Tag Archives : education

A survey by AVG Technologies claims that 69% of children first learn to use a computer before common activities like tying a shoe. The survey, conducted in late 2010, surveyed more than 2200 mothers with internet access and who had children at ages 2 to 5 years. With the changing scenario of early childhood education in comparison to 30 years ago, [...]

Iran has imposed restrictions on the teaching and academic research involving 12 subject areas based on current Western thought and “incompatible with the teachings of Islam“, Iranian state radio reported Sunday. The list includes materials in the disciplines of law, philosophy, business administration, psychology and political science, [...]

Many commendable initiatives start tiny, almost unnoticed, but can offer experiences that are capable of changing people’s lives. David Risher, former vice president of Amazon is a founder of Worldreader, philanthropic organization that is betting that digital books are able to influence in education and literacy in developing countries. Risher [...]

Two of the most prestigious American universities, The George Washington University and Princeton University, decided they did not authorize the use of ipad on their internal networks. That decision goes against others universities have taken, which was saying that would give iPads fos their studants. This is because both universities have had problems [...]

Parent Teacher meetings are either superbly useful in terms of insight from two perpectives – that of parents and teachers, or they could be a complete bore. In the age of pathetic traffic, hectic work schedules and less time for social activity, a parent teacher association has actually decided to go online. On February 23, Tuesday and following [...]

While paying for a course in typing now seems unwise, people can dedicate themselves to the tips all over the Internet to learn how to improve their typing. Or, have the TypingWeb, an interesting and free service. The exemption from registration site, but users who want to take the course seriously and keep a record of their performance can register [...]

Don’t you know how to use Twitter? Don’t you understand the concept of real-time web? Or even don’t know what Twitter is? How about doing a course (with a certificate and everything) on the most talked about “social system” nowadays? More than something that looks like a joke, courses on how to use Twitter are becoming mandatory in [...]

There are quite a few conflict zones in the world today where everyday civilians are being caught in the crossfire, their villages are devastated due to bombing and homes are reduced to rubble. There is no normalcy and hence no regular source of livelihood and income. People live in rehabilitation and refugee camps. More than adults it’s the children [...]

In the ‘total war’ waged by Pakistan against the Taliban, the Zardari government wants to fence in the Koranic schools which the West accuses of being breeding ground for jihadists. These institutions are under fire because of their alleged influence on the spirit of militancy. As it is, all madrassas in Pakistan are still outside of government [...]

Before 2000, the buzzword ‘WTO’ was less understood. The primordial concern of tariff reduction was somehow nondescript to people. It was, perhaps, in the later concept of the governments’ uses of ‘non-tariff barriers to trade’ that got the WTO much press. The WTO has been controversial in such areas as anti-dumping measures, environmental [...]