Report by oldest US university lays out history of slavery on campus and its role in perpetuating racial oppression. Harvard University in the United States has released a report on its historic ties to slavery and pledged $100m to address the educational, social, and economic legacies of slavery and racism. Released on Tuesday, the report by a team of Harvard […]
There were some 2,400 Palestinians from the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip living in Ukraine before the war. Hebron, Occupied West Bank – Palestinian university student Mohammad Hafith recalls the moment when he shut the door to his apartment in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and left towards an unknown fate. He was forced to leave his two cats on […]
India’s Foreign Ministry has confirmed that medical student Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagoudar, who had dreams to return to India to become a surgeon, was killed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday while stepping out to buy groceries. The Ministry said the 21-year-old student died from shelling after a missile struck the regional administration building in Ukraine’s second-largest city. He was in his fourth […]
According to Jamaica’s Foreign Ministry, another 23 of the country’s students in Ukraine arrived safely in the western Ukraine city of L’viv, taking them closer to the Poland border. The report noted that arrangements were being made for the students to be transported to Poland, a neighboring country. Minister of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith made the […]
Universities have reopened six months after Taliban returned to power, but only a trickle of women have returned to classrooms. Afghanistan’s main universities have reopened six months after the Taliban returned to power, but only a trickle of women have returned to now-segregated classes. Most secondary schools for girls and all public universities were shuttered following the Taliban’s August 15 takeover, […]
The University of the West Indies (UWI) has revealed details of its plans for a massive investment drive to complete projects which would help boost its finances. UWI Registrar, Dr. Maurice Smith, says the preparatory steps which have been taken include organizing teams to handle the projects. Dr. Smith made the disclosure at last week’s meeting of Parliament’s Human Resources […]
Jamaica’s Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton, says that through collective efforts with stakeholders in the education sector, the Government is working towards facilitating more face-to-face classes in 2022. “So, my own view, and I’m venturing out here on a limb, but what has been articulated is that whatever happens, we need to move towards getting our children […]
A majority of the justices have cast doubt on a Maine program that covers the cost of private education in areas without public schools but bars use of the funds at institutions that promote religion. Justice Brett Kavanaugh said two families challenging the exclusion of religious schools “are seeking equal treatment, not special treatment.” Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice […]
According to press reports, the Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to quash a legal battle brought by a group of Asian-American students who argue Harvard College’s admissions process violates federal civil rights law and discriminates against Asian-American applicants. The high court has asked the Justice Department in June to weigh in on the request by the students, members of the […]
The announcement was made recently at King’s House after a full day of interviews of the 11 candidates, who vied for the scholarship. A former student of Immaculate Conception High School in St. Andrew, Ms. Williams studied Psychology at Vassar College in the United States (U.S.) and is presently pursuing a Master’s degree in education at Harvard University. She will […]
