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JUST IN: Another subject added to Grade 7 exam…subject to be written from this year Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Starting this year, Grade 7 pupils will sit for six subjects instead of five under the competence-based curriculum, which the learners embarked on in 2017. The new Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) structure shows pupils will write Mathematics; English Language; Indigenous Language; Agriculture, Science and Technology and ICT; Social Sciences and Physical Education and Arts. The last Grade 7 examination class wrote Mathematics, Agriculture, English, Indigenous Lan...

Confederation College continues to work on advancing its five year strategic plan. Indigenous Learning was identified as a top priority. President Kathleen Lynch says they have worked really hard to address systemic racism in the college. “This is facilitated through education and we have a Negahneewin education strategy that has been created both for staff and students to help us do this.” Lynch says they had mandatory staff training on Indigenous culture and history and had nearly 100% compliance. She notes the work also involves updating all of their policies and procedures to reflect ...

Peter Salmon, last speaker of endangered Thiinma language, travels through WA to teach it FriFriday 15 updated FriFriday 15 JanJanuary 2021 at 1:44am Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch 4 (ABC Pilbara: Susan Standen) Share Print text only years old and the last speaker of the Thiinma language. Key points: Thiinma is a "critically endangered language" and Peter Salmon is its last native speaker Mr Salmon embarked on a two-week trip to the remote Upper Gascoyne region of his childhood The aim of the trip was for the Thiinma lang...

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Natan Obed, president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, said it is a 'really big deal' that an Inuk was included in the selection committee for Canada's first Commissioner of Indigenous Languages. In this file photo, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on as Mr. Obed speaks during a press conference in Iqaluit, Nunavut on March 8,...

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