Mumbai, February 9. The Aditya Birla Education Academy (ABEA) has signed a collaboration agreement with the US-based Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) to offer scholarships in India for CTY’s online programs for advanced learners. Under terms of the agreement, ABEA and CTY will identify and support bright young learners in India through these online programs at reduced fees — a 5 percent reduction on tuition and application fees — until August 2021. This fee reduction is available to the first 50 advanced learners who apply to ABEA. Students in classes II-XI can qualify for the scholarships by participating in the CTY Talent Search test conducted by ABEA. CTY offers more than 200 challenging, engaging and enjoyable digital courses conducted by expert instructors who specialise in teaching advanced concepts to advanced learners. Courses are available in real-time, independent and student-driven, collaborative formats in computer science, critical reading, engineering, history, mathematics, science, social science, world languages. “We are dedicated to offering unique, rigorous and relevant courses to learners in India who are looking to upskill themselves in this fast changing world. We are happy to work with the Johns Hopkins CTY and provide special scholarships to fulfil the learning needs of bright young minds,” said Neerja Birla, founder and chairperson of the Aditya Birla Education Trust, speaking on the occasion. TMY-Shiv Nadar Foundation M&A Delhi, February 4. Shiv Nadar Foundation, the philanthropic venture of IT entrepreneur Shiv Nadar, founder-CEO of HCL, a US $10 billion global IT conglomerate, has acquired The Magic Years (TMY, estb.1978), Delhi’s top-ranked standalone pre-primary which will prepare youngest children for the foundation’s K-12 Shiv Nadar School, Noida. However, Shirley Madhavan Kutty, the founder-principal of TMY and her team of educators will continue to lead the pre-primary renamed ‘The Magic Years, a Shiv Nadar School’. “Over the past four decades, TMY has emerged as the torch-bearer of preschool education, inculcating in children the joy of learning while helping them to develop critical social and emotional skills. The Shiv Nadar School has also emerged as one of the most respected K-12 schools in Delhi NCR in a short time span. I am happy to partner with the Shiv Nadar Foundation to continue to provide an engaging, caring and fun learning environment for pre-schoolers,” said Madhavan Kutty, commenting on the merger. CEDP scholarships Mumbai, February 1. Council of Education and Development Programmes (CEDP, estb.2010), a Mumbai-based skill development institute, is to provide free training for 500 eligible students. The selected students can choose from the 50-plus skill development courses run by the institute. Courses offered include certified training for the hospitality, aviation, automobile and healthcare industries. Commercially, course fees range from Rs.15,000-6 lakh which will be waived for the selected students. To avail scholarships, applicants should register for the online AICST (All India Career and Scholarship Test) Entrance Test. Eligibility for writing the test is class X certification and beyond. Comments Shaheen Khan, founder and CEO of CEDP Skill Institute: “Much has been discussed on the impact of…
