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The educational system [1] generally refers to the structure of all institutions and the opportunities for obtaining education within a country. It includes all pre-school institutions, starting from family education, and/or early childhood education, through kindergarten, primary, secondary, and tertiary schools, then lyceums, colleges, and faculties also known as Higher education (University ...
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) is a non-profit organization providing supplemental educational and career support to young people from underserved communities. [1] SEO has been the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions, [ 2 ] and was selected as one of the top-performing non-profits in the country by Social Impact Exchange's ...
The NOI encourages its followers to live highly disciplined and structured lifestyles; [146] this conservative and ascetic approach has led to followers being called "Black Puritans". [191] Nation members are encouraged to obey the law, [192] to seek gainful employment, [193] to always be punctual, [162] to avoid buying on credit, [194] and to ...
The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a black nationalist religious group founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930. While it identifies itself as promoting a form of Islam, its beliefs differ considerably from mainstream Islamic traditions. Scholars of religion characterize it as a new religious movement. It operates as a ...
The Coalition application was created in an attempt to facilitate a holistic process of application, and includes "lockers" where students can create a portfolio starting in 9th grade. [14] [17] The Common Black College Application (CBCA) was started in 1998 to facilitate the process of applying to Historically Black Colleges and Universities ...
Royall Jenkins was born in 1942 in South Carolina and grew up in eastern Maryland, later moving to New York and then Chicago, while working as a long-distance truck driver delivering publications of the Nation of Islam (NOI). He remained a member until after the death of Elijah Muhammad but split from the organization in 1978.
Making Opportunities for Upgrading Schools and Education or MOUSE is a youth development and nonprofit organization [1] in New York City, United States focused on integrating technology with New York City education. [2] [3] It was founded by Andrew Rasiej in 1997. [2]
The United Nations International School of Hanoi is an international school in Hanoi, Vietnam.It is a private, non-profit organization founded in 1988 with the support of the United Nations Development Programme in Vietnam (UNDP) with the aim of providing an education to the children of UN staff and others.