| Turkmenistan reinstates physical culture classes
As the Ashgabat correspondent of Turkmenistan.ru reports referring to the press service of Turkmen president Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, the head of state signed an important decree today aimed at radical reform in the sphere of education of Turkmenistan. According to the document, the aim of reform is "to ensure that national certificates of education receive world wide recognition" and "to create conditions for young people to receive education at the world best higher education establishments." According to the decree of the president of Turkmenistan, school's curriculums will be amended "taking into account the developed countries' experience in the sphere of secondary education." Physical culture classes will be reinstated and vocational training will be abolished from the schools' curriculum.
Preschools consider 20 hours free
Many of Whangarei's early childhood education centres are still unsure if they will provide 20 hours of free education for three and four-year-olds. The Government is funding a subsidy to allow centres to offer 20 hours of free preschool education from July this year. But many centres still have to decide whether they will sign up for the deal. The Government is offering centres between $1.02 and $4.60 an hour for each three or four-year-old child, on top of existing subsidies. The fee is an accurate reflection of costs, based on an operating cost survey completed last year, says Education Ministry spokeswoman Debbie Caterer. Kindergartens -which have been offered the lowest increase - are still negotiating the rate on a national level. Parent-led playcentres do not qualify for the subsidy.
New effort to bolster workforce training
School districts in Central Texas are getting some help from regional planners to prepare the next generation of Austin's workforce. The Capital Area Council of Governments, or CAPCOG, and the Rural Capital Area Workforce Development Board have launched a new program to help school districts implement Achieve Texas, a Texas Education Agency initiative to redesign career and technology education programs by 2012. The program uses so-called career clusters and pathways, recommended course sequences based on student interests, to prepare graduates for careers in the 21st century global economy. .
Patients take center stage in health care education
Shes not a health care professional, but Nettie Engels, in remission after being diagnosed with cervical uterine cancer in 2003, has a lot to teach Medical College of Georgia students. There is so much more to patients aside from their illness, she said. We have lives, children, grandchildren, careers, and that whole person needs to be treated. Mrs. Engels is a member of the MCG family faculty, a group of people who have dealt with chronic illnesses or disabilities, either personally or in their family, and are willing to share their experiences with students and health care professionals. I think the more [students] learn and experience before they see their first patient, the more opportunity they get to think about how they will treat their patients, Mrs.
Texas Launches Education Program to Combat Steroid Use and Improve ...
AUSTIN -- The University Interscholastic League (UIL) and the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) today announced a pilot program to provide students with the tools to make better decisions impacting their safety and sportsmanship. The program, STAR Sportsmanship, capitalizes on student interest in video games and role-play simulations to practice better decision-making in steroid avoidance and good sportsmanship. Thirty-one Texas school districts represented on the UILs Legislative Council are participating in the pilot program. More than 6,000 students and 350 coaches have already accessed the program in Texas as of February 26. District and campus administrators and athletic coaches from the pilot schools will participate in the first Sportsmanship and Steroid Education Summit, to be held in Austin on March 27.
Freshman killed by wrong-way driver
Michelle Alysia Shore, a freshman pre-law student, was killed while driving home on Interstate 95 in the early morning hours Feb. 24 after seeing a movie in Coconut Grove with a friend. She was 18.
The Miami Herald reported Tuesday that Shore had been identified as the victim of the accident, which took place at 2:50 a.m.
Sgt. Mark Wyscoky, public affairs officers for the Florida Highway Patrol, told The Miami Hurricane Wednesday that the suspect, 26-year-old Ramon Herrera, was still listed in critical condition after crashing his Honda into Shore's 2002 Dodge Neon.
The Herald reported the following last week:
Michelle was driving back home to Sunrise after seeing a movie when Herrera, who was driving southbound in the northbound lanes, struck her car near Pembroke Road in Hollywood.
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