Make no mistake, we are living through the worst of times. To think twelve months ago "coronavirus" hadn't entered the public lexicon. Now we are in the midst of a legitimately existential threat. Someday we will look back on this period with the same sorrow reserved for the darkest days in bygone eras.
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Archive for month: April, 2020
Our lives as we know it will never be the same again because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The education system, among other sectors, will be subjected to changes in the provisioning of teaching and learning.
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Our lives as we know it will never be the same again because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The education system, among other sectors, will be subjected to changes in the provisioning of teaching and learning.
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#TheLockdownSeries explores the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on businesses, how they prepared for lockdown and its impacts on operations and employees, as well as lessons learned that we can take into the post-Covid-19 era.
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The Private Hotel School (TPHS) is looking for the two best hospitalians in South Africa to be awarded a year-long bursary each to study a Certificate in Hospitality Management for 2021 at the institution. One will be based at the school's Stellenbosch-based campus and another at the campus in Rosebank, Johannesburg.
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In an initiative to keep its higher education students studying during the national lockdown, iCollege has created an app to allow learners to continue accessing facilitation of their courses for free from the comfort of their homes.
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In an initiative to keep its higher education students studying during the national lockdown, iCollege has created an app to allow learners to continue accessing facilitation of their courses for free from the comfort of their homes.
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Considering the current lockdown, there is understandably an impact on planned skills development initiatives; classroom training is restricted, but workplace skills planning is still due at the end of May, and BBBEE strategies and aligned budgets are rigorously being discussed around the board room table. Omni HR Consulting's head of operations Cindy Londt and compliance and risk manager Jasmine Sultan discuss the way forward and how the company is adapting.
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While acknowledging that teachers had already been offered training to help them develop the skills needed to deliver online classes before the COVID-19 crisis had begun, educators should be better trained in the area according to an education trade union in Cameroon. Authorities should ensure that teachers are well-equipped to carry out on-line education. It also maintains that distance learning should take place in better conditions and that access to it should be available throughout the country.
Members of Senegal’s teaching unions fear the rapid aggravation of the coronavirus crisis in their country and are taking action to ensure teacher and pupil safety, as well as educational continuity.
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