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How to Make Better Career in Teaching

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Deciding to get a degree in education is only the first step, however, and many students find that paying for school is a challenge. These students can turn to scholarships, loans and grants to attend school, alleviating some or even all of the burden of paying for college. Teacher scholarships can be found through many different resources, including government programs, individual schools and private institutions or businesses. Many state-sponsored programs, for example, offer teacher scholarship opportunities, loan repayment options, and grants. These financial aid programs may be awarded to students interested in teaching an in-demand subject, to minority students, or to any student seeking — and qualifying for — tuition assistance. You can contact your state board of education or look over this list of scholarships to find more information about state-funded financial aid for teachers.

In addition to government assistance, you can search for teacher scholarships through teacher associations and education institutions and Online Teacher resources . To qualify for these programs, you may have to declare your intent to teach a specific subject or work in a certain field for a set amount of time.

Individual colleges and universities are also worthwhile resources to contact when looking for teacher scholarships. Education programs sometimes offer their own financial assistance or grants, and during your college search, remember to consider financial aid and scholarship availability along with other factors like program quality, student-to-faculty-ratio, and location.

Besides government programs, teacher associations and nonprofits, and individual college programs, you may also want to research teacher scholarships that are offered through private companies.

Deciding to get a teaching certificate or degree will make a significant difference in your career potential, especially if you are able to find the right teaching scholarship to help you pay for school. Research the opportunities that these organizations can offer, and don’t forget to look for scholarships and financial aid from the teachers’ program in which you plan to enroll.

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India Celebrates National Education Day

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New Delhi, India (AHN) – India celebrated National Education Day Thursday with a range of events organized throughout the length and breadth of the country. The main function was organized in New Delhi with the vice president of India, Mohammed Hamid Ansari, the chief guest for the occasion.

The event, held at the Vigyan Bhawan, a premier government convention center, was organized by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, which celebrates Nov. 11 every year as National Education Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first education minister of an independent India.

After inaugurating the function with lighting of the traditional lamp, Ansari called the attention of the concerned ministry as well as the government of India to the tenets of the education system as visualized by the founding fathers of the Indian democracy, including Maulana Azad.

Referring to Azad as an exceptional academician, a dedicated freedom-fighter and a remarkable visionary, Ansari recalled Azad’s views on the significance of education in independent India. Quoting Maulana, he said, “The democracy cannot function while its citizens remained illiterate.”

Ansari asked the government to focus on the issues pointed out in the Mid-Term Appraisal of the 11th Five-Year Plan of the country. He highlighted issues such as teacher absenteeism, teacher-student ratio, and the need to address equity concerns for the disadvantaged and vulnerable social groups.

At the same time, the vice president applauded the HRD ministry’s efforts to ensure “universalization of education” through the Right To Education Act, passed in 2009.

Kapil Sibal, minister for human resource development, stressed that a “paradigm shift” was required in the way children are taught in the schools. He said, “Education should be child-centric, instead of being exam-centric as it seeks to mushroom each child’s genius.”

Among others present were Davidson Hepburn, president of the General Conference of UNESCO; David Willets, United Kingdom’s minister of state for universities and science; Dr. D. Purandeswari, minister of state for human resource development and Vibha Puri Das, secretary of higher education.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard Open Orphanage In India

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Maharashtra, India (AHN) – Hollywood couple Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard, who are the global ambassadors for the philanthropic SOS International, have set up an orphanage for abandoned children in India.

The orphanage, to be called the “SOS Children’s Village,” is located in the village of Alibaug in the northeastern part of the country and will be home to about 140 children who have either been orphaned or abandoned by their families.

Facilities will be provided in the village for children to live in groups in individual family houses and receive formal education in school.

On a recent trip to the village to open the village, Gyllenhaal was touched by the warm reception that she received. “I’ve never been greeted like this by anyone, I’ve never seen anything like this,” she told a television channel. “I tried not to have any expectations.. I have never been to India before so I didn’t know what to expect. It’s exceeded anything I could have imagined.”

Her husband and Hollywood actor Sarsgaard expressed optimism at the prospects of the orphanage.

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Shiv Sena Trains Guns On Mosques, Seeks Ban On Loudspeakers

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Mumbai, India (AHN) – India’s right wing regional political party, Shiv Sena, has voiced its concern over Muslim loudspeakers, kept atop mosques. The loudspeakers are used as means to communicate with Muslim devotees who live in the vicinity, but cannot come to the mosque for their daily prayers.

The move comes after police registered a noise complaint against Shiv Sena’s Dussehr rally. Now, Shiv Sena’s publication “Sammana” has asked the government to take action against the mosque loudspeakers.

An editorial, published in Saamana, wrote, “Loudspeakers blaring out ‘azaan’ atop mosques in Bhendi Bazar and Behrampada areas disturb sleep and studies of children. Action should be taken against them also.” Azaan is the Muslim call for prayer while Bhendi Bazar and Behrampada are two Muslim-dominated localities in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

It is the Maharashtra State Police’s Dadar police station that has booked the party for going against the Bombay High Court ruling asking the party to go ahead with its annual rally at Shivaji Park (a silence zone), provided its speakers did not exceed the 50-decibel limit.

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Inspired By Do Dooni Chaar, Sachin Tendulkar Wishes To Act

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Mumbai, India (AHN) – A recently-released Hindi film about a middle class family’s struggle to live a better life has inspired cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar to seriously consider acting in films as an alternative career.

Sachin, who triumphed yet again with his 49th Test century in Bangalore recently, approached acclaimed Bollywood filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra with a request for a screening of “Do Dooni Chaar” for his family and close friends. Chopra, who himself is very impressed with this debut work of director Habib Faisal, promptly arranged a screening of the film in Mumbai, where Sachin, his wife Anjali and close friends enjoyed the light and frothy film.

In fact, so overwhelmed was Sachin after watching the movie that he even expressed his desire to work with Faisal whenever the opportunity arises.

Do Dooni Chaar, which means “Two Two Are Four,” is a working class comedy about the travails of a family of four. The father is a mathematics teacher with limited means while his wife and children dream of a better life, replete with all amenities, including a car.

It is this dream to own a car that drives the teacher to extreme means in order to realize his family’s ambition.

If Faisal’s views are anything to go by, it is the middle class ethos of the film, which inspired the cricketer’s wish to act. Says Faisal, “Sachin did express a wish to relax with my film after his triumph last week. Vidhu Vinod Chopra is a good friend of Tendulkar’s. And luckily for us, Vinod too loved Do Dooni Chaar.”

He further said that the cricketer seemed to have connected to the film because he is still grounded in his middle class roots despite having become a cricketing icon himself.

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India, China Neck-To-Neck In Race To U.S. Management Schools

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Bangalore, India (AHN) – The battle for one-upmanship between South Asian economic giants India and China has entered the arena of higher education, as China recently overtook its neighbor in terms of sending more students to management schools in the United States.

For many years now, Indian students led the number of foreigners enrolling for the Graduate Management Admission Test to U.S. B-schools. However, propelled by fast economic growth, China has overtaken India in the numbers – as many as 80,000 Chinese students applied to U.S. management schools this year against 65,361 Indian students.

Both countries are emerging economies raring to find a foothold on the global stage. While India has, for long, been outperforming China in clinching senior executive positions in leading multinational corporations, the Chinese, known to be hard workers, are doing everything they can to catch up.

From bridging the gap in using English more prominently, overcoming the inability to work with outsiders, being more tolerant of change, the Chinese are making sure that they outperform India soon in the sphere of business.

Experts suggest that “India’s edge in English language and sound management education helps Indians in snatching more senior executive positions than Chinese, but the latter, being fast learners, are expected to catch up soon.”

However, there might be other reasons behind China gaining ground slowly. Indian business schools, such as the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) and Indian School of Business (ISB), are rising fast as “competitive business schools” globally. As a result, more and more Indian students prefer to take up management studies at home instead of going abroad.

Moreover, unlike overseas business schools, Indian higher education institutions are more difficult to get into, as observed by Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy, who recounted in a recent television interview how his son Rohan could not get admission into Indian Institute of Technology and had to opt for Cornell University instead.

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The Benefits Of Grants

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A grant is money given to an individual or an organization that does not hold an obligation of repayment. In that respect, it differs from a loan. Grants cannot incur any debts or interest. This money can be given out by foundations and governments. Grants to individuals can be either scholarships or donations to non-profit organizations. Other grants include intergovernmental grants, which are used to correct fiscal imbalances between different levels of government. Many federations use these grants to correct imbalances between taxing and spending across different levels of government. Examples include the US, Australia and Kenya.

It is not uncommon for seeking a grant for research, post graduate work or developing a product. Today, there are many organizations that give grants for studying or other work.

How can one receive grants? An application has to be written at first. This application will list all the necessary details and the reasoned why the applicant is taking that particular grant. In the US, one can go the government’s grant website for more information and application details. In Canada, HRSDC provide a lot of details.

Student grants are the most common forms. In this form of funding, an extremely talented student is funded through his education by a government of a nation or other agencies. The grant is usually permanent meaning that the student need not return it. These sorts of grants are useful and have made many men into successful people in society.

Research oriented grants are usually awarded to brilliant scientists, post graduate students or any other professional looking for the all round improvement of something. These grants are usually given by Non governmental agencies.

In the United States Federal grants are economic aid issued by the government out of the general funds for many things including research of new technology, scientific advancement and helping states. The federal grants include categories. Project grants are awarded competitively. Project grants are the most common form of grant and a large number are found in education. As Federal Pell Grants), social services, the arts and.

In many countries, small businesses are given incentives to start through grants. Good amount of funding is provided to entrepreneurs to bring their ideas out into the open. One such country is the US. More than billions of dollars are spent every year promoting this kind of funding.

Today however, the United Nations organization, has started giving out a lot of grants. They give money for purposes starting from agricultural development to wiping out different viral and dangerous diseases and taking care of children. Most of the UN grants however are directed to places like Africa, Palestine and other war torn areas.

In the medieval times, Kings used to give grants. These grants were in the form of gifts like land, money, territories or animals. A lot of our ideas for grants originate from here. Even today in India although titles have been abolished, some state governments still grant gifts of land for good service to the nation.

Giving grants is very good as it encourages people to study and work. Poorly paid talent can rise to the top by utilizing funds given by government or an NGO. Not only is it useful in the education sector, but also for humanitarian purposes. Money spent properly can provide food and basic necessaries to a lot of people.

S. Stammberger is the editor of Scholarship and Grants. Find out everyhting about grants and scholarships.

MOE contributes to Child education development in Singapore

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Pre schools, kindergarten and nursery schools are aiming for new heights today. The Child development program and orientation process has been discovering new ways to train the best. To what extent these efforts are effective and innovative? Can we add more value to their upcoming projects? How relevant these initiatives are for their great endeavour?

Before coming to the criticism part let us have a quick look on the Kindergarten and Primary education facilities of Singapore. Ministry of Education (MOE) primarily controls the development and monitoring activities for state schools and private schools. There are differences on autonomy, funding, course curriculum, tuition fees and admission procedure between these two levels of schools. Voluntary Welfare Organizations (VWO) partially funded by MOE run Special education (SPED) schools for children with disabilities. For Singapore citizens expenditure in education sector comprises of 20% of annual national budget. This serves state education and government aided private sectors. For homeschooling also exemptions are allowed. English being the primary language for children which is being taught from pre school stage.

Kindergartens provide 3 years education to children aged between three and six. These are termed as Nursery, Kindergarten 1 and Kindergarten 2. There are more than 200 kindergartens registered with MOE. These are run by private sector, community foundations and business groups etc. Primary education is divided into two stages Foundation and Orientation. Foundation stage is a four year programme (Primary 1 to Primary 4) and  Orientation stage is for two year (Primary 5 to Primary 6). Primary education is compulsory and tuition fees in Singapore are free of cost up to this level. But monthly SGD 13 is being charged as miscellaneous costs.

 At the end of Primary 6, National Primary Schools leaving Exam is being held to determine whether the student is good enough to leave primary school and apply for secondary education.

 Home tuition Singapore is considered as an additional help for the parents seeking to improve their children’s grade and attain complete private assistance. Education policies are favouring meritocracy, the ideology to identify and nurture young students for leadership positions. Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) programme provides financial help to low income families having household income less than SGD 1500 or SGD 1800. Even every year Edusave Merit Bursary (EMB) is provided to about 40,000 students born in poor families. Ministry of education conduct exchange programmes with 120 primary and secondary schools in Singapore. Through this students get chance to visit overseas schools in ASEAN countries like China, India etc.

Krishna Swaminathan an eminent mandarin tutor in Singapore shares his expert views on Singapore education beneficiaries. Find more information from MyprivateTutor.sg an online tuition agency in Singapore.

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Perfect Destination for a child education

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Lancers International School in Gurgaon is ideally situated to cater for the children of all nationalities, including resident Indians.  It follows an international curriculum designed to facilitate students’ enrolment in the university and course of their choice, whether in India or abroad, and to go on and achieve success in their chosen field.

Lancers is a brand new international school set amidst 4.5 of landscaped gardens and sports fields.  The school has been designed and built solely for the purpose of providing a state of the art education for its students, making it one of the best – if not the best – international schools in Delhi, India or the world.  Its facilities are second to none ensuring the complete mental and physical wellbeing of every student in the school.

As befits an international school, there is a dedicated team of teachers from different parts of the world whose ideology is to prepare children to succeed in an increasingly competitive and globalised world, equipping them with the necessary qualities of leadership and responsibility that they require in order to achieve their individual goals. Experiential learning and project work are emphasised, and a global perspective through cross-cultural learning is encouraged in all disciplines. Lessons are designed to challenge the students’ assumptions and stretch their minds so that they re-evaluate entrenched beliefs and stereotypes thus enabling them to express their thoughts clearly and powerfully.  As an international school, Lancers encourages the children to leave the traditional education mindset behind and to think in new and different ways. Students at the secondary and higher secondary levels have a wide range of subjects to choose from to cater to their individual academic interests and the university courses they want to pursue.

The academic development of students is of course the first priority of Lancers International School, but there is also a fully comprehensive range of co-curricular activities to allow individual students to pursue their own sporting, artistic and creative endeavours.  Sporting facilities include cricket, football, tennis, badminton, basketball, tai kwando and skating, all with expert coaching.  If the weather is inclement there is a large swimming pool and fully equipped gym with space for gymnastics as well as table tennis and other indoor pursuits. Day school students leave at the end of the academic day but for those students who are day or full boarders there are afternoon tutorials and a fully supervised rota of activities that they can choose from.  There is an inspiring art room where students can be as creative and innovative as they wish as well as professional tuition in all instruments.  Dance and theatre are not forgotten with regular performances and functions. The library is the heart of the school and its welcoming and comfortable design encourages students to use it both for educational and relaxation purposes.  There is a large and varied selection of books of all genres together with a digital library section of multimedia CD ROMS and ebooks together with up to date newspapers and magazines.  There is also a separate computer room where students can do further research for their project work.

In summary, there is no limit to individual growth and academic prowess for the students at Lancers International School.

Lancer’s International school Gurgaon is facilitate with well educated teachers, to educate your child with the help of their modern techniques to make your child mind as sharp as they can learn any thing easily. Our school is planning to make unique history from all International schools in India & it is also continuously walking on the floor of success.

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