Admissions open for Manipal University

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April 24, 2009

Admissions to India's first and only MBA in Media & Entertainment (ME) and MBA in Advertising & Marketing Communications (AMC) are now open for the January 2010 batch. Manipal University, the pioneering force in higher education in India, offers MBA (ME) in association with Whistling Woods International. The programmes are offered from the Manipal University Bangalore Campus. This first year of the MBA (ME) would be conducted at MU Bangalore Campus covering all General Management Subjects and Media Case Studies. The second year of the Program will consists of one (1) year of internship/industrial training at WWIL premises located at Film City. This will include actual production and post production techniques, the process of film making, understanding TV, Radio and other sectors of the entertainment industry, hands-on exposure at the WWIL and Film City campus in Mumbai. WWIL, on behalf of MU shall also provide to the Students with industry interface and internship with Media companies.

MBA (AMC) programme is offered from the Manipal University Bangalore Campus and it covers Integrated Marketing Communication, Strategic Media Planning, and Advertising Strategy with General Management subjects. These courses are new, exciting and truly industry focused, combining managerial tools and frameworks with an in-depth understanding of the media, entertainment, advertising and marketing communications industries. These programmes prepare students to be well-rounded professionals and opens up avenues for exciting and successful careers in the fastest growing. Admissions to the two year MBA programmes January 2010 in (ME and AMC) at Manipal University are currently open. The last date for submitting applications is 30th November 2009. The programmes are open to those who have completed any undergraduate degree, with a combination of creativity & business rigour and aspire to be media and marketing professionals.

My Tuition Learning Centre to enhance Educational Delivery System

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April 24, 2009

Hope has been expressed by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin that the My Tuition Learning Centre, an idea mooted by the Tan Sri Muhyiddin Charity Golf, can be expanded to help enhance the country's education delivery system. Opened on Monday, the centre at Taman Bukit Angkasa, Kerinchi, aims at providing free learning services to students in Lembah Pantai, especially those in Form Three and Form Five. Muhyiddin, the Education Minister, told that the centre was capable of motivating students to study by utilising advancements in information communication technologies.

Implementation of a pilot project is now being witnessed at the centre, at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sri Pantai, Kampung Kerinchi, providing the school with an ICT room with 50 multimedia computers as well as an air-conditioned resource centre. It was told by Muhyiddin that the centre was in line with the government's wishes to narrow the education gap irrespective of the students' socio-economic status. With the My Tuition Learning Centre, he added, students would have access to the facilities in a more conducive environment and this would help them enhance their respective academic performances.

Oxford on top for 8th Year in a row

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April 24, 2009

With better faculty and student facilities, Oxford has retained its top position among Britain's leading universities for the eighth successive time this year, leaving behind Cambridge. According to the latest Times Good University Guide, better staffing levels and degree classifications as well as higher spending on student facilities helped Oxford to stretch its lead over Cambridge, which had better record on research. Cambridge also ranked first in 35 subjects, while Oxford achieved first place in nine. The Times Good University Guide 2010, ranks 114 universities according to eight criteria, including student satisfaction and research quality.

Only a dozen universities outside Oxbridge lead any of the 62 tables and most are for subjects that are not offered by the two institutions. Of the remaining universities, Loughborough holds the highest number of top places, in four subjects. Outside Oxbridge, Sheffield makes the top ten for the largest number of subjects, with 27. St Andrews remains the top university in Scotland, while Cardiff leads in Wales.

Prometric with IIMs to expand Indian Infrastructure

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April 24, 2009

Prometric, the world's leading provider of technology-enabled testing and assessment services, announced that it has been awarded an exclusive, US$40 million dollar contract by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) to computerize the prestigious Common Admissions Test (CAT). To efficiently deliver the first ever computerized version of the exam to over 250,000 Indian students this fall, Prometric will accelerate plans to further build out its people, services and technology infrastructure in India. In assuming responsibility for all aspects of the CAT program, including item authoring, test development, test administration and scoring and reporting services, Prometric will add resources, including dedicated test development and support staff, in India. Complementing the 185 employees, test center network and other assets Prometric already operates in India, these additional new resources will provide a more powerful and rigorous means for the CAT, and any other test publishers looking at expansion in India, to leverage for growth.

The CAT is the premiere admissions test used in the selection process for admission to the Indian Institutes of Management, a network of India's most prestigious business schools based in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore, Kozhikode, Lucknow and Shillong. Of the 250,000 students that take the exam each year, ultimately just over 1,500 are admitted to one of the IIMs. It is therefore one of the most competitive and high profile admission exam administrations in the world, requiring tight execution and secure exam delivery. For the first time in history, instead of testing only one day a year, candidates will be able to test during a 10-day testing window across 23 Indian cities where secure computer-based testing centers specially prepared for the CAT exam are strategically positioned throughout the country. The longer window and wider availability will provide candidates greater flexibility when choosing a testing date, time or location as well as near-ubiquitous access to testing locations. In addition, computerization of the CAT will result in faster score processing, enabling the IIMs and more than a hundred other Indian business schools that rely on the results to more quickly make their admissions decisions.

OLPC ordered from India and Sierra Leone

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April 23, 2009

In India, two government organizations and one private-sector entity placed the laptop orders, Satish Jha, president and CEO of OLPC India, said Friday. These are the first orders in India for the OLPC XO laptop, with distribution set to begin in June to about 1,500 schools. Giving a computer to every single child under the OLPC program was reportedly described as 'pedagogically suspect' in 2006 by the country's education secretary in a letter to the country's Planning Commission. But the government as a whole did not have an issue with OLPC, and leading government education agencies support OLPC, Jha said. Most of the 250,000 laptops will go to children in suburban and rural areas, Jha said. In areas where Internet connectivity is not available or is too expensive, the laptops will be connected through mesh networks to a server from where information can be downloaded, Jha said. He added that OLPC has a target to deploy 3 million laptops in India this year.

In Sierra Leone, the plan is to distribute 5,000 XO laptops by 2011, according to Mohammed Kaindaneh, secretary general of the Human Rights Respect Awareness Raising Campaigners (HURRARC). Fundraising to pay for the project, which will cost about US $1 million, will take place over the next two years. A pilot project involving 50 primary schools and 500 students will receive 100 OLPC computers, Kaindaneh said. The laptops for the three-month pilot are not included in the larger order for 5,000 OLPC laptops. Ethiopia, Rwanda, Nigeria and Ghana also have received OLPC laptops. News of the laptop project in Sierra Leone comes as research teams in Kenya, Nigeria and Zimbabwe release findings that the Asus Eee PC netbook is a better choice for African nations than the XO laptop. Asus is better suited to individual owners and users in rural Africa who need low-power PCs, researchers found. They ranked the Asus Eee first for the needs of Africa, followed by Intel's Classmate, OLPC's XO, the Inveno Computing Station and Ncomputing's X300.

145 educational institutes to be trained in ICT

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April 23, 2009

Teachers in 145 business, technical and vocational institutions are to be trained in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs).

The training was launched by the education minister, Namirembe Bitamazire, at the Nakawa Vocational Training Institute in Kampala on Tuesday. An agreement was signed between the Government and the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation in January to implement the 16-month project. Dr. Jane Egau Okou, a member of the project steering committee, said the project would also create a master pool of trainers in ICT.

Cambridge centre in London named after Cipla Chairman

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April 23, 2009

A centre has been opened in Christ's College, University of Cambridge after the name of Dr. Yusuf Hamied, Chairman of Indian pharmaceutical company Cipla. Hamied has been a generous donor resulting in the new theatre with its associated public rooms incorporating bar, music practice room and gym. He was recently elected as an Honorary Fellow of the College in gratitude of his contribution to the pharmaceutical industry and his provision of affordable drugs to developing nations. 'We owe a lot to Yusuf Hamied for his contribution to the College's life in several ways. He is also a wonderful friend to all those who know him personally,' said Professor Frank of the Master of Christ's.

The presence of his friends along with his students, staff and fellows of Christ's, accumulated to pay tribute to a warm, kind-spirited man, who works hard for the greater good. Born in Lithuania, Hamied was brought up in Mumbai. He studied for six years at Christ's and matriculated from there in 1954 to read Natural Sciences. 'There is a great bond between me and Christ's. Two Christ's men – Dr. Lucan Pratt and Lord Alexander Todd – above all others, are singularly responsible for directing and shaping my life,' speaking at the launch event, said Hamied. Hamied is a member of the Cambridge India Partnership Advisory Board and of the Mumbai Cambridge Society.

Vocational training for Kandhamal youths, courtesy IGNOU

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April 23, 2009

After making headlines for communal disharmony for years, Orissa's Kandhamal district is set to smile – Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will provide vocational education and placement to youths from poor families of this tribal district, beginning January. The vocational courses for these BPL youths include certificate courses in advanced computing, job training and interview etiquette, and a diploma in advanced computing.

After Kandhamal, the plan will be implemented in some tribal districts of Orissa and five other states – Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. It will be conducted through a Common Service Centre (CSC) in each village panchayat of these states. The university said efficient local staff shall be hired to run these courses. Pandav Naik, a former vice-chancellor of Utkal University and the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) for this project, said though the cpourses are starting from a rented building in Phulbani, the district headquarters in Kandhamal, a permanent building will be constructed soon. A Kolkata-based NGO SAHAJ, which is helping the Orissa government in e-governance, will help the project by setting up common service centres at panchayat level.

Mid-day meal make 30 school children ill

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April 23, 2009

Over 30 children of a government-aided school in the Capital fell ill after eating the mid-day meal on Wednesday. They were rushed to Safdarjung Hospital from where they were discharged after treatment. The incident took place at Baba Nebraj Secondary School in Lajpat Nagar when the children were served their mid-day meal of rice and daal around 10 a.m.

The 32 students who were served the meal were first rushed to the nearby Municipal Corporation of Delhi hospital from where five students were discharged after medication and the remaining students were referred to Safdarjung Hospital. According to Additional Medical Superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital Dr. Sudhir Chandra, 27 children reached the hospital with complaints of vomiting, abdominal pain and nausea. He added, 'they were kept under observation, given medicines, and discharged around 1-30 p.m.'

India to recieve EU support for skill Development

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April 23, 2009

European Union (EU) will provide vocational education and training in India to the marginalized groups in an attempt to help India increase its skilled workforce. EU has come up with a scheme under which it will provide financial assistance of Euro 500,000 to 10,00,000 to groups in India to spend on skill development.

'The aim is to support the objectives of skill development in India where majority of the workforce lack expertise,' said Daniele Smadja, ambassador and head of Delegation of the European Commission to India, Bhutan and Nepal. At present, two to three million people are getting professional training in India. The Eleventh Plan envisages increasing this number to 15 million.

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