Newfoundland and Labrador has 13 licenced sites for its pre-kindergarten pilot program. When announced, the province promised the program would be in 35 schools. (CBC)The government of Newfoundland and Labrador has, so far, fallen short on its promise to have a pre-kindergarten pilot program in place at 35 schools in 28 communities across the province.
The goal of the pilot, created by $347 million in federal funding and first announced in May 2022, was to have 600 more child-care spaces opened up as parents struggled to find placements for their preschool-aged children.
The end goal is a fully implemented…
Top 12 Most Developed Countries in Africa 2023: A developed country has a developed economy, a stable and efficient government, a sturdy infrastructure, a strong educational system, plentiful employment possibilities, extensive health and social services, and a high level of personal freedom. Countries that fall just short of these targets are categorized as developing.
Those who fall significantly short of the standard are categorized as least developed nations and are eligible for particular United Nations assistance programs. The yearly Human Development Index published by the United Nations is the most frequently used and acknowledged indicator of a country’s development status…
It is troubling that education reform is threatened from a couple of different directions. One threat is complacency, the belief that our top status in the nation’s report card means we should do nothing differently, rest on our laurels, and simply bear down harder with existing strategies and tools even though these have left so many children behind.
The other threat, more strident and visible, calls for eliminating high standards for all, stopping the measurement of progress, and eliminating any form of accountability. The campaign to abolish the MCAS graduation requirement is the tip of the iceberg in a movement…
In an effort to provide additional child care spaces to young families, the provincial government introduced a pilot program to provide child care in kindergarten classrooms across B.C.On Monday, it was announced that more families will soon be able to access the program.
“This program right here is the start. We start off our students and our learners and our families in a good way every day and we can start this program. We can move them along through the school system,” said Rob Zandee, board chair of School District 53.2:11
Child care providers call for provincial funding…
Cost Of Building a House in Nigeria: Shelter is a basic necessity desirous for our Survival, and a House provides Shelter for us. This is why Houses are everywhere in Nigeria as we the citizens cannot do without living in a House. Thus, everyone needs a house and everyone must live in a house for shelter.
In Nigeria, you may get a House for Shelter either through renting an apartment or building your own apartment. In totality, whether you rent an apartment or otherwise it still requires the building of such an apartment by the Owner (Landlord) and same is…
Salary of accountants in Nigeria: The compensation structure of accountants in Nigeria in 2023 is something that many people are interested in learning about, given that accounting or accountancy is one of the most prestigious professional programmes in Nigerian institutions and is also quite competitive. People sometimes wonder how much accountants really make per month to determine whether their take home pay compares favourably with that of other top positions in the nation because most top organisations need the skills of accountants for the smooth operation of their daily financial activities and pay them appealing sums.
How much do accountants…
Most Popular Programming Languages: The demand for programming skills seems to grow by the minute and it has become a very lucrative venture flowing from the last decade. Developers and programmers are also among the highest paid earners, with a whopping 13-17% increase in amass income. For this reason alone, a lot of people are rushing into the coding world to get established and earn some bucks for themselves.
Most widely used programming languages this year
With the plethora of programming languages in existence, it is often difficult to make a decision of where to start. This is why a…
In late 2022, Jessica found herself in a predicament that will sound familiar to many job seekers: slogging through an extended interview process with seemingly no end in sight.
She was up for a job as a fundraiser at a major social services organization in New York. Across the span of two months, she took part in six separate interviews with nine people total, multiple of whom she met more than once. She’d pulled one of her first all-nighters in years putting together a dummy presentation on a hypothetical corporate partnership for interview No. 4, which entailed what she describes…