Education News – Newsletter for December 11, 2010

IGNOU launches anti-human trafficking course

NEW DELHI – A certificate course in anti-human trafficking was launched by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in partnership with the home ministry Friday, an official said.

The course is aimed at accelerating the process of sensitisation, awareness and training of law enforcement officials and other stake-holders like prosecutors, government departments and NGOs.
…. Source  : IGNOU launches anti-human trafficking course.

Delhi civic corporation to track school dropouts

NEW DELHI – The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will do a door-to-door survey in the city to track the school dropouts here.

About 14,000 municipal teachers will be deployed by the civic agency and the survey will be conducted in 181 municipal wards Saturday and Sunday.
“In the survey, the teachers will find out …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner is Liu Xiaobo

OSLO, NORWAY (GaeaTimes.com) — First time in 74 years of Nobel history that the award was not handed over to the winner! Shocked? You should be.
The winner of this year’s Noble peace award was none other than imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who could not collect the prestigious award that worth $1.4 million.
So, the … Read more : Nobel Peace Prize Winner is Liu Xiaobo.

Train tribal students in leadership, says president

RANCHI – The tribal students should be trained and taught constructive leadership qualities, President Pratibha Patil said here Friday.

She laid stress on improving the leadership qualities of tribal students while addressing the silver jubilee convocation of the Ranchi University.
“In Jharkhand, students can work voluntarily on projects relating to community education and welfare. With … Read more : Train tribal students in leadership, says president.