Sentences with phrase «says education challenges»

The project team says education challenges for these communities in Kenya include high teacher absence, which impacts on student learning.

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«Over the past six months, we've traveled the globe to find the world's most promising startups working to develop innovative solutions to fundamental challenges in education, energy & sustainability, health, and cities & transportation,» says Donna Harris, co-founder of 1776.
Nuñez was the only MBA holder in UConn's inaugural class, but as the job market remains challenging, EBV applicants are now «skewing older and much more advanced [in] education,» Zacchea says.
Robinson said if governments tried to strengthen education qualifications for teachers, the proposed WTO restrictions on regulation could mean these governments would be challenged for creating a restriction on trade in education services.
Draper lists FinTech, GovTech, Healthcare, Education, Insurance and Logistics as «ripe for transformation», and says that the fund is open to any entrepreneur who is willing to challenge the status quo.
Speaking before the event the Archbishop said: «In the midst of these economic, social and political challenges, Church of England schools aim to provide an education that is deeply and authentically Christian, but also inclusive and embracing of diversity.
Unveiling the review, education secretary Damian Hinds (pictured below) said on Friday that some youngsters - especially those from challenging backgrounds - face «inconsistencies» in their experience of education.
Rev Nigel Genders, the Church of England's chief education officer, said: «In the current education landscape small rural schools face some tough challenges which are not simple to resolve and are often expressed in negative terms.
You could say that the list of challenges facing each diocese in western Europe is well - rehearsed: the secularism that we're fighting, inside and outside the church; the pressures on families; the pressures on education; engagement with the young; the problems caused by a kind of poverty that just alienates people from life and also from the Church.
To steer 25 + young adults from various cultures making relatively obscene amounts of money who have little real - word adult experience or formal education and who visit major cities full of temptations, not the least of which are people who exist to separate said money from them, through the rapids of these challenges as well as basically living with each other while existing in a media fishbowl.
That said, I think we have two big challenges in our education system, neither of which I think we've got great solutions for right now.
«There definitely is a lag — I'm not denying that,» says Denise Pope, senior lecturer at the Stanford University School of Education and co-founder of Challenge Success, a research and student - intervention project.
Cheating is a symptom of a bigger problem in education, said Denise Pope, a senior lecturer at Stanford University and co-founder of Challenge Success, an organization that works with schools and families to improve student well - being and engagement with learning.
Patrick Roach said: «As the number and diversity of providers in education is unlikely to decrease, the government must face up to the implications of a system which has the potential to become highly fragmented and recognise that the challenge of ensuring equity for all children and young people will be greater and require new arrangements for system governance.
Gallant said he will focus on education, jobs and challenging the repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
Iannuzzi was on CapTon earlier this week to discuss the possibility of a new legal challenge of what education advocates say is a long - standing inequity in the state's foundation aid formula that disproportionately hurts low - income districts.
Haruna Iddrisu says even though there are challenges facing the economy, youth unemployment and problems with the education system, the President has put in place the requisite measures to address them hence he must be supported.
Amid these challenges and crosscurrents, Flanagan knocked Cuomo, saying his policies are being informed by the challenge he faces in a Democratic primary from Cynthia Nixon, an education advocates and actress.
Liberal activists who have been critical of Cuomo on education and other issues think an insurgent with greater name recognition could provide a stronger challenge, even though polls say Cuomo is still popular among Democratic voters statewide.
In Cuomo's first public remarks since Nixon, also an education activist, declared she would challenge him for the Democratic Party's nomination, Cuomo said in Manhattan: «We're in a democracy, anybody can run, anybody can say whatever they want to say
While addressing journalists, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Obafela Bank - Olemoh, said the project will foster necessary skills to create sustainable solutions to social challenges and create employment opportunities.
Although he admitted some schools are facing logistical challenges, Dr Prempeh said the Education Ministry is dealing with that.
«Our challenge now is to learn from the best evidence of what works and when, and to embed that within the literacy strategy for the future,» the education secretary said.
Dee Halil, IET Education Manager, said: «Over 1,900 students have taken part in this year's challenge, so the students have done amazingly well to make it to the final.
Speaking at the 22nd Congregation of the University of Education, Winneba, on Saturday 21st April, 2018, H.E. Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said government had been mindful of the expected increase in tertiary admissions, and was working assiduously to provide the necessary funding to address the infrastructure challenges before the first batch of the FSHS complete in 2020.
He advocated stronger ties between government and circular education management, saying,» I challenge all leaders of circular education authorities in the region to formulate a policy for circular education to attract government's attention.»
Yehuda Weissmandl, President of the East Ramapo School Board, says in a statement he welcomes the designation of Szuberla and Sipple as monitors for the district and that over the last 18 months, state education department monitors have been invaluable in helping the district meet difficult challenges and make significant improvements.
The advocacy manager of Challenging Heights, David Kofi Awusi in an interview with the media said, the organisation was established to rescue children from such activities and make sure they receive adequate education.
«Last year was kind of a unique and challenging year on a lot of different levels including looking at and reviewing the Regents,» said Senate education committee chair John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican and prominent member of his conference.
Mr. Ablakwa said government is determined to overcome challenges currently confronting basic education in the country.
The President said health and education remained priority areas for government and called for support of all to fix the challenges in those sectors.
WBFO»S Focus on Education reporter Eileen Buckley says State Supreme Court Justice Deborah Chimes ruled that Giambra and two co-petitioners did not have proper legal standing to mount the court challenge.
[Cuomo said the latest lawsuit challenging the way New York allocates education dollars is flawed because the state spends more money per pupil — on average — than any other state and doesn't get top results.]
He said higher education must raise a value system that will enable graduates to have an impact in national development and not deviant in society adding that it must create the relevant knowledge, skills and solutions to challenges impeding national growth and development.
The Regional Minister said the DLT also highlighted the need for government and stakeholders to find innovative ways of solving some basic developmental challenges relating to sanitation, water, health, education, governance and security.
The Akufo - Addo government says it has set aside an amount of Ghc80 million cedis to address challenges relating to furniture following the implementation of the Free Senior High School education policy.
Against this background, she said that the PPP is aware of the challenges hence its decision to enforce the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) provision in Ghana's constitution.
Education law, as summarized by the New York State School Boards Association and the New York State Bar Association, says the burden of proof rests on the entity or person who challenges vote results to establish facts that would justify invalidating results.
After meeting with economic development, business and space leaders Friday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine called the Space Coast «our Silicon Valley» but said the challenge for the state will be investing in the education system to support it.
He says that could be grounds for a legal constitutional challenge to the tax cap law, because New York's constitution requires that all children in the state receive a «sound, basic» education.
Actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon, who is challenging Cuomo in the Democratic primary, and First Lady Chirlane McCray recently said they support legalizing marijuana.
«If you look any of the challenges that we have on Staten Island or across the city or around the country, the solution, the way to improve those things, is investing in young people,» said Oddo, who added he's allocated more than $ 100 million for education since his days on the City Council.
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker said that actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon, who is challenging New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has been «good for the conversation» in the 2018 gubernatorial race and that a challenger «is always good» in any race.
Teachout said she wanted to challenge Cuomo on his record on education, fracking, «failure to take care of public infrastructure» and corruption.
Commenting on the announcement by the Welsh Government that it is to provide # 20 million a year for a Schools Challenge Cymru support programme to under - performing schools, Aled Roberts, Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Minister for Education in the National Assembly, said:
Christine Quinn City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, running in the Democratic primary, highlighted the challenge of affordable housing which she says is a big concern for the CEOs of companies from all backgrounds, and the need to improve education through an emphasis on literacy and offering tablets instead of textbooks.
Alhaji Rashid said, his leadership will address some of the major challenges in the Zongo communities including unemployment, education, health, water and sanitation, adding that, with the establishment of the Zongo Ministry and the Zongo Fund, problems of the Zongos will be reduced but propel the Zongo communities for massive development.
The 2016 flagbearer of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has said that the government's Free Senior High School policy will not help to address the teething challenges in the country's education sector.
But some education specialists say that elected school boards in general pose problems for urban school districts with challenges related to poverty.
Trustees of a powerful religious organization threatened a Brooklyn assemblyman with a primary challenge if a controversial education tax credit does not pass the Assembly, sources say.
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