Two education unions in Kenya have called for a complete lockdown of the country to ensure the safety of educators and students. The proposal is just one of those submitted by the unions for the effective and successful management of the health, education, and economic crisis caused by the spread of COVID-19.
Archive for year: 2020
The Academy of Digital Arts' plan of action for Covid-19
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Regent Business School*, a member of Honoris United Universities, has heeded the SOS call from healthcare professionals fighting Covid-19 across South Africa for Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). The business school has mobilised its innovation hubs, iLeadLABs, in Durban, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town to produce its reusable protective face shields and splash protection masks using 3-D printed parts which will be distributed, at no cost, to public healthcare facilities.
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An education union in Liberia has donated valuable equipment to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Image Supplied.</span>When the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at Stellenbosch University (SU) started a 3D printing laboratory about two years ago to assist surgeons in planning and rehearsing surgical procedures, they had no idea the lab would be put to use in a pandemic. Today, staff and students are working long hours to 3D print and assemble visors to be distributed and used as protective gear for those working on the frontline of fighting the Covid-19 crisis.
Dr Rudolph Venter, an orthopaedic surgeon and lecturer in Clinical Anatomy at SU's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) came up with the idea after the virus broke out in South Africa.
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The growing use of technology in the classroom is not just fundamentally changing how teachers teach and learners learn: it has the potential to play a pivotal role in the delivery of quality education across South Africa.
According to Oliver Dick, Blended Learning Lead at independent private school network Spark Schools, eLearning is already demonstrating the ability to dramatically improve access to information and educational materials, as well as helping students learn more - and better.
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tookapic via [[pixabay.com Pixabay]]</span>The public broadcaster and the Department of Basic Education have launched a Covid-19 learner support initiative in an effort to limit the impact of the lockdown on the school calendar.
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Following an extensive and thorough recruitment and selection process, it is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of Dr Riedwaan (Rudi) Kimmie as the new chief executive officer of TSIBA Business School, registered as TSIBA Education NPC. Dr Kimmie will assume the role from 1 May 2020 following a full hand-over from our current interim CEO Professor Kobus Visser.
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Although the Beninese public authorities have declared the closure of the country’s schools, pupils and teachers must nevertheless resume classes on 14 April. The public authorities have also taken the decision to recruit teaching staff through interim agencies, to which education unions strongly oppose.
A year ago, the President requested the development of education-oriented devices for schools, and this year, during the State of the Nation Address (SONA), this message was amplified through the announcement of the introduction to coding and robotics to classrooms from grade 4. To support the government's mission from grassroots levels, Acer is playing its part in bringing the Fourth Industrial Revolution not only to industry, but to our classrooms.
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