May 10, 2021
We must leave. The neighborhood is no longer safe; the clashes are in the street behind ours. Pack your bags quickly, and take only what you need. We’ll be back home in a few days, when the situation calms down.
My father’s words that day were decisive, and we left. Later we learned that our house, our furniture, our possessions, our memories had all been destroyed. I was 13 years old.
We left our house in eastern Aleppo and moved to a safer town in the countryside, but it did not take very long for the war to find us. Within 2 months we were fleeing again, as gunshots rained down and the terrifying sounds of bombs and rockets shook the town.
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Covid-era Education Tech Narrowed College Learning Gap for Poor, Minorities
By Christos Andreas Makridis, Zenger News
On 5/6/21 at 3:44 PM EDT
As laptop screens have taken the place of university lecture halls a $200 billion education technology boom has sparked a tug-of-war, with professors and union leaders opposing software entrepreneurs and budget-conscious lawmakers. And data shows that when the techies win, America s college learning gap narrows for poor and minority students.
Education technology, also known as edtech, delivers lessons less expensively than in-person instruction, amounting to a roughly 80 percent decline in per-student cost, according to a study published in Science Advances, a peer-reviewed journal. Adult students, military personnel, foreign students stranded by the pandemic have also found new learning opportunities.
Focus on use of latest technology in higher education stressed
Islamabad
May 2, 2021
Islamabad : Extensive use of the latest technology is a key element of restructuring the higher education sector which focuses on the changes necessary due to the circumstances, higher education faces due to COVID-19. The views were shared at the third Steering Committee (SC) meeting of Higher Education Development in Pakistan (HEDP) project held at HEC office.
Presided by the Executive Director HEC, Dr. Shaista Sohail, the meeting was attended by key SC members from all provinces. The committee consists of senior officials from key federal ministries and provincial departments of higher education, Vice Chancellors of universities from across Pakistan, and industrial representative. HEDP is a five-year project (2019/20 – 2023/24) being implemented by HEC to expand upon its key higher education priorities. It aims to support research excellence in strategic sectors of the economy, improve teac