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(The UWI), Press Release The UWI Regional Headquarters Jamaica W.I. Wednesday, April 28, 2021 — Senior Researcher at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Open Campus, Dr Glenford Howe has been appointed to the Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel (CEART). Dr Howe joins 11 other independent experts at leading universities from across the globe on the international committee. His appointment was announced at 341st...

Apr 28, 2021 NEW DELHI – It is humbling when a columnist must retract his words soon after penning them. Just two months ago, after India rushed millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines to over 60 countries, I praised the country’s “vaccine diplomacy.” India’s aspirations to be recognized as a global power had been given a real boost. Now, with more than 300,000 new cases a day and the death toll evidently much higher than reported, India is no one’s idea of a global leader. ...

April 27, 2021 James Kon Over 200 civil servants from various ministries attended a series of Ramadhan talks hosted by Civil Service Institute (IPA) at An-Najah Hall, IPA yesterday. The talk series on ‘Self-leadership in Human Resource Development’ was delivered by Dean of Syariah Faculty at Religious Teachers University College of Seri Begawan (KUPU SB) Dr Haji Noralizam bin Haji Aliakbar. The talk focussed on the importance of increasing knowledge and skills to produce professional civil ...

: Sunday, April 25, 2021, 11:02 AM IST Here are the key driving factors that can determine the growth and development of your firm Find out how devotion, empathy, discipline and communication in the Human Resource Development departments can help mini and mega organisations flourish It would be a worthwhile activity to disambiguate the word ‘devotion’ with respect to an organisation as we unravel the dilemma of human resources development in an organisation. An organisation is a str...

Apr 21, 2021 NEW DELHI – A flurry of assaults on freedom of the press in recent months has raised troubling questions about the state of India’s democracy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India has long had a free and often raucous press. But the situation has changed dramatically since Modi’s government came to power in 2014. In late January, police filed criminal charges — including sedition, which carries a life sentence — against eight journalists who covered a protest...

Top Story April 17, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The Independent Evaluation Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has disclosed that Pakistan’s project performance dropped to 58pc in 2018-2020 from 70pc in 2017-2019 due to poor performance in the Public Sector Management (PSM) and water sectors. This poor performance shows that Islamabad had to pay multimillion dollars on account of commitment charges under the PTI-led regime. The ineffective implementation has witnessed a surge in the penalty a...

Top Story April 17, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The Independent Evaluation Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has disclosed that Pakistan’s project performance dropped to 58pc in 2018-2020 from 70pc in 2017-2019 due to poor performance in the Public Sector Management (PSM) and water sectors. This poor performance shows that Islamabad had to pay multimillion dollars on account of commitment charges under the PTI-led regime. The ineffective implementation has witnessed a surge in the penalty a...

National April 17, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The Independent Evaluation Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has disclosed that Pakistan’s project performance dropped to 58pc in 2018-2020 from 70pc in 2017-2019 due to poor performance in the Public Sector Management (PSM) and water sectors. This poor performance shows that Islamabad had to pay multimillion dollars on account of commitment charges under the PTI-led regime. The ineffective implementation has witnessed a surge in the penalty am...

Family and friends celebrate 103rd birthday of dear lady By Carlena Knight It was a day of cheers and broad smiles for Margaret Myrtle McCarty Peters who celebrated her 103 rd birthday yesterday. Peters created history by becoming the first centenarian to celebrate her day via the Community Development Division’s virtual celebration initiative. The initiative which falls under the Ministry of Social Transformation, Human Resource Development and the Blue Economy, came about due to the social ...

B2B edtech startup Classplus, which raised three rounds of funding in 2020, saw its tutor base grow 10X and topline surge 400 percent in the pandemic.