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The Big Read: No more an inferior option, polytechnics have come a long way. What’s needed to take them up another level?

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On this, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said that the five polytechnics will continue to “maintain close partnerships with industry partners through co-development of course content, internships, and work attachment opportunities, to ensure that our students are equipped with the most updated knowledge and skills to thrive in the future economy”. In responding to TODAY’s … Read more

AI in Schools: Pros and Cons

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This article discusses the role of AI tools like ChatGPT in education and emphasizes the importance of teaching kids to write by hand. Learning to use AI effectively is crucial for students, while practicing handwriting has cognitive benefits. College time and exam periods can be hard and stressful. Many students even suffer from exam anxiety … Read more

AJ’s Pit Bar-B-Q opening steakhouse in Denver’s Washington Park

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Denver restaurateur Jared Leonard has opened and closed three different restaurant concepts in the same building, at 81 S. Pennsylvania St., in Denver’s Washington Park. He’s hoping that the fourth idea — which stays true to what he knows best: fire and meat — will be the final one. AJ’s Pit Bar-B-Q has been serving … Read more

Fire in China school dorm kills 13 students

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BEIJING: Thirteen people have died in a school dormitory fire in central China’s Henan province, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday (Jan 20). The dead were third graders at an elementary school, according to China Newsweek, a weekly magazine published by China News Service, the second-largest Chinese news agency after Xinhua. Third graders in China … Read more

Delhi Schools Advised To Go ONLINE? Focus On Govts Action Plan As Air Quality Deteriorates Again

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Home Education Delhi Schools Advised To Go ONLINE? Focus On Govt’s Action Plan As Air Quality Deteriorates Again Due to the escalating pollution in Delhi, there’s a chance the government might announce an early winter break for school children. Delhi Schools Advised To Go ONLINE? Focus On Govt’s Action Plan As Air Quality Deteriorates Again … Read more

Researchers used Hurricane Larry to prove ocean microplastics can be swept inland as air pollution

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As Hurricane Larry lashed Newfoundland in 2021, university students from Halifax headed to a rural area in its track to find out whether the ocean might whip microplastics up into the atmosphere then transport them by air to otherwise pristine communities. The results, you could say, blew their socks off. “It was such, like, an astonishing result that we … Read more

Mini-satellite constructed by N.B. university students set to orbit Earth

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A group of New Brunswick university students is one step closer to launching a mini-satellite into space. Satellite Violet is named after New Brunswick’s provincial flower and is about the size of a loaf of bread. It successfully passed the testing phase at the Canadian Space Agency in Montreal and is headed to the International Space Station … Read more