associate education

4 leaders across 3 countries this week.

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The Examinations Office is reassuring stakeholders about the year 10 exam results. At some schools, the results were not announced on Friday, August 14, due to problems with some of the results. This has caused some unrest among educators, parents and students. However, Yvonne Pelswijk, head of the Examinations Office, says there is no need to worry. In conversation with the Communications Service Suriname (CDS) on Friday, August 14, the official indicated that these were a few edge cases in whi…

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2026-08-13 Christopher Luxon

Today’s roll return data tells us what we already knew; families want schooling options that reflect the needs of their children, says Associate Education Minister David Seymour. Data released today shows that as of July 1, 2026, there were 1,732 students enrolled in 17 charter schools. “These numbers show that diversity and choice in New Zealand’s schooling system is important to parents,” Mr Seymour says. “On 1 July last year we had just seven schools. One year later we’ve more than doubled…

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2026-08-12 Christopher Luxon

Associate Education Minister David Seymour has today welcomed data showing that more cases of non-enrolled students (NENs) are being referred to attendance services, and more students are re-enrolling in school. "In term 2 2026 attendance hit a decade high. Our attendance initiatives are in force, and delivering, so I expect attendance to keep rising,” Mr Seymour says. “For example, we re-organised the provision of attendance services, awarded new contracts and increased support for services p…

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2026-08-11 Hun Manet

(1) Schools play a crucial role in educating student behavior I urge you all to continue your research and studies to strengthen your capabilities for the future.An important task within the education sector is that, aside from strengthening hard infrastructure and focusing on teaching knowledge and skills, schools play a vital role in educating student behavior.The structure we design — aiming for a four-year bachelor’s degree or further to a master’s degree — actually, seeks the school playin…

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2026-08-10 Luis Abinader

Before the bell rings, the questions have already started in each house; they will have their books, their notebooks, everything will be ready. That is why more than 3 million books have already been distributed for the initial, primary and secondary levels. [music] More than 4.5 million workbooks have also been sent to support learning from day one [music] and INABE has already distributed more than 678,925 school kits [music] in 1574 educational centers. For many families, this delivery rep…