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New Brunswick schools to open next week for locker, desk clear-out

School districts in New Brunswick are poised to open elementary, middle and secondary schools as early as next week to allow students and families to collect personal belongings left behind as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Monaghan company designs anti-viral door handle to tackle virus

A Monaghan-based construction company has designed a new anti-viral door handle to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 in schools across the country.

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New Brunswick Grade 12 students encouraged to enrol early in universities: province

On Monday, the government of New Brunswick said they’re encouraging Grade 12 students to get an early start on their post-secondary education by enrolling in distance learning offered through the spring and summer intersession courses.

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Decision expected to be reached on Junior Cert

It is hoped that a formal decision will be reached today in relation to procedures to replace this year's cancelled Junior Certificate exams.

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Coronavirus: ATA, CBE pleased with Calgary teachers adapting to online learning

On a normal weekday morning, the hallways of McKenzie Highlands School in southeast Calgary should be a boisterous place.

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Coronavirus: B.C. government to provide update on education system

B.C. Education Minister Rob Fleming and B.C. School Trustees Association president Stephanie Higginson are scheduled to provide an update on the province’s education system amid the COVID-19 crisis.

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Coronavirus: Ontario school closure extended to May 31

The closure of Ontario’s publicly-funded schools has been extended to the end of May amid the coronavirus pandemic, the province’s education minister has announced.

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School principals call for detailed guidance over Leaving Cert

School principals are calling for detailed guidance on how the Leaving Certificate examinations are going to be managed.

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Keeping Cree language alive: Regina man offering free online lessons for children

A Regina man is offering free online lessons for children to learn the Cree language while they’re at home during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Stay active, be kind among at-home learning tips from UBC Okanagan professors during COVID-19 pandemic

With no return to school in sight because of COVID-19, the burden of education is falling on some B.C. parents.

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Regina teacher creates YouTube music show for kids during coronavirus pandemic

It has the hallmarks of a classic children’s show – a catchy theme song, a host and a cast of loveable characters.

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Second school announces it won't be holding Junior Cycle exams

A second school has announced that it is opting out of holding Junior Cycle exams in the Autumn.

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Schools to be given €10m in technology funding

The Government has allocated €10 million to schools to be spent on measures to address the digital divide being experienced by students.

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Call for financial aid for Gaeltacht communities

Language organisations have called for supports for Gaeltacht communities after the Government announced Irish summer courses were being cancelled in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Leaving Cert to start 'potentially' on July 29 says Education Minister

The Minister for Education has said that this year's Leaving Certificate exams could "potentially" begin on 29 July.

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Coronavirus: Manitoba government announces coursework guidelines, ‘recovery learning’ in the fall

The Manitoba government has released a new set of guidelines for students who are staying home due to the coronavirus pandemic and sent it to school divisions in the province.

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Galway school decides against Junior Cert participation this year

A Co Galway secondary school has decided not to participate in this year's Junior Certificate exams.

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INTO wants schools re-opened on 'orderly, phased basis'

The General Secretary of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) has said he would like to see primary schools re-opened on an "orderly, phased basis".

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Leaving Cert pupils will be priority if schools re-open

The Minister for Health, Simon Harris, has said he personally believes there would be health and wellbeing benefits to getting children back to school, even in a partial capacity.

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Teachers will support decision to postpone Leaving Cert - ASTI

The ASTI has said that it will work to support the Government's decision to postpone the June Leaving Certificate examinations until later in the summer.

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Waterford Institute of Technology to offer virtual guidance

Waterford Institute of Technology will run a week of virtual open days to help prospective undergraduate students with their questions about going to college.

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Unions call on teachers to engage with exam proposals

Teachers' unions are calling on members to engage with proposals to have students return to their classrooms for several weeks in July ahead of the Leaving Certificate exams.

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Leaving Cert exams postponed until late July or August, Junior Cert exams cancelled

This year's Leaving Certificate examinations have been postponed until late July or August.

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Central Okanagan school district says nearly 7,000 meals distributed to area students this week

Central Okanagan Public Schools says nearly 7,000 meals were distributed this week, as students returned to B.C.’s education system during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Vancouver School Board taking flexible approach amid closures due to coronavirus pandemic

Kitchens and living rooms across British Columbia have turned into classrooms as school boards scramble to adapt to delivering curriculums during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Over 8 in 10 Parents Now Say Child Is Learning Remotely

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to upend life in the U.S. and growing numbers of schools have announced closures through the end of the 2019-2020 school year, formal, school-sponsored distance learning programs for K-12 children are ramping up.

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No third-level exams to be held in exam centres during pandemic

Third-level institutions will not be holding written, oral or practical assessments in examination centres during the Covid-19 emergency.

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Internet Access at New High Worldwide Before Pandemic

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With more than 1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide and counting, many residents confined to their homes for the foreseeable future are relying on the internet as their link to the outside world. Gallup surveys in 145 countries and territories in 2019 and early 2020 show more of the world is online than ever, but there is still a digital divide.

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Countries across globe postpone or cancel state exams

"We will always be the ones who didn't pass our Bac", so reads a headline in France’s Le Monde newspaper this week.

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Countries across globe postpone or cancel state 'Leaving cert' exams

"We will always be the ones who didn't pass our Bac", so reads a headline in France’s Le Monde newspaper this week.

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Program that provides computers to Alberta students in need says ‘demand has been relentless’

As Alberta students transition to learning online because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, a program that helps connect kids who need computers has become very busy.

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Maritime universities establish emergency funds for students during coronavirus crisis

As COVID-19 continues to spread, a number of universities across the Maritimes have established a student relief fund to help students address financial burdens caused by the pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Winnipeg teacher offers home-schooling advice, support to anxious parents

A Winnipeg teacher says parents shouldn’t stress over having to teach their kids at home as schools remain closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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After what would have been spring break, Manitoba parents tackle teaching kids at home

Families in Manitoba are settling into a new routine: kids learning from home.

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Expert says Leaving Cert should go ahead 'if at all possible'

The Leaving Certificate exams should go ahead "if at all possible", a leading expert on the transition from second to higher level education has told RTÉ News.

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Parents concerned about New Brunswick’s plans for home learning

With New Brunswick schools closed for the rest of the school year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents in the province are bracing themselves for a new challenge: home learning.

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Coronavirus: Supporting essential-service workers, delivering food packages on Central Okanagan school district’s agenda

It’s been three weeks since students in the Central Okanagan last went to school because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Anxiety and stress off the scale, says school principal

"Their levels of anxiety and stress are off the scale at the moment," says one school principal. She is referring to her Leaving Certificate students.

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Two Lethbridge school districts terminating all educational assistants, other positions

On March 28, Jason Kenney’s government announced $128 million in funding allocated to education in Alberta would be moved to relief efforts in the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Covid-19: Almost 11,000 Special Needs Assistant sign up for reassignment

Almost 11,000 Special Needs Assistants have filled out online forms for reassignment under a new process introduced to help deal with the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Gallup COVID-19 Data Brief No. 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gallup has covered a lot of ground this past week in our daily measurement of Americans' experience of the COVID-19 crisis. Here is what we know as of April 2.

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Government to defer 'School Inclusion Model' project

The Government will defer the introduction of a new model for the allocation of Special Needs Assistants (SNA) in schools that was due to be implemented this coming September.

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State exams to go ahead 'by hook or by crook'

Plans are being drawn up to ensure both the Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate exams will go ahead this year, the Taoiseach has said.

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Anxiety among SNAs ahead of redeployment amid virus

There is uncertainty and some nervousness among SNAs over yesterday's announcement that they may be reassigned temporarily to other caring roles.

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NSTU prepare for distance learning plan: ‘We have no road map for what we’re dealing with’

Armed with the Department of Education’s plan to tackle at home learning Nova Scotia teachers are optimistic about finishing out the school year but aren’t downplaying the challenge that lays ahead.

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Covid-19: Special Needs Assistants to be redeployed to other public service duties

Special Needs Assistants in schools are to be reassigned temporarily to other duties in essential public services as part of the state's response to Covid-19.

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Call for schools to donate PPE to hospitals, nursing homes

A Dublin secondary school teacher has appealed to schools to donate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) that is lying idle in their science labs to hospitals or other facilities, such as nursing homes.

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'You can't teach a child if their stomach is empty'

When it comes to learning, schools know one thing; there's no point in even trying to teach a child if their stomach is empty.

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