EDUCATION IN USA

CTEi students, teachers awarded in meeting

Sentinel & Enterprise,

7/14/2013 12:16:37 PM

LEOMINSTER -- The Center for Technical Education Innovation at Leominster High School recently held its General Advisory Meeting honoring students and faculty members. Read More

JULY 13TH

Gayapolis,

7/12/2013 5:35:44 PM

USA, Washington: Tacoma Pride ( GayWebSource ): The Tacoma Pride Festival is a celebration of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, and Allied Community (LGBTQA) in Pierce County. Read More

Laser Damage Experts to Converge in Boulder for 45th Meeting in SPIE-Sponsored Series

PRWeb,

7/13/2013 4:13:48 PM

SPIE Laser Damage, in its 45th year in 2013, will draw the field’s leading physicists and engineers to Boulder, Colorado, in September. The technology has applications in industrial materials processing, remote sensing, large-scale displays, surgery, anti-missile weapons, laser-induced nuclear fusion, and fundamental research. (PRWeb July 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com 

EDUCATION IN INDIA NEWS

India leads in education, says Cornell President

INDOlink,

 

7/12/2013 4:37:30 AM

NEW YORK: A top American academician has described the drop in number of Indian students joining US universities as brain circulation rather than as reverse brain drain. Read More

India fights stigma on mental health

Richmond Times-Dispatch,

 

7/14/2013 4:27:44 AM

NEW DELHI — In rural areas of India, many villagers still believe mental illness is caused by evil spirits angry that the sick person had killed a cow during a past life. Read More

India fights old myths on mental illness

Seattle Times,

 

7/13/2013 1:20:44 PM

The Indian government has increased budgets for psychiatric education and mental-health awareness, seeking to curb a sharply rising suicide rate. With its low number of psychiatrists and limited funding, India plans to emphasize training community-based health workers. Read More

DISADVANTAGE OF EDUCATION

Board of Education names David F. Lewis finalist for Superintendent of Education

WTVM 9 Columbus,

 

7/9/2013 9:44:31 PM

The Muscogee County Board of Education has announced David Lewis is the finalist for the position of Superintendent of Education. Following a 14 day public comment period, which begins Tuesday, the Board plans to formally tender the position to Lewis. Read More

Miss New Mexico promotes the power of one

Alamogordo Daily News,

 

7/14/2013 2:38:08 AM

Advocating for the success of the single-family unit is Alexis Duprey's goal as Miss New Mexico 2013. Read More

Businesses carve millions in tax refunds from schools; old assessments blamed

The Journal News,

 

7/14/2013 3:28:17 AM

For school districts in the Lower Hudson Valley, the financial hits just keep coming. One major region is businesses' success in getting their property values - and thus their tax burdens - drastically reduced because of the economic downturn and the outdated assessments in most of the region

ADVANTAGES OF EDUCATION

The Hidden Crisis in American Education

The Gilmer Mirror,

 

7/13/2013 10:13:33 PM

Much of the debate about American education reform centers on the inner city. It's widely understood that astonishingly few students from low-income urban schools are graduating equipped with the skills they need to succeed in the 21st Century economy. Read More

Race for SC education chief warming up

The State,

 

7/14/2013 12:07:55 AM

Two state representatives, an attorney and retired football coach, are considering running against state Superintendent of Education Mick Zais.Read More

Chattahoochee Valley's higher ed advantages

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer,

 

7/12/2013 7:25:17 PM

Two recent stories from opposite sides of the river, both involving institutions of higher education, spotlight a fact we already know but often take for granted: Such institutions pay off for a community in more than just the obvious ways.

EDUCATION IN ENGLAND

Education in England is overseen by the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Local authorities (LAs) take responsibility for implementing policy for public education and state schools at a local level.

The education system is divided into early years (ages 3–4), primary education (ages 4–11), secondary education (ages 11–18) and tertiary education (ages 18+).

Full-time education is compulsory for all children aged between 5 and 17 (from 2013, and up to 18 from 2015), either at school or otherwise, with a child beginning primary education during the school year he or she turns 5.^[8] Students may then continue their secondary studies for a further two years (sixth form), leading most typically to A-level qualifications, although other qualifications and courses exist, including Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) qualifications, the International Baccalaureate (IB) and the Cambridge Pre-U. The leaving age for compulsory education was raised to 18 by the Education and Skills Act 2008. The change takes effect in 2013 for 16-year-olds and 2015 for 17-year-olds.^[9]State-provided schooling and sixth form education is paid for by taxes. England also has a tradition of independent schooling, but parents may choose to educate their children by any suitable means.

Higher education often begins with a three-year bachelor's degree. Postgraduate degrees include master's degrees, either taught or by research, and the doctorate, a research degree that usually takes at least three years. Universities require a Royal Charter in order to issue degrees, and all but one are financed by the state via tuition fees, which cost up to £9,000 per academic year for English, Welsh and EU students.

IMPORTANT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION

I was asked by the Guardian University Guide in the UK to write something about why it's worth studying computer science at university, and I thought I would share it here ...

Try to imagine a world without computers. There would be no PCs or laptops, and so no
word processing or spreadsheets, no communication using the web, no online shopping or photo enhancement. There would be no mobile phones or digital cameras, because these are computers at heart. There would be no internet or phone system. There would be no modern cars, trains or aircraft: computers control how they work and guide their safety on rails or in the air. There would be empty shops: all their stock is computer-controlled. There would be very few goods: many are made by robots, which themselves are computers. Food would be scarce: supermarkets' distribution systems rely on computers and computers often control food production itself.

Computer science teaches you how to use computers to make the world work as it does. You will learn how to make a computer behave how you want -- this might be making a robot move something from one end of a room to another, it might be making a calculation which saves someone's life in a medical ward, or it could be creating a whole new world through building pictures or sound or building a computer system so that other people can do this.

You will learn how computers work together in building networks like the internet, how teams of people build systems worth hundreds of millions of pounds, and how computers can be made to behave like people, among many other topics. You will also learn about how to work together in groups, and what your professional responsibilities are to your colleagues, clients, and society.

Many of you will join universities' industrial partners on "sandwich" placement schemes, where you work with a company for a year during your degree, putting the theory into practice.

At the end of your degree you will be equipped with lifelong skills that you can use in a whole variety of jobs: from management to consulting, from programming to information systems administration, from IT companies to any company, large or small.

EDUCATION SOCIAL STUDIES

OCO Education Services Feels Impact of Federal Sequestration

Oswego County Today,

 

7/13/2013 10:41:42 PM

For hundreds of low-income families in Oswego County the dream of having their children begin their school years as well prepared as their peers has ended. Federal Sequestration, that strange term that many first heard months ago has brought devastating affects on Oswego County Opportunities’ Education Services. For decades OCO’s Head Start program in Pulaski has prepared youth ages 3 and 4 to ... Read More

Elliance Seminar Explores Higher Education Marketing Practices for Growing Online, International & Graduate Enrollment

PRWeb,

 

7/13/2013 12:13:37 PM

Today’s Best Higher Education Marketing Practices (PRWeb July 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/7/prweb10921644.htm Read More

Financial education: Does your state make the grade?

CNN Money,

 

7/12/2013 12:41:56 PM

Read full story for latest details. Read More

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION

Georgia Tech’s $7,000 polyester masters in computer science

BetaNews,

 

7/11/2013 8:08:06 AM

In case you missed it, the Rambling Wrecks of Georgia Tech will next year begin offering an online masters degree in computer science for a total price of just under $7,000 -- about 80 percent less than the current in-state tuition for an equivalent campus-based program. The degree program, offered in cooperation with AT&T and courseware company Udacity, will cost the same no matter where the ... Read More

Cornell NYC Tech and Girls Who Code Team Up for Computer Science Summer Camp for Girls

The New York Observer,

 

7/11/2013 4:13:30 PM

School’s out, but summer ain’t just about patios and beach days if Cornell NYC Tech has anything to do with it. They’ve just teamed up with nonprofit Girls Who Code to launch the first Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program, an 8-week intensive computer science course for tech-loving middle school girls. Read More Read More

Samsung Summer Science Program Offers Nearly 3,000 Teens a College Experience to Inspire Future Careers in STEM

Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance,

 

7/11/2013 4:14:00 PM

Samsung today announced its Summer Science Program, a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education program for high school youth from across the United States. With S Read More

DEFINTION OF SCIENCE EDUCATION

The word science comes from the Latin "scientia," meaning knowledge.

How do we define science? According to Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, the definition of science is "knowledge attained through study or practice," or "knowledge covering general truths of the operation of general laws, esp. as obtained and tested through scientific method [and] concerned with the physical world."

What does that really mean? Science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge. This system uses observation and experimentation to describe and explain natural phenomena. The term science also refers to the organized body of knowledge people have gained using that system. Less formally, the word science often describes any systematic field of study or the knowledge gained from it.

What is the purpose of science? Perhaps the most general description is that the purpose of science is to produce useful models of reality.

Most scientific investigations use some form of the scientific method. You can find out more about the scientific method here.

Science as defined above is sometimes called pure science to differentiate it from applied science, which is the application of research to human needs. Fields of science are commonly classified along two major lines:
   - Natural sciences, the study of the natural world, and
   - Social sciences, the systematic study of human behavior and society.

BASIC SKILLS OF COMPUTER EDUCATION

Students of computer education acquire basic skills in operating the computer's basic functions. This is referred to by educators as "operational" computer literacy, according to "Computer Education" by U.K. Singh and K.N. Sudarshan. Operational literacy involves learning the components of the computer and their functions, such as the monitor, mouse, keyboard, central processing unit (CPU) and modem. Students also learn to work with the computer programs, such as word processors and Web browsers.

Read more: http://www.ehow.com/facts_7290355_meaning-computer-education_.html#ixzz2Yw4rN5aM

MEANING OF COMPUTER EDUCATION

Computer technology is an integral part of modern life and contemporary education. Computer education is necessary because students will continue to use computer technology in their academic and professional lives.

Read more: http://www.ehow.com/facts_7290355_meaning-computer-education_.html#ixzz2Yw3qUB2E

MEDICAL COLLEGE IN NEPAL

Medical colleges in Nepal are spread over various parts of the country. Most of these medical colleges in Nepal are in the private sector, although there are some government medical colleges too. Admission of local students to these medical colleges in Nepal is done generally through an entrance test. However foreign students are admitted on the basis of their performance in a personal interview. In order to be eligible for admission to the MBBS courses of Nepal’s medical colleges, one needs to pass the higher secondary examination in science or its equivalent. Medical education in Nepal is regulated by the Medical Council of Nepal. Apart from giving recognition to the medical colleges in Nepal, it also conducts the licensing examination for providing registration to the new doctors. It is also responsible for making policies related to curriculum, admission, term and examination system of teaching institute of medical education and to make recommendation for cancellation of registration and approved by renewing and evaluating such system/procedure.

EDUCATION IN NEPAL

Modern education in Nepal began with the establishment of the first school in 1853; this school was only for the members of the ruling families and their courtiers. Schooling for the general people began only after 1951 when a popular movement ended the autocratic Rana family regime and initiated a democratic system. Since then, there has been a dramatic expansion of education facilities in the country. As a result, adult literacy (age 15+) of the country was reported to be 60.3% (female: 46.3%, male: 73%) in a 2010 population census,^[1] up from about 5% in 1952–54. Beginning from about 300 schools and two colleges with about 10,000 students in 1951, there now are 49,000 schools (including higher secondary), 415 colleges, five universities, and two academies of higher studies. Altogether 7.2 million students are enrolled in those schools and colleges who are served by more than 222,000 teachers.

Despite such examples of success, there are problems and challenges. Education management, quality, relevance, and access are some of the critical issues of education in Nepal. Societal disparities based on gender, ethnicity, location, economic class, etc. are yet to be eliminated. Resource crunch has always been a problem in education. These problems have made the goal of education for all a challenge for the country.

TEACHER EDUCATION

Teacher Education on wiseGEEK:

• Teacher education is the process of providing teachers and potential teachers with the skills and knowledge necessary to teach effectively in a classroom environment. Most teacher education starts with initial training such as a degree program at a college or university, though other paths are available for a candidate to begin teacher education.
  
  
• While the main function of most education forums is geared toward educating the members of the group, they may also be a means of educating a larger constituency. For example, a formally structured teacher education forum may provide an efficient way for teachers to work with local or state boards of education.

DEFINITION OF MANAGEMENT

1. The organization and coordination of the activities of a business in order to achieve defined objectives.

Management is often included as a factor of production along with‚ machines, materials, and money. According to the management guru Peter Drucker (1909-2005), the basic task of management includes both marketing and innovation. Practice of modern management originates from the 16th century study of low-efficiency and failures of certain enterprises, conducted by the English statesman Sir Thomas More (1478-1535). Management consists of the interlocking functions of creating corporate policy and organizing, planning, controlling, and directing an organization's resources in order to achieve the objectives of that policy.

2. The directors and managers who have the power and responsibility to make decisions and oversee an enterprise. The size of management can range from one person in a small organization to hundreds or thousands of managers in multinational companies. In large organizations, the board of directors defines the policy which is then carried out by the chief executive officer, or CEO. Some people agree that in order to evaluate a company's current and future worth, the most important factors are the quality and experience of the managers.

Read more: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/management.html#ixzz2YuTHYq6f

EDUCATION

“Education” is a broad term that can have many meanings, but it is generally defined as the process of learning and acquiring information. Formal learning in a school or university is one of the most common types, though self-teaching and so-called “life experiences” can also qualify. Communities around the world place a high value on educating people of all ages, whether formally or informally. It is widely believed that constant exposure to new ideas and skills makes people better workers, thinkers, and societal contributors.