Ms. Farnaaz Mohammed, Senior Manager, international Marketing and Professors from the College of Science and Business will be interviewing students in our office at the date and timings mentioned below.
Times School of Journalisn (TSJ), a journalism institute run by The Times of India Group, has announced admission to its post graduate diploma course in journalism for 2013-14 (both English and Hindi). The year-long programme at TSJ has four-six months of comprehensive hands-on paid internship in leading group brands like The Times of India, Navbharat Times, The Economic Times, indiatimes, economictimes.com, timesofindia.com , ET Now, etc, and also select media brands outside the group. Applicants need to be graduates in any stream with at least 45% marks and below 28 years. Those appearing for their final year exams are also eligible to apply. Last date for applications is April 30, 2013. For further details, visit www.tcms.in
The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (aka RTE Act) became law on April 1, 2010. But two years on, there's confusion confounded relating to the implementation of the Act, in particular about giving effect to s.12 (1) (c) which makes it mandatory for all private schools to reserve a 25 percent quota in class I or preschool, if any, for children belonging to weaker section and disadvantaged group in the neighbourhood and provide free and compulsory education till its completion”. The confusion persists despite the Supreme Court upholding this provision on April 12, 2012 in Society for Unaided Private Schools of Rajasthan vs. Union of India (Writ Petition (c) No. 95 of 2010), with questions being raised about who classifies disadvantaged children in the neighbourhood and the quantum of tuition fees reimbursed to private schools by the state government under s.12 (2).
NITTE University, a deemed University u/s 3 of UGC Act, 1956, invites applications for the All India Under Graduate Entrance test, NUUGET 2013 from eligible candidates.
Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, Teen Murti House, New Delhi – 110 011 offers Scholarships for upto 2 years from January 2014 to Indian Nationals and Nationals of other Asian countries for Ph D studies in India in Science & Technology, Religion & Culture, Sociology, Indian History, Economics, Environment and Nehru Studies.
Shweta Sastri is executive director of the Bangalore-based K-12 co-educational day/boarding Canadian International School (CIS, estb.1996), ranked among Indias Top 20 and Karnatakas Top 5 international schools in the EducationWorld India School Rankings 2012. With an aggregate enrolment of 480 students (70 percent are children of expatriates), CIS was the garden citys first education institution to launch the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma programme. It also offers curriculums of the North American (Ontario) ministry of education and Cambridge International Examination (CIE), UK.
The Asia-Pacific region encompasses some of the richest and poorest nations on Earth, as well as the largest and some of the smallest. It includes states with the most successful records of economic development in the late 20th century — the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore — and those whose growth has been fragile and disrupted by strife and natural disasters.
In neighbouring Asian countries with successful records of socio-economic development — Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and China — high-quality ECE is receiving urgent attention from planners and educators who have become increasingly aware of the critical importance of providing infants a sound foundation for cognitive growth and development.
The mint new second campus of the island republics top international school constructed at a cost of Rs.630 crore completes one year of operations this month
Although the Union HRD ministry seems content to remain ignorant, Indias globally-tuned, upwardly mobile middle class has been quick to embrace early childhood education (ECE). Currently there are an estimated 50,000 privately-promoted preschools countrywide, whose aggregate revenue is growing at 35 percent per year. And far beyond discussing the merits and demerits of ECE, promoters and educators in private preschools are anxious to make the ECE experience more enjoyable and meaningful for their students.
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), famous American abolitionist, orator, author, statesman and social reformer, famously declared: It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men Douglass no doubt, made this comment on the basis of personal experience and his observations of the impact of slavery on US society during the 1800s.
Many students are so fearful of writing an SOP (statement of purpose) that they often ask help from others to write their SOP for them. Is it reasonable to expect an unknown person to document the being that you are?
Creative thinking involves both hemispheres of the brain, sometimes alternating, at other times, in synchrony. Ideas hop, skip, and dance a tango often culminating in creative resonance, where great insights explode into consciousness.
Consultative needs analysis surveys conducted by the British Council over the past three years for in-service teacher education programmes in several states across India, illustrate that government school English language teachers are on the whole, aware of the key principles of English language teaching highlighted in the National Curriculum Framework (NCF), 2005.
Special education for gifted children is an idea which is becoming increasingly popular worldwide. In our neighbourhood — Singapore, China, Korea and Thailand — dedicated schools for gifted children are mushrooming. Worried about well-trained youth from such special schools taking the best jobs from Americans, some states within the US have also legislated in favour of special education for gifted children. Even as egalitarian a country as Denmark has acknowledged the need to pamper gifted children.
Studying abroad is a big bucks business. With no government or societal pressure to keep a lid on tuition and other fees payable by foreign students, institutional managements abroad have a few qualms about decreeing inflation-adjusted fees for overseas students who are increasingly being regarded as cash cows. Therefore it is vitally important for students opting to study abroad to make the most of their investment in superior offshore education.
Its common advice which most students who are emplaning to study abroad get – dont rely on campus jobs for paying your tuition fees. Though almost all countries – US, Britain, Canada and Australia – allow students to work part-time during their study period and full-time during vacations on-campus or off-campus jobs are few and far between. And usually Indian students end up not with cushy desk jobs with lower-rung employment in college, cafeterias or assisting in laboratories.
With exams comes stress. It is natural. The pressure of performance, uncertainty about future and unlimited expectations weigh heavy on students minds. However, stress does no good to improve your performance, it only harms it. So, it is important to beat the stress and appear for your exams in a relaxed and confident mode. Here are the top ten effective and tested tips recommended by experts that are more often than not quite useful in keeping the stress at bay. So, try these stress-busters and be ready to face your exams in the right spirit.
Q: What are the qualifications needed to be an Actuary or valuer in the insurance company? Please suggest details of institutions offering this study programme?
Career planning is an exercise that is well worth the time invested in it because it sets you going on the path that leads to where you would like to go. This exercise provides you with a lot of clarity regarding your career objectives as well and it best done before you embark on your job search.
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