Teacher

2023 - 3 - 14

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Analyzing Georgia's Teacher Workforce: Findings from CCIIR's ... (Civil Georgia)

Center for Civil Integration and Inter-Ethnic Relations (CCIIR) published an analytical bulletin on “What we need to know about teachers in Georgian s.

In comparison, the proportion of student teachers is highest in English (29%) and Georgian Language and Literature (20.5%), both of which have the youngest average age of teachers. Currently, the average age of teachers is 49.97 years. The share of male teachers in Azerbaijani-language schools is at least 10% higher than in schools with other languages of instruction and is almost more than 26%. Among the compulsory school subjects, more male teachers teach road signs and traffic safety (54.7%), sports (50.1%), and civil defense and security (29.8%). Imereti also has a high number of teachers, while the number of teachers is comparatively less in Racha-Lechkhumi, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, and Guria. Since 2006, the number of teachers in Georgia has decreased by 14,043 individuals.

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Afghan Teacher, Who Escaped Taliban, Finds New Home in US (Voice of America)

Feroza Amiri is a teacher who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power in August 2021. She and her son started a new life in Northborough, ...

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P3 pupil dies after being assaulted by teacher in Kisoro (Daily Monitor)

Police in Southwestern Uganda are hunting for a teacher who went on the run after assaulting an 11-year-old pupil who died shortly after the incident.

“Teachers are advised to use other means of disciplining pupils but not administering corporal punishments. The Kisoro Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Shafiq Ssekandi warned teachers in the country against corporal punishments because it’s against the law. - The Kisoro Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Shafiq Ssekandi warned teachers in the country against corporal punishments because it’s against the law.

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Cambridge teacher banned for sexual relationships with pupils (BBC News)

A police investigation resulted in no further action and Mr Batterham had denied the allegations. One of the pupils first made a disclosure to the school in ...

The pupil said on the occasion they had sex Mr Batterham, then "abruptly ended contact". Mr Batterham took Pupil A to pubs and to a restaurant where they said it appeared at one point like he was "worried" they would be seen. Pupil A said during one visit to his house where they were intimate they felt "very special" but then felt "disgusted". Pupil A told the panel the flirty messages they exchanged made them feel both "special and uncomfortable". The panel heard evidence from two pupils, Pupil A and Pupil B, about their relationships with Mr Batterham. One of the pupils first made a disclosure to the school in 2017 where Mr Batterham had been a teacher since 1994 until he agreed to resign in 2020.

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