Japan gives $7.6m to AIOU
Nobuaki Tanaka, Japanese ambassador to Pakistan, signed the agreement with Shuja Shah, economic affairs division secretary, in a ceremony on Thursday.Read the Full Story
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The borderless classroom
Baldev Singh, an ICT (information and communication technology) teacher from John Cabot School, Bristol, visited to share his expertise – and to learn.Read the Full Story
Professional in Afghanistan logs on to World Campus
His employer, construction company Perini Management Services, is under contract with the US Army Corps of Engineers to build facilities for the Afghan National Army (ANA). Read the Full Story
McGraw-Hill Education Makes Equity Investment in PRCEDU Corporation, China’s Leading Online Education Company
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. McGraw-Hill Education is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, a global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the education, financial services and business information markets.Read the Full Story
First Meeting of the Board of Governors of South Asia Consortium of Open and Distance Learning (SACODiL)
Secretary, Higher Education, Government of India, shall inaugurate the conference. It is being attended by delegates from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives and India, said Prof. H.P. Dikshit, Chairperson, SACODiL and Vice-Chancellor IGNOU. Officials of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), India and SAARC Secretariat, Nepal shall also participate. The tentative agenda items include […]
US-based CGIAR and IGNOU sign MOU in agri
“We are in discussion with IGNOU and hope to finalise the deal soon,” senior research fellow and senior training advisor, International Food Policy Research Institute, Dr Suresh Babu said. Read the Full Story
Capital Alliance Subsidiary Announces PRC Nationwide E-Learning Partnership With ChinaCast
ChinaCast, a publicly listed company on the Singapore Stock Exchange, is headquartered in Beijing, China.Read the Full Story
Poverty Reduction Outcomes Through Education Innovations And Networks (COL-PROTEIN)
Five new open and distance learning programmes designed to reduce rural poverty have been selected by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) for support under its latest Poverty Reduction Outcomes through Education, Innovations and Networks (COL-PROTEIN) initiative. Read the Full Story
Ethiopia leaps ahead in education
Dogged by conflict and bedevilled by socio-political issues, Ethiopia has for some years lagged behind other African countries in acquiring basic academic skills such as reading, writing, and math. Read the Full Story
Microsoft and UNESCO Announce Joint Education and Community Development Initiatives
To support their common goals of promoting socioeconomic development round the world, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today announced a cooperation agreement that will help increase access to information and communication technologies (ICT) and ICT skills training in underserved communities. At a formal signing ceremony in […]
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