{"id":377080,"date":"2025-06-21T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=377080"},"modified":"2025-06-21T07:52:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T05:52:04","slug":"national-task-force-on-free-education-in-tertiary-education-institutions-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=377080","title":{"rendered":"National Task Force on Free Education in tertiary education institutions launched"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE Deputy Minister of Education, Information, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Dino Ballotti, today officially opened the first deliberative session of the newly constituted National Task Force on Free Education in tertiary education institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex 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