Maths graduates in India to teach British children

LONDON – Indian maths graduates are being trained to give tuition to British children via telephone and internet round the clock, a report said Friday.

A tutoring agency has hired 100 maths tutors in Punjab and coached them in British school syllabus so that they can teach children of all ages, The Guardian reported.
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IGNOU spreads wings in Africa via tele-education

NEW DELHI – The life of Francis Mbangwa, a Kenyan farmer in his late 20s, revolved around crops and fertiliser. He would eagerly wait for the harvest season, sometimes face a severe financial crunch because of a bad crop.

Today Francis is a marketing manager in a leading corporate firm in Kenya. The turnaround happened when … Read : IGNOU spreads wings in Africa via tele-education.

Harvard endowment earns 11 percent in profits, grows to $27.4B a year after sharp drop

Harvard’s endowment rises 11 percent to $27.4B

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University says its endowment has seen a dramatic reversal of fortunes, earning a profit of 11 percent and growing to $27.4 billion in the last fiscal year.
The university says in a statement posted on its website Thursday that innovative investment strategies and active risk management … Read more : Harvard endowment earns 11 percent in profits, grows to $27.4B a year after sharp drop.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Perlman says budget woes could mean painful cuts

Neb. university chancellor girds for budget cuts

LINCOLN, Neb. – University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman hinted Thursday that looming state budget woes could spell painful cuts for the school, a prospect he compared to “lingchi,” a form of Chinese torture known as “death from a thousand cuts.”
During his annual “State of the University” address at … Read this article on Gaea Times at : University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Perlman says budget woes could mean painful cuts.

Stockholm Water Prize conferred on US scientist

STOCKHOLM – Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf Thursday conferred the Stockholm Water Prize on US scientist Rita R. Colwell for her pioneering research on prevention of waterborne diseases, the second most common cause of death among children under five, Xinhua reported.

Colwell, a scientist with the University of Maryland and John Hopkins University in Stockholm, has …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Stockholm Water Prize conferred on US scientist.

HHS Secretary Sebelius vows ‘zero tolerance’ for insurers blaming premium hikes on health law

HHS to insurers: Don’t blame us for your rates
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s top health official on Thursday warned the insurance industry that the administration won’t tolerate blaming premium hikes on the new health overhaul law.
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Higher education department’s newsletter launched

NEW DELHI – The Human Resource Development Ministry Thursday started a newsletter of the department of higher education, in a bid to inform people of its activities and provide people a channel for feedback.

The newsletter was released by Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal.
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They Might Be Giants band to help launch new K-12 arts education website for Kennedy Center

Kennedy Center to feature They Might Be Giants

WASHINGTON – The Kennedy Center plans to launch its new arts education website with a concert by the rock band They Might Be Giants.
The center announced the free Oct. 2 concert Wednesday. The event marks the revamp of the center’s national K-12 arts education website and a series … Read more >>>.

Yeddyurappa, minister differ on medical college appointments

BANGALORE – The issue of appointment of over 350 non-medical staff to two government run-colleges in Karnataka has pitted Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa against his Medical Education Minister Ramachandra Gowda.

Yeddyurappa Aug 26 cancelled the appointments made in the Mysore and Hassan Medical Colleges but Gowda Thursday told the Karnataka High Court that they were in … Read : Yeddyurappa, minister differ on medical college appointments.

NIIT to provide IT education in Afghanistan

NEW DELHI – Learning solutions company NIIT Thursday said it has signed an agreement with Aria Institute of Higher Education of Afghanistan to create a pool of IT professionals in that country.

Under the agreement, NIIT will provide educational programmes in software engineering and networking. The duration of the programmes would be from six months to … Read : NIIT to provide IT education in Afghanistan.

New Muslim college opens in California amid furor over proposed mosque near ground zero

New Muslim college welcomes freshmen in California

BERKELEY, Calif. – Amid the uproar over the proposed mosque near ground zero in New York, a new Islamic college recently opened its doors in California with plans to educate a new generation of Muslim-American leaders.
Founded by three prominent Islamic scholars, Zaytuna College in Berkeley is a small school … Read : New Muslim college opens in California amid furor over proposed mosque near ground zero.