New Education Portal Student360 Launches To Help Learners, Educators And Parents

New Education Portal Student360 Launches To Help Learners, Educators And Parents

By Robin-lee Francke 

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Cape Town - The African News Agency (ANA) celebrated the launch of its new brainchild – Student360 on Monday.  

Student360 – is an educational news, curricula and advice platform for pupils, educators, parents and advertisers.

The site, which has been built in collaboration with the education department regarding content used, includes study materials and worksheets for pupils from Grades 1 to 11 while crucial worksheets, revisorary past examinations papers have been made available for matriculants (Grade 12). 

The clean-cut website also has a mix of the latest news within the education sector, learning, schools and colleges, study guides, past papers and more to assist learners. 

All content on the website is free, worksheets can be accessed offline and worksheets can be shared with friends. 

ANA CEO, Vasantha Angamuthu said a long time dream has been brought to life. 

“Building and managing an education portal has been a long held dream of ours and our decision to launch it now, in a time of Covid-19, was a response to the need we recognised among teachers, learners and parents to salvage the 2020 academic year,” Angamuthu said. 

She went further staying it was a long-term investment for future generations. 

“We are excited to offer this platform to educational institutions – from government schools, universities and colleges to private schools, colleges and universities," Angamuthu said.

“We call on them to support this initiative and partner with us to drive excellence in education in South Africa.” 

During the virtual launch, Chief Director of the Kwa-Zulu Natal Education Department, Mbongiseni Mazibuko said online learning platforms have become the future and Covid-19 should be seen as a blessing in disguise. 

“Covid-19 has taught us teaching and learning cannot be confined to the four walls of the classroom. It can happen remotely. Former model-c schools used to be way ahead as compared to the majority of our learners,” he said. 

“Covid-19 came to us as a blessing in disguise, forcing us to do things differently, forcing us to think differently and forcing us to channel our energies and our efforts into the right spacesand for the right reasons,” Mazibuko said. 

Mazibuko went further stating Covid-19 has now forced all schools, regardless if it’s located in a township or in the suburbs to be on the same pace of learning. 

Student360 content editor, Tony Oosthuizen said they will continue to make improvements on the portal and ensure pupils only receive the best. 

 “We are committed to ensuring that we all work together to make the best of a difficult year due to Covid-19 and to play our role in this community to ensure pupils are supported and make the best decisions for the future careers," Oosthuizen said.

“Student360 is here for the long haul for generations of pupils to come.” 

African News Agency (ANA)

Rofori Launches CyberKnights Talent Assessment, Development, And Retention Portal

ZIONSVILLE, Ind., June 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Rofori Corporation is announcing the launch of its CyberKnights Talent Assessment, Development, and Retention Portal. There are over 500,000 cybersecurity job openings in the U.S., but not enough talent has been identified to meet employer needs. According to the MIT Technology Review, fewer than one in four of the candidates that apply for these positions are qualified. Employers can leverage CyberKnights to automatically match up with talent meeting their needs or view the talent pool to see available cybersecurity talent.  Employers can increase retention by incorporating CyberKnights to the fullest extent within their organization to help manage employees. Employers can maximize the power of CyberKnights by managing internal talent upskill and reskilling opportunities based on organizational cybersecurity knowledge, skills, and abilities gap analysis. Employers can also leverage CyberKnights to forecast education needs over time, match to educational providers, and monitor progress.

Come Join Us! Rofori Corporation launches its CyberKnights Talent Assessment, Development, and Retention Portal

Academia can benefit by leveraging the power of CyberKnights to increase student attendance. CyberKnights can help higher education institutions map cybersecurity curriculums to the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Framework and assist in becoming a Cybersecurity Center for Academic Excellence. Placing a cybersecurity curriculum within CyberKnights will give visibility of the academic institution to employers and individuals looking for accredited cybersecurity programs.

CyberKnights supports life-long career management within the cybersecurity workforce. CyberKnights operates at the intersection of talent, education, and employment by assessing the talent, aligning it with the desired level of knowledge for development, and keeping employers engaged with individual careers to improve retention.

CyberKnights is free to all individuals, to include high school seniors, active duty military transitioning to civilian life, candidates seeking an apprenticeship, or seeking a career change. Come Join Us!

Rofori CorporationRofori Corporation is a Veteran and Native American owned company with a focus on solutions for the cybersecurity challenges facing organizations across all industries.  Rofori offers innovative cloud solutions for assessing cybersecurity risk and has launched the CyberKnights portal to target the challenge of managing cybersecurity talent assessment, development, and retention.

Contact: Chris Silbaugh    Phone: 888.484.9995 ext 1   Email: [email protected] Website:  www.Cyberknights.Us

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Boomtown To Launch Regional Media Insights Portal And Media Agency Education Program

Australia’s regional advertising collaboration, Boomtown, is preparing for the ease of the COVID-19 restrictions with the launch of a new regional media insights portal and a media agency education program in partnership with the Media Federation of Australia (MFA) and NGEN.

Boomtown hopes the end of the restrictions will offer new opportunities for advertisers to connect with audiences, as regional towns are anticipated to see an influx of domestic travellers who are eager to spend their money supporting the local economy.

The industry portal offers agencies a one-stop platform to locate regional media coverage areas of the Boomtown media owners along with category insights. Customised searches can also be briefed to Boomtown media owners through the platform. It aims to ease the process of booking of Boomtown media by offering all relevant information in a single platform.

According to national research conducted by the Tourism and Transport Forum found almost two in five people were planning to travel within their own state in the next two months, growing to almost two thirds within the next six months. Three in four expected to maintain or increase their travel spending despite COVID-19.

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Boomtown chairman and Southern Cross Austereo chief sales officer Brian Gallagher said advertisers are beginning to spend again after the pandemic.

“As restrictions ease and Australians are able to travel within their own states and territories, we are seeing advertisers concurrently starting to ramp up activity to coincide with anticipated metro and regional consumer spending increases,” Gallagher said.

“Several studies have indicated that Australians want to support local businesses and locally made products and regional Australia will benefit from that. Share of voice opportunities for advertisers are high making it a perfect time to add regional to media plans and reach an extra 36% of Australians.”

Boomtown’s industry education program is aimed at young media buyers, seeking to arm them with the knowledge and tools to book regional media. It will include masterclasses run in collaboration with the MFA and NGEN called NGEN PLUS Boomtown Masterclass: Rethink Regional. Dates will be announced soon.

“The Boomtown committee sees education as critical for media agencies to not only understand the potential of regional advertising but also to understand the regional audience and have the knowledge and tools to plan and buy regional media. Boomtown has developed a strong syllabus that really offers a good insight into regional media audiences and the landscape. We will have Boomtown representatives sharing their knowledge and looking at the future of regional media,” TRSN group general manager – national sales and marketing, Jeremy Simpson, said.