Education News – Newsletter for November 22, 2010

Jamia to confer Doctor of Letters degree to Dalai Lama

NEW DELHI – Jamia Millia Islamia will confer an honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) degree to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Tuesday.

The University will confer the Degree of Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) on His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet, a statement by the university said Monday.
Human Resource … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Jamia to confer Doctor of Letters degree to Dalai Lama.

British kids learn how to hack off thieves’ hands

LONDON – Children as young as six in Britain are being taught brutal Sharia law punishments, including how to hack off a criminal’s hand or foot, a media report said Monday.

The pupils in the so-called “weekend schools” for Muslim children were asked to list the “reprehensible” qualities of Jews, Daily Mail reported, citing a [..] Read the original article: here.

India can help transform Africa through education: AU official

NEW DELHI – India is poised to set up a string of higher education and training institutions in Africa – in areas ranging from diamond polishing to foreign trade – that differentiate its development-centric approach from that of China, says Jean-Pierre Ezin, a top African Union (AU) official.

“The AU looks to India … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : India can help transform Africa through education: AU official.