Twenty-one people have been arrested after US authorities set up a fake university to expose immigration fraud.

Officials said the accused knew that the University of Northern New Jersey did not exist, but they were unaware it was a ruse run by immigration agents.
The defendants acted as brokers for more than 1,000 foreigners who sought to maintain student and work visas, prosecutors said.
Most foreign nationals involved in the scheme came from China and India.
Immigration authorities will deal with the nationals affected, but they will not be prosecuted, officials said.
"This was just another stop on the 'pay-to-stay' tour," Paul Fishman, US attorney for New Jersey, told the Associated Press.
Federal agents set up a fake website and posed as administrators who dealt with suspects.
The agents' recorded conversations with the defendants showed that the practice of paying to extend visas had been going on for years, prosecutors said.


Catering staff on North Sea oil platforms are to be balloted on strike action in a dispute over pay.

The Unite union said the dispute centred on the refusal of employers to honour the second year of a two-year pay deal.
The union said it had served the Catering Offshore Trade Association (COTA) with a statutory seven-day notice for the ballot start period.
COTA includes facilities services giants Aramark, Compass and Sodexo.
It indicated earlier this year that it was retracting the second year of a two-year pay deal, worth 1.3%, in an effort to secure jobs.
The union said the ballot would run for six weeks.
It said an offshore strike would be the first in a generation and have a significant impact on the delivery of catering on North Sea platforms.
Unite Industrial Officer John Boland said: "The point blank refusal of the COTA employers to honour our pay agreement has left us with no choice but to proceed to a formal industrial action ballot.
"Even against the backdrop of oil price volatility and industry pressure, COTA employers' profits run into billions and it is unacceptable that our agreement - negotiated in good faith - is now being ignored."


From the Egyptian pyramids to the cathedrals in York and Lincoln, buildings have always been used by the powerful to project their dominance.

The European Union hasn't directly built any buildings in our part of the world, but it has helped fund a lot of new developments, many of which come with a sign saying "built with money from the EU".
For some this is the EU projecting "power" in a different way.
The issues of money, power and buildings are interconnected, which is why the debate about how much money the EU spends in our region is important.
But what has the European institution spent in Yorkshire? And how much has Yorkshire and the Humber effectively paid in?
As with all the numbers in this referendum debate, they're hotly disputed by both sides.
If you account for the British rebate, the effective discount on our membership that Margaret Thatcher negotiated in 1984, the UK sent £12.9bn to the European Union in 2015.
As a very rough calculation, when you divide the UK's overall payment by the number of taxpayers in the region, Yorkshire and the Humber contributed about £1bn towards that overall amount.
In comparison, the Yorkshire and Humber received £747m (979m euros) in funding from the EU between 2007 and 2013, according to the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI).
If you accept the rough workings of this calculation, that means we gave the European Union more money in one year than we got back in the space of six years.
However, that doesn't take into account the indirect effect EU money has had on the region such as the additional jobs that have been created because an EU backed project got the go-ahead.
So what exactly has the money gone towards?
York University got the single biggest grant for a new building, with the EU providing £19m in match funding for a new science park.
But it's not just buildings that have been funded. Some £30m was spent on the roll-out of broadband across the region and in total the money has helped create 20,000 new jobs and 2,700 businesses, according to the government.
Was all that money well spent? Well that probably depends on your point of view of the EU as a whole.
Vote Leave's John Longworth, the former head of the British Chambers of Commerce, says: "The investment that has come from Brussels is just our taxpayers' money recycled and then put towards projects that we might not want in the first place."
In many ways the debate is not about the amount of money being spent or the buildings being built but rather it is all about power.
Who is deciding where the money gets spent in the first place? Are the decisions being taken in Westminster or Brussels?
While visiting a manufacturing firm in Leeds, Mr Longworth summed up the Vote Leave position.
"We want to take back control so we can make our own decisions and take back the money that we give to Europe so we can invest it where we want.
"The beautiful thing about our democracy is that if you don't like the government you can throw them out. The thing with Europe is that with the bureaucrats in charge there is no democracy and you can't ever throw them out."
Those who want the UK to remain in the EU say there's no guarantee that future UK governments would spend the same on regions like ours.
Mark Dransfield says: "I look at the EU money as being a safety net for the North of England. Without EU funding lots of jobs simply wouldn't have been created in this part of the country."
His property company received £8m in EU funding to turn the site of a former steelworks in Sheffield into a new retail and office development.
"We're creating 900 new jobs here and without EU funding that sort of money just wouldn't come to our region, instead it would be wasted in London."
The latest figures show that per head of population, Yorkshire and the Humber received 3% less than the UK average when it comes to identifiable UK government spending in 2014/15.
Looking ahead, Yorkshire and the Humber is one of only two regions in the UK set to see the amount it receives from the EU fall over the next four years.
Between 2014-2020 the region is earmarked to get £606m (794m euros) - 18% less than the 2007-2013 funding period.
Looking back it's easy to say where money from the EU has been spent within Yorkshire and the Humber although it's difficult to quantify its impact.
It is, however, almost impossible to put a number on the ideas of national sovereignty or power. That is something voters will have to determine the value of themselves at the ballot box on 23 June.


A man was attacked and thrown into the boot of a car in what police are treating as a suspected kidnapping.

It happened in the area of Meadow Farm Drive and Moston Road, in Shrewsbury, at about 10:30 BST on Sunday.
The car, described as silver and thought to be a Peugeot 407 or similar, with an 04 or 54 plate, was driven off down Darville.
Det Insp Mark Jones, of West Mercia Police, said there were grave concerns for the safety of the attacked man.
The attacker was a man described as white, of a stocky build and more than 6ft (1.8m) tall with an eastern European accent.


A driver who seriously injured two of his passengers in a crash, leaving one of them paralysed, has been jailed for two years and eight months.

Matthew Sargant, 22, ploughed into a lamppost and a tree in Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, early on 25 September.
He pleaded guilty at Southampton Crown Court to two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
He also admitted drink and drug-driving and possessing cannabis with intent to supply.
The court heard how the group of four friends had been out drinking in Eastleigh before Sargant offered them a lift home.
The crash in Templars Way left his front-seat passenger, a man aged 19, in a critical condition and subsequently unable to walk.
Another 19-year-old man suffered nerve damage to his arm, while Sargant and a third passenger escaped with minor injuries.
PC James Fibben said: "A young man faces the rest of his life in a wheelchair. It is only sheer luck that nobody died that night."
Sargant, of High Street, Eastleigh, was banned from driving for six years and four months.


The number of people sleeping rough in England increased by 30% in a year, new figures show.

A total of 3,569 rough sleepers were identified by counts and estimates by local authorities in Autumn 2015, up from 2,744 a year before.
Labour said the figures were "the starkest possible reminder" of Conservative housing policy failure.
Ministers said government funding for homelessless over the next four years had been increased to Â£139m.
The latest figures have been released by the Department for Communities and Local Government, which described them as "single night snapshots".
London accounted for 26% of the total, a similar proportion to the previous year. The local authority recording the highest totals was Westminster, followed by Bristol, Brighton and Hove, Manchester and Cornwall.
Labour's shadow housing minister John Healey said: "People will find it extraordinary that in England in the 21st century the number of people forced to sleep rough is going up - and this is only the tip of the iceberg."
He urged ministers to exempt accommodation for homeless people from housing benefit cuts.
Homelessness Minister Marcus Jones said nobody should ever have to sleep rough.
"We have protected homelessness prevention funding and expect local authorities to provide quality advice and assistance to all those that approach them for help," he said.
Mr Jones said a Â£5m "social impact bond" would help people with mental health problems or addiction to move off the streets.
Separate figures relating to London, compiled by the Combined Homelessness and Information Network, found that 14% of the rough sleepers identified in the capital in 2014-15 were female.
Where nationalities were available, 43% were from the UK, and 36% from Central and Eastern European countries that joined the EU in 2004 or 2007.


That is how Maria Apichella describes Psalmody - her poetry collection about a religious woman and an atheist who fall in love near Aberystwyth.
Having jointly won the Melita Hume Prize in 2015, her work was published and has now been shortlisted for the 2017 Forward Prizes for Poetry in September.
"It's a love story between two people who are very different and disagree on everything," she told BBC Wales.
"It's written from the woman's perspective, who is unnamed. She's very religious and passionate, she believes in the supernatural and the unseen.
"She's loved by David, an atheist, a man of the earth - a soldier, who is Welsh and from near Aberystwyth, that's where they meet."
Maria, having found inspiration for her poetry during her 10 years studying at Aberystwyth University, said she wanted her writing to be about the seaside town.
She wrote Psalmody while living in student halls, studying part-time for her PhD - which was not funded - and having to work various jobs.
"Every aspect of life feeds into writing, from teaching to cleaning toilets, to working in a call centre by night to sitting in the Welsh National Library reading Dylan Thomas in rainy afternoons," she said.
"I wanted it to be a love story about Wales as well, the Wales I knew, the love of God, romantic love and love of place."
But Maria said she did not set out to write this particular tale and instead found her poems shaped themselves into a story as she drew on her surroundings.
"I did lots of walking around, daily, and it was just normal things and being in that environment," she said.
"You hear different voices, get different impressions. I feel your antennae is up all the time when you're working like that.
"If I was just in my room, that wouldn't happen."
Maria did not know her work had been entered for the Forward Prize until two months before the nominations were announced and then had to keep it quiet until the shortlist was made public.
The ceremony takes place on 21 September.
"It's crazy, I'm surprised this has happened. It's not the kind of thing you imagine will ever happen - I mean, you fantasise about it.
"They [the organisers] haven't told me a huge amount, I'm not quite sure what to expect but it sounds like an Oscars-type ceremony where you find out there and then and everyone's facial expressions are scrutinised. It's quite exciting."
Looking 4,000 miles west, Richard Georges' Forward Prize entry focuses on the "submerged narratives" of the British Virgin Islands.
Richard, an Aberystwyth University alumni himself, said the focus of his work was the sea's ability "to be at once a vault of forgotten histories, an eternal graveyard, while still being an almost mythic font of restorative power".
He added that his inspiration for Make Us All Islands, which is shortlisted in the same category as Maria's work, had been "to write into the landscape of the British Virgin Islands which remains largely underwritten".
Richard said that, despite being a British citizen, he had not lived in the UK until he moved to Aberystwyth to begin his MA in creative writing in 2005.
"The culture and smallness of the place, its relative isolation, the seaside environs, the melodic Welsh accent - it was as close to being in a Caribbean environment I could have asked for," he said.
"I might have to single out the poet Matthew Francis as having the biggest impact on me while there.
"In the years in and since leaving Aber, he has been the most gracious with his time, and the aesthetic and voice I have been working on these past years was born in a very rough state in his workshops."
Maria and Richard will not find out whether either of them has won The Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection for another three months.
Richard said he had been unaware that his editor had entered his work for the prize and was "surprised" when he heard he was shortlisted.
"Ultimately, it is an incredible honour, and I see it as a sort of an encouragement to keep on with the work I feel called to do," he said.
Maria said the fact two Aberystwyth alumni had been shortlisted alongside just three others was a credit to the university and its creative writing department.
The Forward Prizes describes itself as "the most coveted awards for poetry published in Britain and Ireland".
This year's judging panel will be chaired by journalist Andrew Marr and takes place at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre.


Colchester need better game management after drawing 1-1 with Chesterfield, according to boss Kevin Keen.

Macauley Bonne gave the U's a 69th-minute lead, but the Spireites, who played more than 70 minutes with 10 men, soon equalised with a penalty.
"Teams are vulnerable after they've scored. Our game management has got to be a lot better," said Keen, whose side are winless in 17 league games.
"But mentally it's a tough place when you haven't won for a long time."
Colchester remain bottom of the League One table, eight points behind Chesterfield, who occupy 20th place.
"There was a few nerves out there as we hadn't won for a while," midfielder Owen Garvan told BBC Essex.
"I thought us going ahead might calm us down a bit, but the opposite happened and too many individual mistakes are costing us."
Despite Gary Liddle's sending off and Bonne's effort, the U's allowed Lee Novak to convert from the spot after he was felled by Richard Brindley.
And Garvan was frustrated by his side's lack of creativity in the final third.
"We had a lot of the ball, but we didn't make the keeper work too much. That's the most disappointing thing - we didn't create enough chances," the 28-year-old added.
"It's the easy option to just go long and you're kind of counting on luck. If you want to be good, you have to try to break them down with good play - that's where our goal came from."


Belgian authorities have charged a third suspect with terrorist offences linked to a plot to attack France.

A Belgian national named only as Y.A. joins two others charged in Belgium in relation to the foiled plot.
The charges come in the wake of the arrest of Frenchman Reda Kriket in a Paris suburb on 24 March.
The arrests all followed bomb attacks on the airport and a metro station in Brussels on 22 March that left 32 people dead.
Belgian federal prosecutors gave few details about the latest charges.
A statement named the suspect as Y.A, aged 33, who was arrested on Thursday and had appeared before a judge on Friday to have his detention extended.
He was charged with "participating in the activities of a terrorist group".
A man referred to officially as Facyal C was released on 28 March after being arrested on 24 March in Brussels and charged with "participation in the activities of a terrorist group, terrorist murders and attempted terrorist murders".
Others detained on suspicion of terrorist activity include
The charges come after an arsenal of weapons was found at the home of Reda Kriket, with the Paris prosecutor saying  an imminent act of "extreme violence" had probably been prevented.
The other two charged in Belgium are Abderamane A and Rabah N.
Another man has been detained in the Netherlands and is contesting extradition to France.
The recent spate of arrests was sparked by the detention in Brussels on 18 March of Salah Abdeslam, a key surviving suspect in the gun and bomb attacks on a concert hall, a stadium, restaurants and bars in Paris on 13 November 2015 killed 130 people.
The attacks in Brussels came four days after Abdeslam's arrest. Three suicide bombers are known to have died, while at least one other suspect, pictured on CCTV at the airport, is being sought.
Meanwhile Abdeslam's brother, Mohamed, says he has met him in his Belgian prison cell where he is awaiting extradition to France.
Mohamed said his brother had chosen not to blow himself up, to save lives.
He told France's BFMTV that Salah had told him: "There would have been more victims had I done it. Luckily, I couldn't go through with it."
So-called Islamic State said it carried out both the Paris and Brussels attacks.


US-born radical Islamist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a key al-Qaeda leader, has been killed in Yemen, the country's defence ministry said.

US President Barack Obama said his death was a major blow to al-Qaeda.
Awlaki, of Yemeni descent, has been on the run in Yemen since December 2007.
The US said that as a key figure in al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), he had played a "significant role" in plots to blow up US airliners and had sought use poison to kill US citizens.
Mr Obama is said to have personally ordered his killing last year.
Yemen's defence ministry statement said only that Awlaki had died in Khashef in Jawf province, about 140km (87 miles) east of the capital, Sanaa, "along with some of his companions".
US and Yemeni officials later named one of those as Samir Khan, also a US citizen but of Pakistani origin, who produced an online magazine promoting al-Qaeda's ideology.
Local tribal leaders told the AFP news agency that Awlaki had been moving around within Yemen in recent weeks to evade capture. Local people told AP he had been travelling between Jawf and Marib provinces when he died.
US officials said Awlaki's convoy was hit by a US drone and jet strike.
Mr Obama said that as the leader of external operations for AQAP, Awlaki, born in 1971, had taken "a lead in planning and directing efforts to murder innocent Americans" and was also "directly responsible for the death of many Yemeni citizens".
By Frank GardnerBBC security correspondent
This is the biggest blow to al-Qaeda since the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Anwar al-Awlaki was possibly the organisation's most inspirational cleric and ideologue in the Middle East.
Using the internet and an online magazine called Inspire, Awlaki encouraged his followers to attack Western targets. He has been blamed for inspiring US army major Nidal Hassan to kill his fellow soldiers in Texas and for inspiring the British woman Roshonara Choudhry to stab her MP Stephen Timms because he had supported the invasion of Iraq.
Awlaki was a charismatic cleric and fluent English speaker, and he may be hard for al-Qaeda to replace.
He said the death marked another "milestone in the broader efforts to defeat al-Qaeda and its affiliates", and paid tribute to US intelligence and the Yemeni security forces for their co-operation.
"This is further proof that al-Qaeda and its affiliates will find no safe haven anywhere in the world, " he said.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Awlaki had "demonstrated his intent and ability to cause mass terror".
One US official told the American network ABC that US intelligence had had "a very intense focus" on Awlaki for some time, waiting for a chance to strike.
The unnamed official said there had been "a good opportunity to hit him" on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks this year, but that "it never materialised".
BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera says the killing is significant because Awlaki's use of modern media meant he was able to reach out and inspire people susceptible to radicalisation.
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He is believed to have played a significant role in the Christmas 2009 Detroit airline bomb attempt and in the plot which sent two bombs in printer cartridges on US-bound cargo planes in 2010. They were intercepted in the UK and Dubai.
He has also been implicated in the 2009 US army base killings in Fort Hood, Texas, and a failed bombing in New York's Times Square in 2010.
Washington said he had sought to use poisons including cyanide and ricin in attacks.
When he was imam of a San Diego mosque in the 1990s, his sermons were attended by two future 9/11 hijackers, Khalid al-Midhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi.
He also lived in the UK from 2002-04, where he spent several months giving lectures to Muslim youth.
In a video posted in November last year he called for the killing of Americans, saying they were from the "party of devils".
Weeks later, he survived an air strike in Shabwa province in which at least 30 militants were killed.
He has been reported dead in the past following US air strikes on southern Yemen in December 2009 and November 2010.
He was the target of a US drone attack that killed two al-Qaeda operatives in southern Yemen on 5 May.
The death comes amid concerns in Washington about the impact of Yemen's political crisis on its ability to tackle al-Qaeda militants.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh is facing a widespread protest movement, along with an armed insurrection by renegade army units and tribal fighters.
Mr Saleh, who was injured three months ago when his residence was shelled, returned last week after treatment in Saudi Arabia.
In an interview published on Thursday, he said he would not stand down, as promised in a deal brokered by Gulf States, if his opponents are allowed to stand in elections to succeed him.


For the first time in 70 years, Adolf Hitler's Nazi manifesto Mein Kampf is to be available to buy in Germany.

Reprinting the anti-Semitic book was banned after WW2 by Bavaria's regional government, which held the copyright.
The copyright has now expired and Munich's Institute of Contemporary History is to publish a new edition.
New versions are expected in many countries. Historians say the book helps academics understand what happened in the Nazi era.
Its annotated version, with thousands of academic notes, will aim to show that Mein Kampf (My Struggle) is incoherent and badly written, rather than powerful or seductive.
Many Jewish groups have welcomed this particular publication, saying it is important to have access to a critical edition to help explain the Holocaust, reports the BBC's Damien McGuinness in Berlin.
Mein Kampf was originally printed in 1925 - eight years before Hitler came to power.
After Nazi Germany was defeated in 1945, the Allied forces handed the copyright to the book to the state of Bavaria.
The local authorities have refused to allow the book to be reprinted to prevent incitement of hatred, although the book was so widely printed during the war that it remained relatively easily available.
Under European copyright law, the rights of an author of a literary or artistic work runs for the life of the author and for 70 years after his death - in Hitler's case on 30 April 1945, when he shot himself in his bunker in Berlin.
Those rights cease on the first day of January 70 years after the author's death, and so publishers now have free access to the original text.
However, German officials have said they will limit public access to the text amid fears that this could stir neo-Nazi sentiment.


A Chinese professor's controversial suggestion that poorer men could share wives has sparked debate online on how to solve China's gender imbalance.

Zhejiang University economics professor Xie Zuoshi's proposal has been met with heavy criticism that it is immoral.
China has one of the biggest gender imbalances in the world, with about 118 boys born to every 100 girls.
The imbalance is largely due to the one-child policy and cultural preferences for male children.
Increasing wealth and population movement also means many women are leaving the countryside to work in cities, with men who stay behind struggling to find partners.
In a piece that was widely picked up by local media, Prof Xie noted there were reports that China could possibly have 30 to 40 million bachelors by 2020.
The huge demand for women and the lack of supply would result in the "value of women going up", he wrote.
"Men with high incomes will have an advantage in finding women, because they can afford the high price.
"And what about the low income men? One way is for several men to band together to find a wife. This isn't some pie-in-the-sky idea of mine. In some remote and poor areas there are cases where brothers jointly marry one wife, and they can live happily and harmoniously."
He also advocated for greater economic growth so that poorer bachelors could earn more income and could thus attract women from other regions such as South East Asia or Africa.
The shortage of wives in some rural parts of China has led to more men marrying women from neighbouring countries such as Vietnam and Myanmar, but has also fuelled human trafficking.  and wedding scams.
Prof Xie's essay, which was published last week and later picked up by Chinese media, attracted mostly appalled derision from readers, who criticised his idea as immoral and illegal.
"If you can't find a mate then don't bother, if women are just only meant for producing heirs and have to mate with many men just to solve the population growth issue, how does this make us any different from animals?" said Weibo user Superelfjunior.
Jing Xiong, a project manager with Chinese women's rights group Media Monitor for Women Network, told the BBC that the gender imbalance problem "is basically a problem stemming from teachings that prioritise men over women".
"And now the solutions are still very much male-centred. This is extremely ridiculous."
"Prof Xie's suggestion ignores the wishes and rights of women, and casts women as tools used to satisfy men's needs for sex, marriage and reproduction... this suggestion is basically sexual discrimination."
In a subsequent essay, Prof Xie said he had been bombarded with angry phone calls and comments on social media.
But he stuck to his guns, arguing that laws and morals were mutable.
"If we wave the big stick of morality, keep to the one-husband-one-wife social contract, and let 30 million bachelors have no women and no hope, they hate society, then we would have a serious social problem."
"So please don't talk to me about morals. If we don't let the 30 million bachelors have women, their lives would have no hope and then they may go around raping, killing, setting off bombs... (let me emphasise that this is a possibility, I'm not saying they would definitely do that). Don't tell me that is your morality?" he said.


A 72-year-old man has been charged with a series of offences after a 40-hour stand-off with police in West Sussex.

Terry Bridger, 72, of Harbour Road, Pagham is charged with threatening to kill and possessing a gun with intent to cause fear of violence.
He is also charged with common assault and two counts of threatening to damage property.
Sussex Police spent two nights at a house in Harbour Road during the stand-off from Sunday to Tuesday.
Mr Bridger was remanded in custody by Crawley magistrates to appear at Portsmouth Crown Court on 30 September.


Swansea City midfielder Jack Cork faces a battle to be fit for Saturday's Premier League trip to Watford because of an ankle injury.

The 27-year-old was forced off the field during Saturday's defeat at West Ham after falling heavily on his ankle.
A Swansea statement said Cork suffered only a minor ankle sprain.
However, Swans are hopeful striker Fernando Llorente will be fully recovered from an ankle injury to start at Vicarage Road.
In his absence after beating Bournemouth on 18 March, Swansea lost to Spurs and drew against Middlesbrough.
Llorente came off the bench in Saturday's 1-0 defeat at West Ham.
Assistant manager Nigel Gibbs told BBC Radio Wales Sport: "We are hopeful of Llorente having a real good week's training and being available for selection.
"He's been a big miss for us."
Former Southampton player Cork has featured in every game since Paul Clement was appointed head coach at the beginning of January, 2017.


A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a Dorset woman who has been reported missing.

Samantha Henderson, 25, from Corfe Castle was reported missing just before 08:45 GMT on Thursday morning.
A 27-year-old man from Corfe Castle, who is known to Ms Henderson, has been arrested on suspicion of her murder.
Det Insp Neil Devoto said police did not yet know of her whereabouts and officers were carrying out extensive enquiries in the area.
Police "strongly believe" that Samantha may have come to harm.
Det Insp Devoto said: "Sadly, our concerns for Samantha are so grave that we have today....arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of her murder.
"Our investigations are focused on establishing exactly what has happened to Samantha between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning.
"I would ask anyone who has seen or heard from Samantha since Wednesday afternoon to contact us."
Samantha is described as white, 1.60 metres (5ft 3 inches), of a very slim build and with blonde hair.
She was seen wearing a grey jumper, blue jeans and slippers.


Last year's British Women's Open winner Inbee Park has been ruled out of this year's tournament at Woburn with a thumb injury.

The world number two has not played since missing the cut in the defence of her Women's PGA Championship in June.
The seven-time major-winning South Korean, 28, will now concentrate on getting fit for the Rio Olympics.
"This has been an incredibly hard decision to make and the reason I've left it to the last minute," she said.
"Winning the British Open last year at Turnberry meant so much to me in more ways than you could imagine.
"Since the PGA I've been resting and rehabilitating my left thumb in the hope that I would be right to defend my title next week but it just needs a little bit more time."
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The UK pensions system is not working, the City watchdog has concluded following a review into the "disorderly" annuities market.

An annuity is a retirement income that is bought once with a pension pot and provides an income for the rest of the holder's life.
This income could increase by 6.8% a year by shopping around for an annuity, the Financial Conduct Authority said.
And the industry had "closed the door" on those with small pension savings.
People who save into a defined contribution pension will almost always buy an annuity with their pension pot. It is the most common form of retirement income, apart from the state pension.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) reviewed 25 pensions firms representing 98% of the UK annuities market.
By Billy BurrowsAnnuity Line
There are three key questions that everybody should consider before purchasing an annuity:
If you will be paying tax on income you don't need or you think annuity rates are about to rise, you might consider deferring your annuity in the hope you will be better off. However this is tricky and you could lose out if you get the sums wrong.
Although most people purchase a traditional annuity there  are a number of alternatives such as investment-linked and drawdown which can be considered by those who can take some risk.
It is only natural to want the highest annuity income as soon as possible but an annuity lasts for life so it is important to consider all of your options are before making an irreversible decision.
The FCA found that six out of 10 retirees bought an annuity from the provider which they used when saving for a pension. Many looked elsewhere but did not switch.
But 80% of those could have got a better deal, and a more generous retirement income, by shopping around effectively and then buying the annuity from another provider.
In pounds and pence, the typical pot of pension savings analysed in this review was £17,700. This would typically be used to buy an annuity that would pay an annual retirement income of £1,030.
But by shopping around, that annual income could increase by £71, or 6.8%, to £1,101.
One in six people could see their retirement income increase by more than 10% if they changed provider, the FCA said.
Those buying an enhanced annuity - available to smokers or those with a medical condition that shortens their life expectancy - could see a £135 a year, or 8.3%, rise in annual retirement income by shopping around, after building up an average pension pot of £26,800.
"The need to get an income in retirement unites us all. But once you've bought an annuity you can't change your mind," said Martin Wheatley, chief executive of the FCA.
"We need to understand why they aren't shopping around and switching."
Mr Wheatley told the BBC's Today programme that buying an annuity was simply too confusing for most people: "Information is not provided in a way that allows people to make simple choices," he said
The FCA review found that people who had saved less than £5,000 into a pension pot were particularly poorly served by the industry.
"There is virtually no market whatsoever for people with smaller pension pots. This means that for those people who need to make every penny of their pension count, the market has closed the door on them," Mr Wheatley said.
"There should be competition across the entire market, not just for those with the most money."
The FCA will now conduct a study to assess competition in the market, and will publish some possible remedies within 12 months, but some have argued that the process is too slow.
"It is disappointing that after a full year we still have to wait many months more for a second stage investigation by the FCA before regulatory action of some description can be initiated," said Malcolm McLean, consultant at Barnett Waddingham.
"The purchase of an annuity is effectively still a one chance opportunity. Consumers must always consider that while a difference between annuities may not seem like very much, if they then multiply this by 20 to 30 years the losses in retirement income can add up to a significant amount of money."
Andrew Tully, of provider MGM Advantage, said: "The FCA review doesn't go far enough, or act quickly enough. This will potentially leave many thousands of retirees high and dry when navigating the annuity minefield."
Most complaints made to the Financial Ombudsman Service emerged from a lack of explanation in plain English from a provider about what an annuity is and how it works.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI), which represents many pension providers, said that changes were already being made to make things clearer.
"We recognise that our industry can do more to make the market work effectively for customers which is why we are finalising a new package of measures to enable people to engage and to shop around for better deals," said Otto Thoresen, director general of the ABI.
"This would include ensuring customers have the right to a conversation to help them understand the difficult decisions at retirement; and how all customers can get a comparison of rates."
Some 420,000 annuities are sold every year, and millions of workers are saving into a pension pot so will eventually need to buy an annuity.
The amount that a pension pot could buy in the annuities market fell sharply during the financial crisis, but started to recover in 2013.
The FCA found that nearly all price comparison websites it studied failed to offer clarity for those shopping around for a good deal.
Pensions Minister Steve Webb said that the FCA's review of the market was vital as more and more people save into a pension through the automatic enrolment system.
"This makes taking effective action to ensure that people get value for money from annuities all the more important, and the new FCA review is a welcome and crucial step, as part of the government's on-going work on the issue," he said.
"We want to build a fairer society, and that means helping people to get the most out of their hard-earned pensions savings when they retire."
Not everyone has to buy an annuity to receive a pension income. Those with final-salary pensions will be awarded a pension pot linked to their salary when they finish work, so will not need an annuity.
The state pension is also unconnected to annuities.


Canadian singer Justin Bieber's has become the target of a viral campaign to send him to North Korea.

A website polled users as to which country he should tour next, with no restrictions on the nations that could be voted on.
There are now almost half a million votes to send the singer to the secretive communist nation.
The contest, which ends at 0600 on 7 July, saw North Korea move from 24th to 1st place in less than two days.
Many of the votes are thought to originate from imageboard website 4chan, which has built a reputation for triggering online viral campaigns.
The voting site is not endorsed by Mr Bieber's record label.
Given the fact that almost all citizens of North Korea are denied internet access and there are restrictive controls over all media, it is unlikely that any of the votes have actually come from within the country.
A spokesman for the North Korean Embassy in London told BBC News that any application for 16-year-old Bieber to tour would be dealt with by its mission to the United Nations, although the matter would be referred to Pyongyang.
Justin Bieber has been target of a number of internet pranks in recent weeks.
Last month, a post on 4chan urged users to all search for the term "Justin Bieber Syphilis" pushing it to the top of Google Trend's Hot Searches list.
And over the weekend, Justin Bieber videos on YouTube were the target for internet hackers, redirecting users to adult websites or triggering pop-up messages saying that the Canadian singer had died in a car crash.
Google temporarily suspended commenting on videos and issued a statement saying: "We took swift action to fix a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability." The vulnerability hole was patched a few hours later.
His Last FM page was also hit, with photos of the singer replaced by pornographic images.
There have also been false rumours circulating that Bieber had died, that he had joined a cult, and that his mother was offered $50,000 to pose topless in Playboy magazine.
"Let's take some time to answer some crazy (rumours)... I'm not dead," Bieber wrote in just one of his Twitter postings.
And last week he posted that "My mum is a moral woman... let's just leave that one for what it is... because that rumour just grossed and weirded me out."
Correction 7 July 2010: This story has been amended since it was first published to make it clear that the voting site is not endorsed by Mr Bieber's record label Universal Music.


Some teachers at Belfast's De La Salle College have said they will no longer co-operate with the school's principal.

In a letter seen by the BBC, the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO), said their members had a "lack of trust and confidence in the leadership of the school".
Members of INTO previously voted for industrial action "up to and including strike action".
The school, in the Andersonstown area of west Belfast, has 1,100 pupils.
There are around 70 teaching staff at the school.
In the letter, to the chair of the board of governors, Ms Monica Culbert, INTO's Northern Secretary, Gerry Murphy, outlined what form the action would take.
The action sanctioned by the union "is one of non-co-operation or engagement with Ms Claire White, principal," it said.
"With effect from 8am on Monday 25 April 2016 all INTO members are directed not to:
- Undertake any instruction or advice given by Ms Claire White, Principal, either in oral, written or electronic form
- Not to attend any meeting...which she has requested or is in attendance at
- Not to undertake any teaching roles if (she)...is present or enters the classroom
- Not to provide any information or data pertaining to their teaching or managerial responsibilities to Ms Claire White, Principal."
More than 50 of the teaching staff in the school are INTO members.
The letter has also been copied to the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS).
In a statement CCMS said they were "aware that INTO has confirmed the nature of its industrial action following its recent ballot of members."
"CCMS will continue to work closely with the trade unions and the school authorities in continuing to implement the strategy plan and to ensure that any action will not impact on the education of the pupils."
Ms White has not issued a response to the INTO letter, but previously said the school was focused on the "education provision and emotional wellbeing" of students.
"I would like to pay tribute to my teaching colleagues here at De La Salle College who I thank for their dedication and commitment," she said.
"I will continue, with the wider strategy group, to work towards a mutual resolution."
Meanwhile, the NASUWT which represents a number of teachers in the school, have said they want to ensure stability ahead of the exam season.
"While the union continues to be involved in daily talks with a view to resolution of the on-going industrial dispute, preserving high quality education is our primary focus," an NASUWT spokesperson said.
There have been ongoing problems at the Andersonstown post-primary over the past few months.
About a third of the teaching staff were off sick for a period before Easter.
The CCMS subsequently appointed an associate principal to work alongside the principal and senior management.
There have also been a number of meetings over the past few weeks between the Concerned Parents of De La Salle group, which represents some parents, CCMS, politicians and the Education Minister John O'Dowd to discuss the situation at the school.


One of the UK's largest insurance brokers, Swinton, has been fined £7.38m for mis-selling policies.

The regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), accused the company of an "aggressive sales strategy" and of failing to treat its customers fairly.
It said the company had "prioritised profit".
Swinton issued an immediate apology. It said it had changed its practices, and had set aside a total of £11.2m to compensate its customers.
The fine, one of the largest of its kind, relates to policies that were sold over the telephone.
Between April 2010 and April 2012, staff attempted to sell so-called "add-ons", in the form of personal accident, home emergency and motor breakdown policies.
But customers were not told that the policies were optional.
"Swinton failed its customers," said Tracey McDermott, the FCA's director of enforcement and financial crime.
"When selling monthly add-on policies, Swinton did not place the consumer at the heart of its business. Instead it prioritised profit," she said.
The FCA said such add-ons generated £92.9m of income for the company.
Swinton said it had now contacted more than 650,000 customers, and paid out £1.9m in compensation.
On average customers have been paid £55 each.
"We apologise for these shortcomings," said Christophe Bardet, the chief executive of Swinton.
The FCA was particularly critical of the sales patter employed by staff.
It said that "poor sales scripts meant that every sale could have been a mis-sale".
Swinton said it had since changed its scripts, and issued new guidance to staff.
The FCA  is also to launch a wider enquiry into the selling of "add-ons" by insurance companies.
The study will look at competition between rival insurance companies in this area.
It will also determine whether such products represent good value for money, and whether consumers understand what they are buying.
"I recently told the insurance industry that we were taking a strong interest in the area of add-ons, and our first competition study will take a far-sighted view of the impact of current practice on consumers in this market," said Martin Wheatley, the FCA chief executive.


A vast, arid state on the edge of the Sahara desert, Niger is rated by the UN as one of the world's least-developed nations.

Niger fell victim to a series of coups and political instability following its independence from France in 1960.
Today the country struggles in the face of frequent droughts, insurgency and wide-spread poverty. Niger is betting on increased oil exploration and gold mining to help modernize its economy.
But basic rights issues, such as slavery - which was only banned in 2003 and still remains a problem - and a high rate of illiteracy and disease, remain stubborn challenges.
Population 16.6 million
Area 1.27 million sq km (489,000 sq miles)
Major languages French (official), Hausa, Songhai, Arabic
Major religions Islam, indigenous beliefs
Life expectancy 55 years (men), 56 years (women)
Currency CFA (Communaute Financiere Africaine) franc
Niger leader: Mahamadou Issoufou
Veteran opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou became president in March 2011 polls that ended a year-long military junta.
The election was aimed at returning democracy after former president Mamadou Tandja was ousted by the army in February 2010 following a decade in power.
The military junta that overthrew him vowed to usher in a civilian government, and none of its members ran in the election.
Mr Issoufou gained another term in a run-off election in March 2016 that was boycotted by supporters of his opponent, Hama Amadou, who had been jailed.
Press freedom in Niger has "improved considerably" since 2010 when Mamadou Tandja was ousted as president, according to Reporters Without Borders. Media offences were decriminalised shortly afterwards although the state still controls much of the nation's broadcasting. Private radio stations have proliferated, however.
Radio is a key news source since literacy levels in the country are low. There is a government-run daily, as well as a handful of private titles.
Some key events in Niger's history:
1890 - French occupy Niger.
1960 - Niger becomes independent but a severe drought devastates the country, which enters a period of political instability and coups.
1990 - A rebellion starts in northern Niger, adding to the country's political unrest.
2003 - Slavery is outlawed and Niger gains international prominence when then-US President George Bush claims Iraq was trying to obtain uranium from Niger for its nuclear programme.
2005 - UN warns that millions of people face severe malnutrition because of food shortages caused by drought and locust infestations.
2010 - A new constitution designed to restore civilian rule approved in referendum; Mahamadou Issoufou becomes president in 2011.


National and local free-to-air TVs operate alongside extensive cable networks, which offer US and international networks.

Radio is a key news source; there are hundreds of stations, most of them commercial. Spanish-owned Prisa Group is a major player.
Two commercial groups own the bulk of print titles.
The constitution guarantees press freedom and the media can criticise the government and cover sensitive topics.
Chile respects free speech more than its neighbours, says Reporters Without Borders. But the group worries about highly-concentrated media ownership.
By 2016, 14 million Chileans were online (Internetlivestats.com), around 78% of the population. There are no restrictions on access.


Spending on locum doctors in Dumfries and Galloway is already more than £2m higher than it was at the same stage of the last financial year.

Costs already total nearly £6m for the past seven months.
The region also has the highest vacancy rate for senior medical staff in Scotland, with 20 consultant posts currently unfilled.
NHS Dumfries and Galloway said it was doing everything possible to recruit permanent staff.
Medical director Dr  Angus Cameron said more doctors needed to be trained to address what was a national shortage.
He said that in the meantime the health board had no option but to foot the bill for temporary cover.
"We certainly do have a significant problem at the moment," he admitted.
"We have 20 consultant posts that are vacant - they are of course covered by locums or by doctors who have come back in after retirement - but there are still 20 posts that we need to fill.
"That is slightly more than 20% of the consultant workforce so that is highly significant."
He said there were nationwide and local reasons for the problem.
"There are national shortages of consultants in some specialities," he said.
"Dumfries and Galloway is also small so we have small departments.
"One of the problems with recruiting is that if you have got small departments you are one of three and you are on call every third night for the rest of your life," he said.
Dr Cameron said that compared with going to a big hospital in Glasgow where you might be on call "every two weeks for the rest of your life".
"So why would you want to come to Dumfries and Galloway?" he asked.
"That's a big problem for us."


The Michael J Fox Foundation is attempting to use wearable sensors to monitor the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

The charity has teamed up with Intel to equip patients with smartwatches which record continous data about them.
The organisations carried out tests earlier in the year and now plan to release an app to help doctors study the effects of different medications.
The effort has been given a cautious welcome by other researchers.
The actor Michael J Fox created his New York-based foundation in 2000 after being diagnosed with the degenerative neurological disorder.
It is believed that Parkinson's is brought on by a mixture of genetic and environmental factors, but the exact cause is still unknown.
Its symptoms can include tremors and other uncontrollable movements, impaired balance and co-ordination, stiffness, slowness of movement, loss of smell, a decline in intellectual functioning, and speech and swallowing problems.
It is estimated to affect about five million people worldwide and usually, but not always, occurs in old age.
The link-up with Intel came about through the tech firm's former chief executive Andy Grove, who serves as a senior advisor to the foundation and has been diagnosed with Parkinson's himself.
"This opportunity really will allow us the chance to uncover novel breakthroughs in Parkinson's disease by truly understanding how people are living with the disease today, how are they responding to treatments, what are their unmet needs," said Todd Sherer, chief executive of the foundation.
The wearables study is intended to provide researchers with more accurate data than can be obtained via traditional, subjective methods.
A preliminary test was funded by the two organisations earlier this year that equipped 16 Parkinson's patients and nine control volunteers with the devices for four days.
The watches allowed more than 300 data points to be recorded every second, translating to one gigabyte of data per patient a day. The information was then uploaded to Intel's system by a smartphone carried by those involved.
Over the period the participants kept paper-and-pen diaries and attended two clinical visits where they engaged in tests designed for the disease.
Intel data scientists are still processing the findings.
In addition to checking that the wearable tech's records correlate with those taken by the parties involved, they aim to develop algorithms that will allow body movement symptoms and sleep patterns to be automatically measured and made available for review in real time.
The next phase of the study involves releasing an app that allows patients to record how they are feeling and to report their medication intake, to help scientists measure the efficacy of the drugs and inform medics when they are deciding prescriptions.
This stage of the trial will be carried out in Boston, New York and Israel.
"We're looking for the accelerometer data," Ronald Kasabian, general manager of big data solutions at Intel, told the BBC.
"We want to be able to understand gait, fluidity of movement, tremors.
"The researchers are dying for the insight. The ability to see what is happening to the patient on a minute-by-minute, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year basis - the tremors, the sleep habits - to see that in real time will be one of the most eye-opening opportunities."
Intel said it would encrypt and anonymise the data to safeguard patients' privacy.
It added that the intention was to eventually open up the platform to other research centres and  wearable devices.
Parkinson's UK welcomed the development, but cautioned that it was too soon to know how useful the results would be.
"The potential of using new technology to aid clinical decision making and help people with Parkinson's to get the right treatment is exciting," Suma Surendranath, professional engagement manger at the charity, told the BBC.
"However, it would be crucial that any device should demonstrate its effectiveness in robust clinical trials before becoming more widely available.
"New technology that has been proven to accurately represent the complexity of symptoms of people with Parkinson's could be a very useful addition to the tools currently available to professionals."
The Michael J Fox Foundation acknowledged that the study was still at an early stage, but it said it still believed a sensor-driven platform could be delivered within "years and not decades" to allow doctors to better tailor treatments to each patient.
"What happens is that you have 'on-off' periods as a patient," explained Sohini Chowdhury, senior vice president of research partnerships at MJFF.
"When you're 'on', your medication is working, you're able to move, you're able to do the tasks you want. When you are 'off' you are basically frozen, you can't do anything.
"The question treating physicians tackle with is: 'Are we giving you the optimal dose to be able to get you the right amount of on-off time during the day?"
Several other major tech firms have also announced plans to become more involved with health tracking tech.
In May, Samsung unveiled Simband, a prototype wristband that can be fitted with third-party sensors to gather a range of data about the wearer's body that would then be shared with a platform called Sami (Samsung Architecture Multimedia Interactions).
Then in June, Apple unveiled HealthKit - an app for its forthcoming iOS 8 operating system that is designed to gather data from a wide range of third-party sensors, which can contact health professionals if it notices irregularities.
Later the same month, Google announced Google Fit, the Android-maker's own software to amass health-related data from other services and devices.


For Jay Beatty, it's just another hug from one of his famous fans.

The young Celtic superfan from Lurgan, County Armagh, met singer Rod Stewart on Monday evening after the first of two concerts in Belfast.
The singer met the 12 year old along with his mum and dad, AinÃ© and Martin before getting a hug from Jay.
His dad Martin posted the video on social media alongside the words: "What a night...dedicated "You're in my Heart" to my Bhoy."
The video has been shared thousands of times.
It's not the first time Jay has mingled with celebrities.
The meeting with Rod Stewart was set up by none other than Scottish singer Paolo Nutini, who Jay's dad describes as a "good friend to Jay."
"Paolo set up the meeting with Rod Stewart after Jay told him he liked him because he had lovely hair.
"During the concert an image of Jay flashed up on the big screen and Rod Stewart dedicated his song 'You're in my Heart' to Jay.
"After the show, we thought Jay might get to meet him briefly, but he sat and talked to him for about 30 minutes.
"As we were leaving, Rod came back and said 'My backing singers are all changed and they're dying to meet you.'
So Jay then met the whole team."
In 2012 Jay met Dr Dre, then in 2014 was carried around the pitch at Celtic Park by Greek striker Georgios Samaras well as meeting jockey AP McCoy and Ireland manager Martin O'Neill.
In 2015 Jay won the Scottish Premiership goal of the month award for January.
He was even guest of honour at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards last year, so Rod is just another celebrity to add to the collection.


Bayern Munich showed their class against a young Hibs Ladies side with a comfortable 6-0 win at Easter Road in the Uefa Women's Champions League.

Goals from Stefanie Van Der Gragt, Vivianne Miedema and Melanie Leupolz gave Bayern a 3-0 half-time lead.
Miedema and Leupolz both scored again before Bayern were awarded two penalties; Melanie Behringer scoring while Nicole Rosler missed.
The sides meet again in Germany next Wednesday.
Hibs, in the last 32 of the competition for the first time, knew they would be under heavy pressure right from kick-off. They defended in numbers but Van der Gragt was able to break early resistance when she headed in from a corner kick.
Van der Gragt headed off the bar a second time, before Miedema twice failed to hit the target from close range.
It was two though when Sara Dabritz played a neat ball through to Miedema who finished high into the net.
Leupolz headed in at the near post to make it three as the one-way traffic continued.
Cheered on by a crowd of 2,551, Hibs tried to venture forward and Lizzie Arnot tested Bayern goalkeeper Tinja-Riikja Korpela from long range.
It was Scotland international Lisa Evans who orchestrated Bayern's fourth goal, picking out Miedema for her second goal of the game.
Hibs just could not cope with the height of the Germans and really struggled to deal with crosses, and as the home defence failed to clear their lines Leupolz was able stab home her second and Bayern's fifth.
It was soon six when Behringer scored from the penalty spot, sending Jenna Fife the wrong way, and it could have been seven when Rolser won another penalty, but she took it herself and cracked it off the crossbar.
It was no embarrassment for Hibs though who came up short against a full-time team packed with internationals, who were quicker and stronger all over the park.
Hibernian captain Joelle Murray talking to BBC Alba: "The girls deserve to be on the Champions League stage, so it's about gaining the experience. We knew Bayern would be a top team and they showed that.
"We just couldn't live with them down the wings. Four of the the six goals came from crosses or corners."
Hibernian: Fife, Willamson, Hunter, Robertson, Arnot, Smith, McLauchlin, Graham, Murray, Cornet, Harrison. Subs: Jeffries, Michie, Heron, Ewens, Notley, Small, Brownlie.
Bayern Munich: Korpela, Lewandowski, Van Der Gragt, Behringer, Leupolz, Miedema, Holstad, Evans, Faisst, Schnaderbeck, Dabritz. Subs: Zinsberger, Abbe, Falknor, Wenniger, Maier, Gerhardt, Rolser.


More than 16,000 new secondary school spaces are needed within seven years to accommodate new pupils starting primary education, official figures reveal.

Data analysed by BBC News shows the scale of the challenge to meet rising demand by the time current four-year-olds move schools.
Surrey County Council and Birmingham City Council face the biggest shortfalls.
The Department for Education (DfE) said Â£7bn is committed to new places.
Official figures reveal the number of applicants starting primary school in 2016 exceeds the number of current secondary school places by at least 16,284.
The analysis covers 134 areas but excludes 16 councils where there is a "three-tier" system, as the DfE did not account for children in middle schools, which typically cater for 9-13 year-olds.
See the figures for your area here.
530,274
secondary school places in 2016
546,558
applicants for primary school
16,284 more secondary places needed in 134 areas
16 areas with middle schools
Figures released this week show one in six families missed out on their first choice of secondary school.
The DfE said local authorities had plans for 52,000 more secondary school places by 2018.
However, the National Union of Teachers said the problem of school places was being "ignored by the government".
Kevin Courtney, acting General Secretary, said: "It is resulting in overcrowded classrooms, schools expanding beyond an optimum size and children travelling further to school.
"Population changes are not a new phenomenon and local authorities, who are responsible for providing sufficient school places, have traditionally been able to plan to meet rising and falling demand.
"The significant factor in the current situation is that, since 2010, the government has undermined local authorities' legal powers to deliver new school places. This is an abdication of responsibility."
Surrey County Council, which faces the biggest shortfall, said its needs were not being met by government funding.
Linda Kemeny, cabinet member for schools, said: "We need to create more than 11,000 extra school places over the next five years but, because demand is not being matched by extra funding from the government, it is leaving us with a shortfall of Â£30m in each of the next two years alone."
Birmingham City Council had 2,056 more primary school applicants for 2016 than it had secondary school places, but said it was confident it would have sufficient space.
A spokesman said: "The increasing popularity of Birmingham as a place for young families to move to means each year group at primary level has increased annually over recent years.
"Although we do not need secondary places yet in most parts of the city, we are confident we will be able to work with the many schools that may wish to expand where and when places are needed, following the success of the primary school expansion programme."
A DfE spokesman said: "Delivering good quality school places is a top priority for this government and the latest figures show that the system continues to work. The government has already committed Â£7bn for school places, which along with our investment in 500 new free schools we expect to deliver 600,000 new places by 2021.
"Our reforms and our academy programme are raising standards for all children with 1.4 million more pupils in good or outstanding schools than in 2010. We will continue to invest and work hard to ensure every child has an excellent education that allows them to reach their full potential."


Latest figures show in the year after their baby is born, 13% of women suffer from post natal depression.

8 May 2014 Last updated at 05:05 BST
What's less well known is that 3% of men also suffer from the condition.
Researchers in Birmingham say new dads can find it hard to seek help.
BBC Midlands Today's Kevin Reide spoke to Lee and Becky Plummer at their Telford home.


Five people have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man in Leeds.

West Yorkshire Police said they were called to a property in Bexley Mount, next to St James's Hospital, by the ambulance service at about 01:30 GMT on Sunday.
Officers found a man with serious injuries. Police said he died a short time later.
Four men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in police custody.


Newly appointed captain Thomas Bjorn says Europe's Ryder Cup selection policy is under review for the next event, but warns "it would be crazy" to make radical changes.

The 45-year-old Dane, a four-time vice-captain, will lead Europe at the Paris National in September 2018.
The USA won the Ryder Cup for the first time since 2008 with a 17-11 victory at Hazeltine in October.
"Just because you lose one it doesn't mean the system is wrong," said Bjorn.
Nine players qualified automatically for this year's event based on their Tour performances, with captain Darren Clarke picking three wildcards to complete the 12-man team.
Players who do not take up membership on the European Tour - and compete exclusively on the PGA Tour instead - are not currently eligible.
England's Paul Casey, currently ranked 13th in the world, was one of the players who missed out because of the rule.
Northern Ireland's four-time major winner Rory McIlroy claimed Casey's absence "definitely hurt" Europe's attempt to earn a record fourth successive win.
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"We are at the stage where it is under review," said Bjorn, whose appointment was announced on Tuesday.
"We will take a close look at it and see if we feel we need to make tweaks.
"It is very easy to say everything needs to change because we lost. But we lost with criteria that worked for us in years gone by.
"Don't take away the fact we won eight of the last 11 with a system that works very well. It would be crazy to do any mad things to it.
"At this moment of time we have not made any decisions."
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Some MPs are already talking about the impending Article 50 vote as their Iraq moment; a Commons vote of huge historic significance, complete (for some at least) with a gut-twisting clash between political principle and career survival.

The expectation is that the Leader of the House, David Lidington, will announce the timing for consideration of the Article 50 Bill mandated by the Supreme Court, at Commons Business Questions on Thursday.
The bill - likely to be no more than a few lines - could be published this week and debates could begin next week. (If no such announcement occurs, something has gone wrong behind the scenes).
To be sure, such a rapid process would amount to a telescoping of normal Commons rules, which require two weeks between the publication of a bill (its first reading, in parliamentary jargon) and the second reading debate. But that kind of thing happens all the time - and a simple motion to ignore the usual intervals would be agreed behind the scenes, in the so-called "usual channels" and then rubber-stamped by MPs.
The question then is not "will MPs block Brexit?" There is a clear Commons majority, and I doubt that much more than a hundred of the 650 MPs would be prepared to vote against the Article 50 Bill.
The real question is what amendments might be attempted.
There's been a certain amount of talk about the government creating an "unamendable" bill - a concept to be filed alongside unsinkable ships, foolproof precautions and no-iron shirts.
The bill will be very short and will have a very carefully-limited "scope" - which means that any amendments offered up will have to be very precisely worded. Deputy Speaker Lindsay Hoyle and the Commons clerks will doubtless spend many hours sifting through them, probably rejecting the vast majority.
But if a bill says anything, it must then be capable of being amended or of having new clauses tacked onto it.
But for that to happen in practice, some of the Conservatives' narrow Commons majority would have to flake off - quite a few, in fact, given that the eight DUP MPs, plus a number of pro-Brexit Labour MPs would probably oppose any amendment. And failure to back the government on this bill, of all bills, would be career-threatening for any Tory other than Ken Clarke.
Watching David Davis's Commons statement, it seems clear that the two main pressure points are both procedural.
A succession of rearguard Tory Remainers demanded a White Paper, a formal policy document, setting out the government's position. And in truth, it would not be a very big concession for the government to make - just turn the language of Theresa May's speech into officialese, and maybe stir in a couple of position papers already in circulation, and Hey Presto!
Offering a concession that did not really concede anything would, at least, provide MPs in pro-Remain constituencies with a fig leaf to shield them from their voters.
Then there's Labour's "meaningful vote" idea, trailed by their superlawyer Brexit spokesman, Keir Starmer.
This would require the government to give Parliament a vote on the Brexit terms, in time for the deal to be re-worked, if it was not approved. The thinking here is that MPs and peers might be confronted with a choice of approving whatever deal was put before them, or running out of time and seeing the UK drop off the fabled "cliff edge" into trading with the EU on World Trade Organisation terms - the default minimum, in the absence of a bespoke deal.
Again, most of the Opposition parties might back this, but it could not be passed unless a fair number of Conservatives were prepared to take the huge step of throwing their own party over.
When might the attempts be made? Expect the government to be extremely generous with debating time - there might even be a two-day second reading debate, which is an unheard-of luxury these days. There may well be an Opposition amendment at second reading, and if that failed, as it probably would, further amendments when the bill moves to detailed committee stage debate.
Because this is a constitutional measure this would be a committee of the whole House, and again the debate might be allowed several days. In effect, the government would be inviting its opponents to drone until they dropped, through the night if necessary, with tumbleweed blowing across the Chamber. All with the aim of ensuring that no-one could possibly say that they had curtailed discussion.
Then it's on to the Lords. There has been a certain amount of loose talk that europhile peers are lining up to block Brexit.
Few peers supported the Leave cause, but fewer still want to commit political suicide, and nothing would guarantee a determined drive to reform and reduce the House of Lords more effectively than a "Peers versus the People" battle over Brexit. (This was the unspoken thought behind the government's decision not to press on with clipping peers' wings after the Strathclyde Review, which followed their blocking of George Osborne's proposed cuts to tax credits - "we'll let you be, unless you really annoy usâ€¦")
I also suspect it would be very hard for peers to muster a majority for any wrecking amendments - although the Liberal Democrats (or most of them, anyway, because there are Lib Dem dissenters on this) might attempt a bit of theatre.
The key point is that Labour's leadership have pledged not to block Article 50 - and while some Labour peers might vote against, without organised Labour opposition there will be a comfortable majority for an Article 50 Bill in the Lords.
The other hazard is a filibuster - a barrage of amendments and long speeches, taking advantage of the much looser rules of the Lords - to draw out the debate for as long as possible. It could be done, theoretically, but I'm not sure what point would be made by game-playing of this kind. And, again, it might draw down the reforming wrath of the government.
So expect the Article 50 Bill to weather the storms ahead - but watch out for much more interesting action when the next big Brexit measure, the Great Repeal Bill, promised for the Queen's Speech in May, hoves into sight.


A former bodybuilder accused of assault and child cruelty as part of a north Wales historical abuse inquiry has been cleared of all charges.

Peter Steen, 75, of Wrexham, had worked at homes belonging to the former Bryn Alyn Community.
He was found not guilty of four assault claims and four cruelty charges on Monday at Mold Crown Court.
On Tuesday, the judge formally dismissed three other charges, after the jury failed to reach  verdicts.
The charges all related to a period between 1978 and 1982.
The prosecution was brought following investigations under the National Crime Agency inquiry (NCA), Operation Pallial.
Judge Niclas Parry formally discharged the jury and the Crown Prosecution Service said there would be no retrial following consultation with a senior crown prosecutor.
Judge Parry said: "In all circumstances that makes perfect sense and is fair."
He formally entered not guilty verdicts on the three outstanding charges.
Speaking on behalf of Mr Steen following the end of the trial, his solicitor Chris Saltrese criticised the decision to prosecute his client, and the Operation Pallial investigation.
"I am delighted for Mr Steen and his family that the jury have reached the correct verdicts and my client walks away from court an innocent man," he said.
"A grave miscarriage of justice was avoided in Mr Steen's case only by the even-handedness of the judge, the good sense of the jury and the great skill and determination of defence counsel.
"Over the past 20 years care workers all over the United Kingdom, but in north Wales in particular, have been demonised by those who do not know the first thing about looking after challenging young people in care.
"It is now time for this persecution to stop."
An NCA spokesman said it accepted the jury's decision but refuted Mr Saltrese's comments.
"This was a thorough and ethical investigation, which was independently reviewed by the Crown Prosecution Service," he added.
"Channels are available if Mr Steen wishes to make any formal complaint."
Operation Pallial was set-up in November 2012 at the request of North Wales Police and the UK Home Secretary to examine fresh allegations of historical abuse at care homes in the region, and also to review past police investigations.
A year ago, former hotelier and the owner of Bryn Alyn Community homes, John Allen was jailed for life sexually assaulting youngsters in a campaign of abuse spanning decades.


Joe Garner marked his return to English football by scoring the winner for Ipswich Town against Birmingham City.

Blues were the more threatening side before the break, with Che Adams and Clayton Donaldson both going close.
Ipswich suffered a first-half blow, with Andre Dozzell leaving the field on a stretcher with a knee injury.
Town returned from the interval buoyant and Garner met a Jonas Knudsen cross to slide home, while Freddie Sears failed to add a second from close range.
Ipswich goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski made a series of saves either side of the break to ensure Ipswich, a side that lost their final pre-season match 6-1 to League One side Charlton a week earlier, claimed all three points in their Championship opener against Harry Redknapp's Blues.
Marc Roberts, one of thee summer arrivals to start for Blues, and Emilio Nsue were among those to be denied by the home goalkeeper.
Eighteen-year-old midfielder Dozzell, who helped England win the Under-19 European Championship title last month, looked bright for the hosts and played with poise, but needed treatment once before eventually being forced off in first-half injury time.
While it made for a miserable end to the first half, Garner ensured the second started positively, scoring his first goal in the Championship since April 2016, in what was his last full campaign in England's second-tier before leaving Preston for one season in the Scottish Premiership with Rangers.
Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy:
"For me it was vital we won and played well. I've had lovely support but there would have been an element waiting for me and I wouldn't blame them because we were rubbish last year.
"Somebody asked me about my ambition and that is to build a team and win games.
"I've had lovely support from everybody at the club and the fans. They turned up and it humbles me. It was nice to repay it with a good performance and a win."
Match ends, Ipswich Town 1, Birmingham City 0.
Second Half ends, Ipswich Town 1, Birmingham City 0.
Attempt missed. Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Craig Gardner with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Birmingham City. Conceded by Tommy Smith.
Marc Roberts (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Marc Roberts (Birmingham City).
Attempt blocked. Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Marc Roberts with a cross.
Flynn Downes (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Gardner (Birmingham City).
Foul by Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town).
Che Adams (Birmingham City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Offside, Ipswich Town. Grant Ward tries a through ball, but Freddie Sears is caught offside.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Cheick Keita replaces Jacques Maghoma.
Joe Garner (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Morrison (Birmingham City).
Attempt missed. Freddie Sears (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jordan Spence.
Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City).
Substitution, Ipswich Town. Adam Webster replaces Dominic Iorfa.
Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by David Davis (Birmingham City).
Grant Ward (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City).
Corner,  Birmingham City. Conceded by Cole Skuse.
Dominic Iorfa (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Che Adams (Birmingham City).
Foul by Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town).
Nsue (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Craig Gardner (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Joe Garner (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City).
Attempt missed. Cheikh Ndoye (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Che Adams with a cross.
Attempt missed. Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Grant Ward with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Ipswich Town. Conceded by Che Adams.
Corner,  Ipswich Town. Conceded by Jonathan Grounds.
Attempt blocked. Cole Skuse (Ipswich Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.


A Labour MP has acknowledged that he "made a slip" when he suggested Tunbridge Wells was in Surrey.

Local government spokesman Steve Reed got his geography mixed up in a debate on the allocation of English council funding for the next four years.
He later told the BBC that he had had "many happy trips" to the Kent town in the past and had simply made a mistake.
Communities Secretary Greg Clark joked that if Mr Reed aspired to be a minister a "bit of geography may help".
The light-hearted exchange came during a heated debate on the government's proposed financial settlement for councils in England, announced by Mr Clark, the MP for Tunbridge Wells.
Responding to Mr Clark's statement, Mr Reed said Surrey was the council receiving the largest slice of a Â£300m hardship fund to ameliorate the impact of spending cuts, adding mistakenly that this "is where the secretary of state just happens to be an MP".
Mr Reed corrected himself following prompting by Conservative MPs.
Reflecting on the error afterwards, Mr Reed said it was one of those things that occasionally happened.
"I wrongly said it was in Surrey. It is in Kent. I know it is in Kent. I have been down there before. I just got that one wrong, I'm afraid."
The MP for Croydon North, who grew up in Hertfordshire before moving to south London, said he did not believe the comments were symbolic of Labour's problems to make headway in the south of England, outside of London.
"I go camping and on day trips around the south of England. My family all live there. I love the area and feel part of it. Every now and then you make a slip."
MPs approved the government's plans for 2016 to 2020 by 315 votes to 209 despite opposition claims that proposed spending cuts of more than 6% a year would "rip the heart out of communities" and that Tory councils have been prioritised for "transitional help" ahead of May's elections.


Google has expanded its mobile wallet service Android Pay to work in the UK.

18 May 2016 Last updated at 10:00 BST
The company said it had chosen the UK as the next country to get the service -  following its US launch in 2015 - because British consumers were already familiar with contactless payments.


The first winners have been announced for a new prize for mathematics.

Five researchers have been awarded the Breakthrough Prize for their groundbreaking work.
The Breakthrough Prizes are awarded for recent achievements in fundamental physics, life sciences and mathematics.
The organisers describe them as the "biggest science awards in the world" as they offer the most prize money - $3m (Â£1.76m) for each.
Among the winners are Professor Richard Taylor, a British mathematician currently working at the Institute of Advance Studies in Princeton, New Jersey. He is a leader in the field of number theory and has helped to develop powerful new techniques to solve longstanding mathematical problems. He told BBC News that he felt "very surprised, excited and lucky" to win the award.
He said he had not decided what he would do with his prize money, but said he wanted spend it on something that would benefit his field.
"Mathematics is a team effort, involving collaboration and building on the work of one's colleagues so I want to find a way of giving something back to the community".
He said that such awards were important because they help to attract the "the best brains into science".
"Science has an undeserved reputation of being dry and unglamorous so anything that can be done to change that image is to be welcomed," he told BBC News.
The organisers' aim is to introduce some "razzmatazz" into science prizes, describing their winners as "the real rock stars".
The Breakthrough Prizes were launched by a group of philanthropic technology billionaires including Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group, and Yuri Milner, founder of investment firm Digital Sky Technologies.
Mr Milner said the aim of the prize was to "cultivate a positive image of science and rationalism, and an optimistic view of humanity's future".
"Outside the field of entertainment, intellectual brilliance is under-capitalized in our society.  58 years ago, one of the most famous men on earth was not an actor, athlete or musician, but a theoretical physicist. Albert Einstein's face was on magazine covers, in newspapers and on television, worldwide," he said.
"His name was synonymous with genius. Yet most of today's top scientists - despite opening new windows onto the Universe, curing intractable diseases and extending human life - are unknown to the general public. The greatest thinkers of our age should be superstars, like the geniuses of screen and stadium."
Mark Zuckerberg said: "Mathematics is essential for driving human progress and innovation in this century. This year's Breakthrough Prize winners have made huge contributions to the field and we're excited to celebrate their efforts."
The other winners are: Simon Donaldson from Imperial College London; Maxim Kontsevich, Institut des Hautes Ã‰tudes Scientifiques in France; Jacob Lurie, Harvard University in Boston, and Terence Tao, University of California, in Los Angeles.
The prize for mathematics was launched last year to help redress the paucity of awards recognising achievement in the field. Others include the the Abel, Clay and Wolf prizes and the Fields Medal.


Two men have been stabbed while travelling on a Tube train in north-west London.

The attack happened at 23:50 BST on Saturday on a Northern Line train at Belsize Park underground station.
British Transport Police said the men, aged 22 and 24, were taken to hospital in a non-life threatening condition.
Two men have been arrested and are being questioned in custody.  A BTP spokesman said.  "We believe there were a number of witnesses."


Underperforming schools in England will face a more rapid intervention, under plans announced in the Queen's Speech.

The government's proposed legislation will mean that more schools are likely to become academies.
An education bill will target so-called "coasting" schools which have shown a "prolonged period of mediocre performance".
Labour's Tristram Hunt said a more pressing issue for school standards was "the quality of classroom teaching".
Head teachers' leaders warned that such "structural changes" would be irrelevant unless the government addressed a "looming crisis in both funding and recruitment".
The next phase of the government's plans for education will see an accelerated targeting of struggling schools in England and changing their leadership.
The Education and Adoption Bill announced in the Queen's Speech will give extra powers to regional school commissioners to bring in "leadership support" from other high-achieving schools and to "speed up the process of turning schools into academies".
For schools that are rated as "inadequate" by inspectors, "barriers would be removed" for a rapid conversion into an academy.
The emphasis has been on so-called "coasting schools".
These are described as having "mediocre performance" and "insufficient pupil progress", but a specific definition of what constitutes a coasting school has still be be published.
Malcolm Trobe, deputy head of the ASCL head teachers' union, accused the Education Bill of remaining "silent" on the practical issues facing schools - such as a funding shortage and difficulties in recruiting staff.
"School and college leaders already do and will step up to the plate on raising standards, but they will need the staff and funding to do the job," said Mr Trobe.
Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw backed plans for more interventions in weaker schools, saying that children should not have their chances limited because of where they lived.
"Why should a child in London, or parts of Liverpool or Newcastle have a better chance of going to a good school than a child in Suffolk or Norfolk?" said Sir Michael.
The Local Government Association says local authorities should be given a greater role in intervening when schools in their area are struggling.
David Simmonds, chair of the association's children and young people board, said there was no evidence that turning school into an academy raised standards.
"Like-for-like comparisons of academies and maintained schools show that legal status on its own does not bring the improved performance we need to see," said Cllr Simmonds.
The association, which represents councils, challenged whether a centralised system could oversee so many academies and said that decisions to convert schools into academies should not be "rushed through".
Christine Blower, leader of the National Union of Teachers, accused the government of "claiming that it cares about standards" while really carrying out an "extended and accelerated privatisation of our school system".
The government has also announced measures to speed up the adoption process in England.
Children can spend months in care waiting for adoptive parents to be found.
And in an attempt to get a wider range of possible adoptive parents there will be regional adoption agencies, working across local authority boundaries.
The bill will give ministers the power to instruct local authorities that their adoption functions could be carried out by another authority or agency.
Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said of the plans for schools: "Labour supports having the option of converting coasting schools to academy status and the devolution of school improvement decisions away from Whitehall.
"But unlike the Tories we realise that raising standards and tackling underperformance requires far more.
"We need from government a much stronger focus upon raising the quality of classroom teaching, greater collaboration between schools at a local level and  better support for head teachers so standards stay high."


Tablets, laptops and digital learning are increasingly being used to reach students with little or no access to education, according to an international report from the ITU/Unesco Broadband Commission.

This is especially crucial in the developing world, where Unesco says the digitilisation of learning could be a means of accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, such as ensuring access to primary school for all children.
This process is already evident in Africa, which according to Unesco has 30 million primary-age children not attending school, over half the global total.
Yet the continent is overcoming challenges surrounding lack of internet access and electricity to become a major player in the e-learning space.
According to a recent report from Ambient Insights, Africa is the region globally where e-learning revenues are most likely to increase, with South Africa the leading market on the continent.
The University of South Africa (Unisa), which teaches through distance learning, has over 310,000 South African and international students enrolled.
And mobile operators have launched digital learning projects, such as Vodacom's "e-school" offering online educational content.
All over the country, companies of all shapes and sizes are tapping into the growth of the digital learning market.
Chris Rawlinson, founder of South African e-learning company, 42courses, says: "We are living in a world where two billion more people from mostly emerging markets are about to get online."
"There is little to no chance that we will be able to get teachers and bricks and mortar schools in the number needed to these locations fast enough.
"A part of the solution will have to be that e-learning will have to start to become a lot more accessible, and work a lot better than it currently does."
His start-up has partnerships with brands such as Ogilvy and Barclays to produce courses allowing students to learn from experts in a particular field.
Each course is designed almost like an interactive book, with text, images, videos and links for further reading.
South Africa's approach to e-learning has to adapt to the local conditions - such as coping with slow or expensive internet.
The Cape Town-based Rethink Education has a learning app for maths and science, presenting content in the form of text, videos, images and diagrams, with users required to interact with this content.
Project manager Storme Magee says part of its popularity is that it doesn't need a fast online connection or take up too much space on mobile phones.
"The app is a web-app rather than a native app. This means that it does not require any downloading or updates. It also does not use up any phone storage.
"Therefore teens do not have to compromise on their music, photos and videos to learn," she said.
There are broader applications of e-learning than simply as a revision tool, however. South Africans are also using such platforms to develop their professional skills.
GetSmarter is one such company in this space. The firm partners with leading universities to make online courses in a variety of subject areas.
The short, tutor-led courses run for 10 weeks, with students committing to between seven and 15 hours of study per week.
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In 2016 the platform educated over 15,000 students from 139 countries around the world.
"We consistently achieve over 90% completion rates," said chief executive officer, Sam Paddock, who attributes this to having more engagement with students than some online courses.
He says online learning could not only reach otherwise excluded students, it could also change how lessons are taught.
"Online courses promise increased access to education. They also promise an opportunity to explore and evolve pedagogy - the art and science of teaching and learning," said Mr Paddock.
"In a digital classroom environment, everything can be measured in a way that is not feasible in a physical classroom."
South Africa's university system has been facing a crisis, with institutions closed as students have protested against fee rises and criticised the quality of education available to them.
E-learning could also have a part to play in higher education.
Hertzy Kabeya is managing director of The Student Hub, which is rolling out an online study support platform, ERAOnline, for tertiary students.
This is a web-based application for delivering electronic educational technology courses in universities, with interactive features such as the chance for students to connect with each other and with subject experts.
But Mr Kabeya believes that to make the most of digital learning schools and higher education institutions will have to be willing to adapt.
"The government is injecting significant amounts of cash in the sector to boost e-learning and help solve some of these problems," he said.
"To speed up the uptake we need institutions to be a lot more flexible to review their current teaching and learning methods.
"Injecting money and increasing budgets for e-learning can contribute to increase adoption, but institutions have to be a lot more flexible, less bureaucratic, and willing to review traditional methods," said Mr Kabeya.


Manchester United signed Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini for £27.5m late on transfer deadline day.

United had made a joint bid of £28m for both Fellaini, 25, and full-back Leighton Baines in August, which the Toffees had described as "derisory".
Fellaini had a release clause of £23.5m in his Everton deal until 31 July.
Being a Manchester United player is something every player dreams of
United also tried to sign Real Madrid left-back Fabio Coentrao on loan,
On Fellaini's signing, manager David Moyes said: "He is a player with great ability and strength and I think he will make a real difference to our squad.
"He can play higher up, if we need it, behind the striker or as a defensive or holding midfielder. In any position in the middle of the field he's comfortable.
"Because of that I think it's definitely a position where people have said we've been short of numbers, with the likes of Paul Scholes [retiring] and Darren Fletcher not ready to come back just now. I felt we needed to strengthen there and I'm glad we got him."
The Belgian, who joined Everton from Standard Liege for £15m in 2008, was contracted to the Toffees until 2016.
He said: "I am thrilled to sign for Manchester United. I have known the manager for many years now and I have a lot of respect for his way of working. When I was given the opportunity to work with him again, I jumped at the chance.
"Being a Manchester United player is something that every player dreams of and I believe that I can make a real contribution to the team's efforts to win trophies in the future."
Full-back Guillermo Varela and  were their only other summer signings.
United tried to sign Athletic Bilbao midfielder Ander Herrera and Everton full-back Baines before the deadline, but failed in their attempts.
Old Trafford manager Moyes said after the 1-0 defeat at Liverpool on Sunday that the club would try to bring in more players before summer window shut, but added: "I'm more than happy with the players I've got."
Fellaini was signed by Moyes five years ago and was a regular first-team player for the Scot. Despite being a midfielder, he was used as an emergency striker during his debut season and scored nine goals.
The Belgian, who made his international debut in 2007, was also booked 10 times in his first 17 games, but avoided a lengthier suspension by attending a personal hearing with Keith Hackett, England's chief referee, where the player gave his side of events but also promised to improve his behaviour.
He suffered an ankle ligament injury in February 2010 that kept him out of the rest of the season and another ankle injury around the same time the following season that forced him to miss the remainder of that campaign.
Fellaini bounced back and had an impressive 2011-12 season and was awarded with a five-year contract in November 2011.
He finished last season as the Everton's top scorer with 12 goals in all competitions.
The deal was confirmed 51 minutes after the 23:00 BST deadline on Monday.