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Clarke eyes greater gov’t pre-primary spend, means-based financing of tertiary education | Lead Stories

With administrators continuing to be on the edge of their seats, to see whether there will be a surge in teacher migration come August, Dr Nigel Clarke, minister of finance and the public service, has reiterated that Jamaica spends the second highest on education among Caribbean territories. While speaking at the closing ceremony for the …

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SGI releases definition for excessive loudness, will hold education days

SGI is making some noise about their work in defining how loud is too loud for vehicles in Saskatchewan. Previously, no exact definition was set for when a vehicle was too loud, with drivers and enforcement officers having to guess. This applies to all light vehicles such as passenger cars, pickup trucks, minivans, SUVs and …

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Broader Definition of Learning Could Help Stimulate Interdisciplinary Research

We often conceive of learning through the lens of cramming for an exam or teaching a dog to sit, but humans and other mammals aren’t the only entities capable of adapting to their environment—schools of fish, robots, and even our genes can learn new behaviors, explain Jan De Houwer and Sean Hughes (Ghent University) in …

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