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immigrant Nigerian sex workers thesis is considered to be written
in that country, was later also in English.” Her one chapter in UNRWA CHINA:
disqualified from the Best English was based on an article in Chinese young-learner specialist,
International Feature’ Oscars an English-language journal. Happy Goal Kids Education,
category, as only about a third of Following an international closed its doors in November,
its dialogue is non-English. outcry, Immigration Canada according to Chinese website
reversed their decision in Sixth Tone. The chain, which
November and sent Dubois the Ismail Ajjawi specialised in teaching 3-to-12
CANADA: document needed for permanent year olds, had 40 schools across
A French national working on a residence. Quebec’s government according to stories in the US the country, according to its
PhD in the Canadian province of later softened Quebec press. Ajjawi’s visa was revoked LinkedIn profile.
Quebec had her permanent Experience’s French language and he was deported. The owners of Happy Goal told
residency application rejected requirements. Led by the President of Sixth Town that parents had begun
because one chapter of her Harvard, Lawrence Bacow, to demand their prepayments
French-language PhD thesis was university officials lobbied the US back following the collapse in
in English. While French is the LEBANON: government for his reinstatement. October of Web International,
language of Quebec, English is Ismail Ajjawi, a Palestinian Back home in Lebabon, Ajjawi one of the country’s oldest
also an official language of student resident in Lebanon, was aided by a lawyer funded by blended-learning providers. Web
Canada. finally arrived to take up his full Amideast, and support from International were the original
Emilie Dubois, a cellular and scholarship at Harvard on his Education USA’s Beirut office. He owners of Happy Goal.
molecular biologist, applied second attempt. Ajjawi, who had was eventually issued with a new A crackdown by the
through the Quebec Experience been awarded the scholarship by visa in time to be admitted to the government on English Language
programme, which offers fast- US-based educational NGO university before term began. schools and other private
tracked permanent residence to Amideast, originally landed at In a statement, Amideast education providers has led to a
those with work experience in the Boston’s Logan Airport on a President Theo Kattouff said, “We number of closures, but more may
province. Dubois was initially student visa in late August. are pleased that Ismail’s Harvard be on the way. Minister of
informed that her “level of French Ajjawi was detained on arrival dream will come true after all. education, Chen Baosheng, is
wasn’t adequate,” reported the and had his phone was Ismail is a bright young man reported as saying that, as of
National Post. Dubois reported confiscated. Immigration officials whose hard work, intelligence and March 2019, more than 400,000
that she had received a letter told him they had found social drive enabled him to overcome training organisations had been
ruling that she didn’t speak media posts on his phone which the challenges that Palestinian investigated. Illegal practises were
sufficient French, “because your were allegedly “against America,” refugee youth continue to face.” found in more than 273,00.

Khan condemns ‘British’ system St Edmund’s College Summer School

by Matt Salusbury A Recognised Centre of Excellence for International Children Aged 9-17

Speaking at the launch of
Pakistan’s biggest-ever scholarship WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
programme, Prime Minister Imran
Khan condemned the inequality
of the “three parallel systems –
English-medium, Urdu medium
and religious seminaries,” which
he said was, “a big injustice which
no one tried to talk about”.
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two and a half million in religious
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The new programme, Eshsas for
Students, will provide a total of
200,000 scholarships over four Pakistan Prime Minister
years for students admitted to Imran Khan
university whose families are “in
poverty”, according to the Dawn had, “destroyed our education Old Hall Green, Ware, Herts SG111DS
newspaper. There will also be system under a well-thought-out Tel: +44 (0)1920 824301 / 824348
“special provision” for students plan,” and that the British-style
from remote rural areas. education system would
At the launch, Khan tweeted ultimately be “done away with.”
that half of the scholarships would He also announced that Pakistan
be reserved for women and girls. would be collaborating with
The News International Turkey on a global English-
reported Khan as saying that medium TV channel to “present
www.stedmundscollege.com summerschool@stedmundscollege.org
Pakistan’s former “British rulers” Muslims’ stance to the world.”
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