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Press Release – ASCC Lt. Governor Talauega Eleasalo Ale (right) was one of the special guests at the American Samoa Community College Teacher Education Department (TED) Educators Night earlier this month. Talauega, seen here with TED Program Director Shirley De …
Lt. Governor Talauega Eleasalo Ale (right) was one of the special guests at the American Samoa Community College – Teacher Education Department (TED) Educators Night earlier this month. Talauega, seen here with TED Program Director Shirley De la Rosa, spoke to more than 100 teachers from local public and private schools about the new administration’s support for the work they do. (Photo: J. Kneubuhl)
Saturday, 15 May 2021, 4:16 pm
Lt.
Governor Talauega Eleasalo Ale (right) was one of the
special guests at the American Samoa Community College –
Teacher Education Department (TED) Educators Night earlier
this month. Talauega, seen here with TED Program Director
Shirley De la Rosa, spoke to more than 100 teachers from
local public and private schools about the new
administration’s support for the work they do. (Photo: J.
Kneubuhl)
As the Territory
celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week at the beginning of
this month, the Teacher Education Department (TED) at the
American Samoa Community College (ASCC) hosted Educators
Night, which over the last few years has become a regular
American Samoa authorities are being urged to mount a Covid-19 media campaign encouraging unvaccinated people to get the jab.
Health data shows that 21,365 people, or 64.3 percent of the eligible population, have received their first jab while 18,248 have had both.
Attorney General, Talauega Eleasalo Ale
Photo: RNZ Pacific / Monica Miller
The US territory s Covid-19 Task Force now wants the remaining third of eligible people to get their first shot.
The Task Force chair, lieutenant governor Talauega Eleasalo Ale, said the majority of them were aged between 16 and 30.
Talauega emphasised the importance of having most or all of the eligible population immunised to achieve herd immunity.
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