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The United States Student Achievers Program (USAP) Community School is accepting applications from Lower Sixth and Form Four students to begin their studies in January next year. Rebecca Mano, director of Education Matters, says students should submit their applications by October 8, 2021.

"... They can apply on a link online and they can also apply through a paper form and our paper forms are available at public libraries in Bulawayo, Mutare, Gweru and our office at the Education Matters office in Harare. So, people can still come pick up our traditional paper forms ...”

A SCHOOL has reported an outbreak of Covid cases among its student population. Canford School confirmed that a member of their year 9 cohort had tested positive for the coronavirus after return to the school from the half-term break. This adds to other cases reported among the school’s Upper Sixth year group, as well as two cases in the Lower Sixth year. In an email sent to parents this morning, headmaster Tom Vessey said that “with a very heavy heart”, a positive case had been r...

A FORMER Worcester student has made her big break in the fashion world with an exciting deal with social media giant TikTok.

Another new girl has been air-dropped down to the Made In Chelsea house to fall out with Maeva, upset Inga and make Miles and Julius giggle.

Vulnerable, Underprivileged Children: Cameroon, UNICEF Offer Videography, Photography Skills The Ministry of Social Affairs, MINAS and the charity, Pentecostal Advocates for Socio-economic Development, PENASED, on May 17, 2021 began a videography and photography workshop for 20 vulnerable and underprivileged children. The participants aged 10-24 are from Despite the putting in place by Cameroon of a legal framework to protect children, especially by ratifying almost all international legal...

AN ACADEMY leader and former headteacher has urged parents to get their pupils tested for Covid-19 as schools start back next week. Clive Corbett, former head of Pershore High School and current Executive Officer of Avonreach Academy Trust has said that although testing places an extra strain on schools as they start back on Monday, it is vital to help prevent a spike in infection rates as school children and staff come together again. Mr Corbett said: “While the testing puts a burden o...

AN ACADEMY leader and former headteacher has urged parents to get their pupils tested for Covid-19 as schools start back next week. Clive Corbett, former head of Pershore High School and current Executive Officer of Avonreach Academy Trust has said that although testing places an extra strain on schools as they start back on Monday, it is vital to help prevent a spike in infection rates as school children and staff come together again. Mr Corbett said: “While the testing puts a burden o...

1 The death of my father MY father was originally a Cistercian monk. He decided to leave the monastery though, and worked in a jeweller’s shop in Nottingham. This was where he met my mother, through the Catholic church in the city. She was working in Nottingham as a teacher, having moved from her home town of Montrose. My childhood was actually pretty idyllic. I have a brother, Christopher, and a sister, Mary Jane, and the five of us had a good life together. We moved to Chepstow in Sou...

How are you? by Holly Timmis, Bancroft’s School Although online school is not the most welcomed format of education for many, under the circumstances, it provides structure and an enjoyable interlude to the days that all currently seem the same. Bancroft’s School, despite not being able to welcome its students back, has made every effort to implement a routine and make life feel as ‘normal’ as possible. Such efforts include adhering to the usual timetable and reintroducing extra-cu...