World's Biggest Lesson Teaches Importance of Girls' Education

SCHOOLCHILDREN were yesterday taking part in what was being billed as the ``world's biggest ever lesson''. The event, part of the Global Week of Action for Education organised by leading charities including Oxfam and Save the Children, saw more than 500,000 pupils taking part in over 100...

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'Educational Institutions Should Provide Relevant Information Online'

Chandigarh, May 24 -- A digital marketing seminar 'HT Campus Digi Wise' focused on helping educational institutes of tricity fine tune their strategy was organised at Hotel Shivalik View, Sector-17, on Friday evening. The seminar, organised by htcampus.com and Google India, saw a large number...

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Equalizing Educational Opportunity

THE discontent that a World Bank country report warned about, plaguing young Filipino graduates who cannot find jobs commensurate with their educational qualifications is already happening and may be getting worse. This problem has been taking place for quite some time now and is, in fact,...

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Educational Institutions Must Come Clean on Fees

New Delhi, June 22 -- A letter from a parent that I received recently raises some very pertinent questions about the rights of students and parents as consumers of educational services. It also focuses on certain highly exploitative and unfair practices by educational institutions in recent...

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Educational Institutions and Corruption

PERHAPS more than meets the eye, the level and degree of corruption rampant in the Philippines is an indictment of educational institutions in the country, other factors notwithstanding. It is a well-known fact that most alleged big time corrupt individuals are graduates of so-called prestigious...

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Educational Toys Could Be a Waste of Money

PARENTS are wasting millions of pounds a year on so- called educational toys, it was claimed yesterday. Experts believe young children can learn as much from everyday objects such as shoeboxes, saucepans and car keys as they can from specialist playthings. The market in educational toys...

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Educational TV Receives Poor Grades

Although nearly 70 percent of all children's educational programming is aimed at children in elementary school, these shows are more likely to contain violence and harsh language than shows aimed at toddlers or teens, researchers said yesterday. In addition, although children's educational...

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CMS Advertising to Merge with American Educational

Inc. and American Educational Computer Inc., both of Oklahoma City, has been approved in principle by the boards of directors of both firms, it was announced Wednesday. CMS, parent company of a direct mail advertising firm, would be the surviving corporation, with American Educational Computer...

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American Educational to Buy Concord Video

By Tim Ray Oklahoma City-based American Educational Computer Inc. has signed a letter of intent to acquire Concord Video Inc. of Los Angeles for an as-yet undisclosed amount of cash and stock, according to Doug Frans, chief executive officer of American Educational Computer Inc. Completion...

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Our Stone Age Game Exposed at Emirates

ITV'S Andy Townsend may have taken the words out of the mouths of millions of viewers with comments he made about Barcelona during Wednesday's Champions League tie against Arsenal at the Emirates. The Catalan side were leading 1-0 at the time, and looking like they could score again, when Townsend...

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Keep Calm and Dump Your Bags: Lessons to Learn from Emirates Plane Crash Landing

New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- Some 300 passengers and crew miraculously escaped after an Emirates flight crash landed in Dubai on Wednesday and a part of it exploded into a ball of fire shortly after everybody had been evacuated. The crew were hailed for their efforts that made sure there were no...

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