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Omicron: School closures must be 'avoided whenever possible', says UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], December 18 (ANI): Despite the rise in the cases of COVID-19 due to the highly transmissible Omicron variant, nationwide school closures should be avoided whenever possible, said Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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UN backs plans to ensure regular, healthy school meals for every child in
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], November 17 (ANI): Following pandemic-driven school closures, five UN agencies threw their strong support behind an international coalition to improve the nutrition, health and education of school-age children around the world.
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Rainfall causes flooding, road closures in Canada's British Columbia
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Vancouver [Canada], November 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Continuous rainfall has caused flooding in southern part of British Columbia province in Canada on Monday.
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India's First HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible Classrooms) launched by Sri Chaitany
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): The acceleration to Online Learning as a result of campus closures has led to educators having to reimagine Teaching and Learning.
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India's first HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible Classrooms) launched by Sri Chaitany
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] October 28 (ANI/Newsvoir): The acceleration to Online Learning as a result of campus closures has led to educators having to reimagine Teaching and Learning. The innovative use of online tools has brought with it a completely new way of engaging with students. S
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200 mn children live in countries unprepared to deploy remote learning in
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], October 28 (ANI): At least 200 million schoolchildren live in 31 low- and middle-income countries that remain unprepared to deploy remote learning in future emergency school closures, a new UNICEF report revealed on Wednesday.
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COVID-19: WBBL relocated to Tasmania amid border closures
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], September 16 (ANI): The Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) will begin its seventh season in Tasmania, with the first 20 matches of the world's best cricket league for women to be held on the Apple Isle.
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Repeated school closures during pandemic responsible for learning loss in
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu (Nepal), September 9 (ANI): Repeated school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic have led to alarming levels of inequities in learning opportunities for children in South Asia, despite significant efforts by governments and partners to expand remote learning, according to UNICEF r
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Second wave to fray apparel retail growth, profitability: Crisil
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 31 (ANI): Temporary store closures, restricted mobility and curtailed discretionary spending due to second wave of Covid-19 infections are set to pull down revenue growth of organised apparel retail sector to 15 to 20 per cent this fiscal, according to Cris
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Bangladeshi university develops new online exam system amid COVID-19 closu
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh] July 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh has been closing educational institutions after detecting the first COVID-19 case in March last year, which extended the school day for students thus deferring their participation in the labour market, especially for the university students
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CFTI empowering children in Dharavi with access to digital education
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 26 (ANI/ThePRTree): School closures due to the pandemic have left millions of children bereft of education, due to lack of resources and the inability to afford a device.
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Ekk Updesh to host world's biggest educational conclave in December 2021
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], June 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): Last year, the world witnessed massive academic disruption because of the school/college closures caused due to the COVID-19 induced lockdown. Students were forced to stay indoors and it took some time for the world to come to terms with the digita
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