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Latest news added - 25 June 02 Urdu Web Site breaks new ground
BBCUrdu.com is a landmark in online publishing. This is the first News site to use Urdu text rather than scanned-in images of printed materials.
(Source: BBC News)

Latest update - 10 June 02 Ethnic Monitoring and brief to Head Teachers -

Latest news 22 April 02 on Performance Management of Teachers -
Bulletin Item this week's postbag.

Mecss Conference 9 April 2002
A commentary in the form of a Word document and a Powerpoint Presentation given by Ms Samidha Garg, Principal Race Equality Officer, National Union of Teachers to a conference for MECSS staff on 9th April, 2002 at Wheathampstead Development Centre. We hope that users downloading it will acknowledge the source and if there are any specific queries contact MECSS.

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Muslim Fast of Ramadan

The Hertfordshire RE Adviser, Stephen Lavender, in conjunction with MECSS and members of the Muslim community in Hertfordshire has prepared a letter and leaflet for Hertfordshire headteachers to inform them about the Muslim Fast of Ramadan and how it may affect staff and pupils. Further details including downloadable documents are available on the RE pages of HGfL. Please note that these resources can only be downloaded from within Hertfordshire schools.

Recent events in the United States

A letter regarding issues arising from recent events in the United States from Ray Shostak, Director of Education, is available for download from this web site. Please note that this letter is only available for download from within Hertfordshire Schools.

Useful Links

Talking with children about terrorism - Purdue University, Indiana

MCB expresses total condemnation of terrorist attacks - Muslim Council of Britain Press Release