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Hong Kong: HK student applications to Australia hit three year high ahead of new security law

Publicado: 1 agosto 2020

Hong Kong/ 31 July 2020/ Source / https://www.intellasia.net/ The number of Hong Kong citizens applying to study at Australian universities has hit a three-year-high midway through 2020, according to government data, amid fears a new security law is ushering in a more authoritarian era for China’s freest city. The rise in higher education applications from […]

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USA: Ohio Department of Education Announces Regional Teachers of the Year and Statewide Finalists

Publicado: 1 agosto 2020

USA/ 31 July 2020/ Source/ https://www.einnews.com/   The Ohio Department of Education today announced the 11 teachers who are designated as the “2021 Teacher of the Year” for their respective State Board of Education district through the Teacher of the Year Program. Of the group of 11, the following four teachers were selected as state finalists to […]

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Colombia: La educación se mantiene en la cima del presupuesto

Publicado: 1 agosto 2020

Colombia/01 de agosto 2020/Fuente: https://www.portafolio.co/ Luego de la deuda, es el de mayores recursos para el 2021. Variadas opiniones frente a valor asignado al sector. Por segundo año consecutivo, la educación del país continúa siendo el sector con el mayor monto de recursos asignados dentro el Presupuesto General de la Nación, después de la deuda. […]

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EEUU: Detrás del impulso de Trump para reabrir las escuelas, un regalo para la educación basada en la Biblia

Publicado: 1 agosto 2020

EEUU/01 de agosto 2020/Fuente: https://religionnews.com/ En una conferencia de prensa la semana pasada, el presidente Trump anunció un plan para proporcionar $ 105 mil millones a las escuelas para prepararlas para su reapertura, a pesar de los riesgos para la salud. Pero había una trampa en su propuesta: donde las escuelas públicas no abren, el dinero de los […]

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Turkey: Education Ministry ‘assessing four scenarios’ to reopen schools during outbreak

Publicado: 1 agosto 2020

Turkey/August 01, 2020/By: ANKARA/Source: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ The Education Ministry’s primary aim is to fully open schools in the new academic year, but is assessing four different scenarios depending on the course of the COVID-19 outbreak in late August, Education Minister Ziya Selçuk said on July 30. “As the Education Ministry, our duty is to open and keep schools open. We […]

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South Africa: Education spending is falling and the Covid-19 budget has slashed it further

Publicado: 1 agosto 2020

South Africa/August 01, 2020/By Julia Chaskalson, Hopolang Selebalo and Daniel McLaren/Source: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/ Schools are essential to the Covid-19 response. First published by GroundUp Improving our education system is key to South Africa’s development. Yet real per capita education spending has fallen over the past decade. And it has got worse with the recent budget in response […]

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