Education News in Brief (2016/10/14)
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Conatus News/Uncommon Ground Media Inc.
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2016/10/14
Creating the Africa of the 21st century
According to All Africa, the closing of the two-week Third Country Training Programme (TCTP) came with grand statements by Shem Bodo, Senior Programs Officer with the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA).
Bodo said, “Probing and thinking critically is what will make Africa a continent of the 21st century… inculcating skills at an early age is the key.” This is one statement among a growing movement.
Africa has a continental vision with the African Union in its Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want. That document makes an explicit call for a “revolution of education, skills and active promotion of science, technology…”
Nerd-in-Chief for the US as 300 million USD in science funding unveiled
According to CNET, the United States unveiled 300 million USD funding for science through President Barack Obama. It is “federal and private money earmarked for support science and technology.”
There is 165 million USD devoted to “smart city initiatives” for the reduction of traffic congestion among other things. 70 million USD is meant for researching in brain diseases such as “Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, depression and other diseases.”
There will be 50 million USD for “small-satellite technology that enables high-speed internet” and16 million USD to improve the medical care for Americans through the Precision Medicine Initiative.
Turkish teacher recruitment process systematically looks for affiliations
According to Al Monitor: Turkey Pulse, the post-putsch massive purges included the governmental suspension of 28,000 teachers with the intention of uprooting the followers of Fethullah Gulen, who was accused as mind behind the coup.
Many Kurdish teachers and trade unionists allied with “the opposition were also caught in the net.” The government announced 20,000 replacement teachers for vacancy filling with written exams and an interview, the new part, for the recruitment process.
The questions in the interviews have been about religious and political affiliations of the candidates, and in a systematic way, to determine the kind and level of support for the rule Justice and Development Party (AKP), according to the Education and Science Laborers Trade Union (Egitim-Sen).
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