public sector will likely not have the resources to step in and help bridge the gap between a lack of skilled workers and unfilled jobs.

THE GST Assist 13 3088 helpline is a federally funded initiative assisting small and medium - sized enterprises, charities and the education sector prepare for the introduction of GST.

In the education sector, Stoodnt, an educational - technology firm which facilitates interactions between students and admission counsellors or educational institutions, last month raised $ 300,000 (Rs 2 crore) in a seed funding round led by Google India managing director Rajan Anandan.

With offices in Northbrook, Illinois, Santa Monica, California and Ann Arbor, Michigan, MK Capital invests in companies at all stages of the funding lifecycle, with a strong sector focus on digital media, data center automation, software, and education technology.

«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.»

NBK Capital Partners Mezzanine Fund II successfully completes two investments in the education and technology sectors NBK Capital Partners is pleased to announce the closing of two mezzanine loan investments.

«This issue of public sector pay has demonstrated that there is little sign of a coherent plan about how to fund the health service, education, social care, defence, housing, or transport infrastructure.»

The PPA will help represent the state pediatric dentistry association in promoting children's oral health issues with the state legislature and other elected bodies, state regulatory agencies (including Medicaid and health departments), licensing bureaus, professional health and child welfare organizations, oral health coalitions, foundations, institutions of dental education, publicly - funded safety net programs, and the private sector benefits industry.

Apart from being a glaring violation of the law, this move will cripple the Education and Health sectors since these Funds have become so central to their financing.

Other demands included better funding of the education sector and the need for the state government to rescind the decision to privatise secondary education.

And despite growing support - from India to Sierra Leone - for publicly funded health and education systems modelled on our own, the Conservatives are pushing for private sector provision in DfID's new private sector strategy.

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At 8:30 a.m., the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund hosts the third installment of their Getting New York City to 80 × 50 Policy Forum Series, with panels focusing on the waste sector, New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, 295 Lafayette St., second floor, Manhattan.

Labour is calling for cross-party talks on how religious education is conducted and monitored in the state sector as a special poll for the Observer shows widespread concerns about the use of taxpayers» money to fund faith schools in a multicultural Britain.

The UK is risking billions of pounds in funding for the higher education sector following a crack - down on foreign student numbers, according to new research

He also called on university authorities to form joint ventures with the private sector through agribusiness and entreated traditional rulers to establish education endowment funds to support needy but brilliant students.

The public spending cuts will wound a sector bolstered by injections of funding under Labour from the mid-90s when money was redirected away from universities to early years learning and further education.

Delegates at the trade union meeting are expected to back a motion later which would condemn any attempt to divert public funding for higher education into the for - profit sector.

Higher education We await Lord Browne's final report into higher education funding, and will judge its proposals against the need to: - increase social mobility; - take into account the impact on student debt; - ensure a properly funded university sector; - improve the quality of teaching; - advance scholarship; and, - attract a higher proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

StudentsFirstNY held a rally in support of Governor Andrew Cuomo's education reform agenda Wednesday evening as the well - organized, well - funded pro-charter sector attempts to respond to criticisms of the governor from teachers unions.

Speaking to Citi News» Duke Mensah Opoku, the former Deputy Education Minister said there is no purpose tied to these funds especially when the governing NPP is claiming that the budget for several sectors has been cut down.

«It is clear that if the quality of governance is to improve across the education system, basic minimum standards of governance should apply across all publicly funded schools, not just to those in the maintained sector.»

He added, «It is a great disappointment that scarce funds that should be used to develop key sectors of the government such as education, health, security and reviving of Nigerian economy in these trying times were systematically allocated to non-existing projects with the sole aim of converting such into personal use in the nearest future.

Cuomo spent his first term attacking public sector unions, undermining funding for public hospitals and pursuing an education deform agenda that funded charter schools, pushed high - stakes testing and undermined public schools.

Hawkins» told local supporters that his platform includes guaranteeing jobs for all — be they private or public sector — a $ 15 per hour minimum wage, universal healthcare, fully funded public schools, eliminating the Common Core education standards and providing 100 percent clean energy by 2030.

Government is in the process of setting up a fund to receive voluntary contributions from individuals to support the implementation of its flagship Free Senior High School programme, and the education sector as a whole.

He has worked widely raising very substantial funds across the education, arts and museums sector in the UK and the US.»

Volunteers with specific skills were given demand driven work in the education, health, justice, community and private sectors alongside partners such as SURF, the Survivors Fund which supports survivors of the Rwandan genocide.

As part of the many other means of addressing the problem, the government announced the setting up of a voluntary fund to receive contributions from individuals to support the programme, and the education sector as a whole.

He said there was the need revitalise the education, agriculture and power sectors in order to give the nation's moribund industries a new lease of life using the recovered funds.

The State Executive Council, according to the commissioner, also approved the setting up of an education trust fund that would help to mobilise funds for the education sector in the state, in a bid to improve the sector.

In my judgment, that kind of leadership will require a comprehensive and sustained effort from both our public and private sectors — including a robust investment in education (especially the STEM fields), a federal commitment to research and development, a renewed emphasis on next generation manufacturing, translating federally funded breakthroughs to commercial applications in the private sector, an immigration policy that enables us to recruit and retain the best and brightest scientists from around the world, and appropriate tax, regulatory, and legal policy.

Beyond the initiative of individual institutions, a U.K. - wide sharing of best practices is being encouraged by Vitae, a membership program which was initially funded by the U.K. Research Councils to promote professional development of doctoral researchers and research staff throughout the United Kingdom's higher education sector.

The higher education strategy aims to modernize Slovenia's universities and give them more autonomy; it includes an increase in funding for the entire higher education sector to 2.5 % by 2020.

I have worked on a variety of grant - funded and grant writing projects in the public health, K - 12 education, and university research sectors.

Universities and other higher education institutions as well as public - and private - sector non-university research institutions and large research funding organisations support international researchers with postdoctoral jobs and fellowships.

Although the fashion education sector has already expanded significantly to meet demand, by creating courses and enlarging the number of places on them, non-private schools — which include many of the industry's most renowned institutions — remain constrained by funding limitations and government - dictated quotas.

DFR ’15 will cross pollinate leaders from all the major industry sectors such as media, entertainment, finance, publishing, venture funding, software, commerce, education, and many more.

The Association of School of School and College Leaders (ASCL) has urged the government to «fully fund» all pay rises in the education sector and remove the one per cent pay cap on teachers» pay.

Adoption UK welcomes significant progress within the education sector in England - including the extension of the Pupil Premium funding (PPf) to adopted children - but our research suggests that more than 40 % of adoptive parents can not ascertain from their school how the pupil premium is being used to benefit their child's attainment.

The expansion of the academies programme and free schools, the end of the # 55bn Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, and a reduction in government funding for higher education are all having a significant impact on the sector.

The overall picture Overall we are seeing a progressively positive picture of funding and investment within the education sector and a continuing focus on investment in ICT.

Funding Marcus Fagent, education sector lead at Arcadis will present a session on designing schools in a less resourced, digital age.

With the support of funding secured from the 2016 ICAP Charity Day, Shakespeare's Globe will work with partners in Southwark and inner London to reach marginalised groups, young people who may not be in education, employment or training (NEETs), those who have - or are at risk of - offending, and those in the care system, to be a skills catalyst that will help redress the lack of diversity within the cultural sector.

The NSW Government will maintain its full six - year commitment to the National Education Reform Agreement (Gonski), until the end of 2019, which supports funding based on student need across all sectors.

The new Prime Minister's slant is much different from former Prime Minister Tony Abbott's blanket refusal to consider extending Gonski funding, giving the education sector renewed hope that the importance of needs - based funding will be recognised by the Federal Government.

Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said lifting the cap on public sector pay, including for teachers, is «meaningless» unless it is backed - up by funding.

Diana Somers of Language Magnet thinks the education sector should brace itself for further reductions in resources, saying: «Like most public sectors, the education sector has been hit with funding cuts and, as a result, headteachers are having to reduce staff and resources.

It would support further consultation and dialogue between governments and the private sector to design scalable innovative funding mechanisms to secure the financial resources needed to unleash the full potential of ICT for learning in line with the 2030 education agenda.