A report produced this week by the Office of Education Standards on the success of the home schooling of Cayman’s children since schools closed mid-March has found that it has not been a good substitute for students actually attending school.
George Floyd, a black American, was murdered by Minneapolis police on May 25. The independent autopsy says that Mr. Floyd died of "asphyxiation from sustained pressure" when his neck and back were compressed by Minneapolis police officers during his arrest.
The global environment has changed dramatically since COVID-19. The International Labour Organization says that nearly half of the world’s workers are at immediate risk of losing their jobs, so far more than 344,00 lives have been lost, with more than 5.3 million confirmed cases.
‘If you spend just 15 minutes a day, reading at the average rate of 300 words a minute, you will read a million and a half words a year—or an average of 20 books! But, of course, you have to devote these 15 minutes every day,’ says Ralph M. Besse, writing in the Foundation of Economic Education....
The Scholarship Secretariat Unit would like to remind the public as well as all scholarship applicants and recipients to send all queries to scholarships@gov.ky for response as the Unit is operating remotely.
Further to the announcement of the extended school closure until the end of the academic year, the MEYSAL has issued policy guidance to all compulsory education institutions to ensure continuity of education during the physical closure of school sites.
The University College of the Cayman Islands’ campuses in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac will remain closed until the end of the academic year, following the April 22 directive issued by the Cayman Islands Government to extend the closure of all educational institutions....
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On Wednesday the Honourable Minister for Education, Juliana O’Connor-Connolly provided an update to matters related to education, in a statement presented at the daily Coronavirus Update Press Brieifing and hosted by CIGTV.
At the time of writing this article, there were close to two million people infected with this virus and every country on the planet has been putting in place various strategies to reduce the incidents and deaths that have come with this pestilence. The race for a vaccine is on.