IGNOU to ensure quality in distance education

NEW DELHI – The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Friday said it will set up a Centre for Internal Quality Assurance (CIQA) to ensure quality in open and distance learning education system in the country.

“(The move) has been initiated in order to augment quality-related activities and introduce effective accreditation and audit practice … Read this article on Gaea Times at : IGNOU to ensure quality in distance education.

India gets $1 bn World Bank loan to improve education

WASHINGTON – The World Bank has approved two education projects worth $1.05 billion for India, designed to boost the number of children enrolling in and completing elementary school, and to improve the quality of engineering education across the country.

India has made significant progress in meeting its education goals, especially at the primary level, the bank … Read this article on Gaea Times at : India gets $1 bn World Bank loan to improve education.

Six years of report cards later, only one student sent to corner at tournament time

NCAA tourney teams get grades; summer school next?
Some six years after the NCAA warned members to get serious about graduating student-athletes or lose scholarships and face a postseason ban, here’s the list of Division I schools that have been sent to sit in the corner at tournament time:
Centenary.
If Education Secretary Arne Duncan had … Read more >>.

Lawmakers trim student aid package now linked to health care bill

Student aid linked to health care gets a trim

WASHINGTON – Congressional Democrats on Thursday trimmed their original student loan plans, reduced spending for community colleges, and eliminated early childhood money from a broad rewrite of a college aid bill piggybacked on to fast-track health care legislation.
The student loan measure would be the biggest change in …. Read the original article  : Lawmakers trim student aid package now linked to health care bill.

Calif. college says science teacher violated policy by calling homosexuality mental disorder

Calif. college: Teacher violated gay bias policy

FRESNO, Calif. – A Fresno City College science instructor violated a campus anti-discrimination policy when he told students that homosexuality is a mental disorder that should be treated with psychotherapy, campus administrators have concluded.
Christopher Villa, vice president of student services, reported the findings last week in a letter to … Original article on : Calif. college says science teacher violated policy by calling homosexuality mental disorder.

Parents oppose webcam spying lawsuit against suburban Philadelphia school district

Parents oppose Philly school webcam spying lawsuit

PHILADELPHIA – Some suburban Philadelphia parents are seeking to halt a potential class-action lawsuit accusing their school district of using cameras in school-issued laptops to spy on students at home.
Three sets of parents of students at Lower Merion and Harriton high schools filed documents in federal court Thursday asking …. Source  : Parents oppose webcam spying lawsuit against suburban Philadelphia school district.

Karnataka legislature passes Premji university bill

BANGALORE – Amid dissent and a walkout by opposition members, the Karnataka legislative council Thursday passed the Azim Premji University Bill, 2010, paving the way for the first private varsity to come up in the state.

The state assembly had passed the amended bill by voice vote March 12.
Opposition members belonging to the Congress …. Original source  : Karnataka legislature passes Premji university bill.

All schools in India to have an IT teacher, says Sibal

NEW DELHI – All secondary schools in India will have a computer teacher each and the central government will bear the related expenses, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said Thursday.

“We have now a policy. All schools will have an ICT (Information and Communications Technology) teacher. We will pay their salary, which is … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : All schools in India to have an IT teacher, says Sibal.

Canadian universities line up for India

TORONTO – Many Canadian universities and colleges are likely to enter India after the Indian parliament passes a bill to allow foreign educational institutions to set up independent campuses in the country.

Currently, universities and colleges from Canada and the US run 26 collaborative projects in India with local universities and colleges.
“The Indo-Canada … Original article on : Canadian universities line up for India.

Immigrants heading to Washington from across the country to rally for immigration reform

Immigrants heading to Washington to push reforms

NEW YORK – Day laborers on foot from Long Island and Californians who sold tamales to pay for their trip are expected to rally on Sunday in Washington, D.C., with tens of thousands of immigrants, many of them undocumented Hispanics, to dramatize their pleas for immigration reform.
The laborers, walking … Read : Immigrants heading to Washington from across the country to rally for immigration reform.

School daze: Tiny Arizona district goes after citizens who file too many information requests

Tiny school district sues citizens who seek info

CONGRESS, Ariz. – The unincorporated town of Congress sits at the junction of state highways 71 and 89 in the middle of the Arizona desert, a no-stoplight kind of place if ever you saw one. It is so small, in fact, that the prickly pear cacti may very …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Obama effigy hung upside down by teacher at RI school where teachers fired; teacher apologizes

Obama effigy hung at RI school with fired teachers
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. – A teacher at a failing school where he and all his colleagues are being fired hung an effigy of President Barack Obama in his classroom, apparently in reaction to Obama’s support of extreme measures to ensure accountability in …. Original article  : Obama effigy hung upside down by teacher at RI school where teachers fired; teacher apologizes.

Applications up 17 percent at Air Force Academy after recruiters seek minorities, others

Applications up 17 percent at Air Force Academy

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – The Air Force Academy says applications to attend the school next fall are up more than 17 percent after stepped up recruiting among minorities and in areas of the country underrepresented at the school.
Academy officials said they have received about 11,500 applications for … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Applications up 17 percent at Air Force Academy after recruiters seek minorities, others.