CPS, Mumbai: Pioneering Medical Education and Empowering Future Healthcare Professionals in Spreading Health Education Nationwide

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Q. 1) There is news in many newspapers about the recent De-Recognition of CPS courses in Maharashtra. What is your comment on this?
We believe that the order has been passed in due course, without holistically looking and verifying various facts, and allowing CPS to address various issues. We have always protected the best interests of our students and provided the best opportunities to our students; be it infrastructure wise, course wise and faculty wise. Being a 111-year institution, we faced many situations before as well and we overcame all of them. CPS is exploring its options and I am

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Launching the Career Connected High School Grant Program

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Launching The Career Connected High School Grant Program

For far too long, there have been invisible walls between K-12, higher education, and workforce systems treated like they’re set in stone. That you need to complete one before moving on to the next. But the reality is that there’s a lot more overlap, and it’s time to Raise the Bar and reimagine high schools in this country.

That means that in high schools of the future, college is one, but not the only, pathway to a brighter future. And in high schools of the future, every student graduates with the tools they need to “Unlocking Career Success.”

That’s why

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Victoria and NSW announce overhaul of preschool education with extra year of school | Australian education

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Victoria and New South Wales will introduce a new year of play-based learning for children before they go to school, as part of what the state premiers have described as “the greatest transformation of early education in a generation”.

The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, and his NSW counterpart, Dominic Perrottet, on Thursday announced the joint long-term policy commitment.

“In the next 10 years, every child in Victoria and NSW will experience the benefits of a full year of play-based learning before their first year of school,” they said in a joint statement.

“A year dedicated to growing and learning, new

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Education board raises concerns about 2 ‘overspent’ federal grants | News

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The Guam Education Board flagged concerns about financial discrepancies in two federal grants allocated in 2021, indicating that the Guam Department of Education may have overspent $400,000 worth of federal funds.

Education Board Chair Mary Okada said funds from the Fiscal Year 2021 American Rescue Plan are appropriate for individuals with disabilities have been exhausted, with an overspend of $100,000.

“There are several, and this report is as of March 14, 2024, and this clearly indicates the FY21 ARP individuals with disabilities, this shows a negative available balance of $100,000,” said Okada. “That means it’s overspent.”

She said the report

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Urbandale CSD puts together list of definitions in new education law

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A local school district is trying to find the best way to correctly interpret Iowa’s new education law. SF 496 was signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds in May. The law went into effect on July 1. The sweeping education law covers topics including gender identity, sexual orientation, age-appropriate books and parental rights. More than two months after the law went into effect, however, educators say they still lack clarity and guidance from the state on how to implement the law in classrooms. “We’ve had the pleasure of getting feedback from staff,” Urbandale Superintendent Rosalie Daca said. “Staff has …

About 42% of posts in Maharashtra’s medical education department lie vacant | India News

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MUMBAI: Number of posts lying vacant across the medical education department in Maharashtra has reached a record 15,044 – almost 42% of the sanctioned workforce ranging from bureaucracy to doctors and nurses in colleges. Experts say that the high number of open positions has plunged the health services into a crisis, evident through frequent spikes in fatalities within medical colleges.
Numbers accessed by TOI show that more than a third of 1,991 Class I positions are vacant. Vacancies in teaching are the highest: 40% of 3,927 posts. Of 25 dean posts in as many state-run medical colleges, 11 are vacant.
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Calling All 4-Year-Olds: LAUSD’s Pre-K Classes Are Ready

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The Los Angeles Unified School District is growing its free pre-K program.

Calling All 4-Year-Olds: LAUSD’s Pre-K Classes Are Ready

Every child who turns 4 by or on September 1 can enroll in transitional kindergarten at the district’s elementary schools next school year.

LAUSD is expanding its program well ahead of a state mandate to open public school preschool to every 4-year-old by the 2025-26 school

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Health, education come out ahead in constrained Alberta budget – Winnipeg Free Press

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EDMONTON – Health care and education came out ahead Thursday in a generally constrained Alberta provincial budget forecasting a paper-thin surplus that could easily go up in smoke.

“It is a solid budget based on measured choices,” Finance Minister Nate Horner told reporters.

Horner followed instructions from Premier Danielle Smith in delivering the 2024-25 budget, keeping spending increases below 6.2 per cent, a figure derived from the province’s rate of inflation and population growth.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith addresses a news conference in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Albertans are expecting financial restraint in Thursday's provincial budget. Premier Danielle Smith signaled a turn to less spending and more saving in a televised address last week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith addresses a news conference in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Albertans are expecting financial restraint in Thursday’s provincial budget. Premier Danielle

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