Online and Distance Education Degrees for Teachers

The job of a teacher requires a lot of hard work and dedication. The teachers need to update their knowledge and skills from time to time. In such situation, in service teacher training plays an important role. But due to the busy schedule of teachers, they may not be able to attend a regular course. So, a course through distance education or an online course is very useful and the first choice of most of the teachers.

Various online / distance education courses are available for working teachers.

One such university is IGNOU, New Delhi. Please visit www.ignou.ac.in     for application / more details

The teachers in USA or other countries can opt for online degrees in Education: Bachelors, Masters and Research degrees in Education. Please visit     www.onlinedegrees4teachers.com   for application / more details.

Using Posters in Classroom

Posters are very attractive and sight catching things for students, teachers and visitors. They are very important aid for campaigning a cause like education, environment or similar things.

They can be used in the classrooms as teaching aids.

Moreover, they decorate the walls of classrooms or school.

It is, therefore, highly recommended that students and teachers use posters more often.

How about sticking some on the wall now!!!

If you need to download some posters right now, please visit www.posters4teachers.com

If you know some sites that offer free download of posters for educational purpose, please post them in the comments.

Poetry Competition for Children

Every year Children's Poetry Bookshelf holds poetry competition for the children of age 7 to 11 years.

Children from UK can participate under National Category while the children out of UK can participate under International Category.

There are several prizes for the winners.

For details visit the website of Old Possum’s Children’s Poetry Competition.

MBA online now in India

Now MBA can be pursued through online mode from Karnataka State Open University. This course is recognised by the Govt of India and various other national and oversea accreditation agencies. This course is offered in association with University 18 (TM).

U18's Programmes are India's first truly Online MBA Programmes, and are designed for working executives and professionals looking for an MBA programme that complements their work and their need to juggle a career, a family AND a degree programme! The batch of 2010 has 550 students from 4 Countries spread over 4 Continents, attending classes online, together, 4 days a week.

List of Courses available online:
Executive MBA (1 year)
MBA in Information Technology (2 years)
MBA in Entrepreneurship (2 years)
MBA with Specialization (2 years)
MS (Information Technology) (2 years)
Bachelor of Business Administration (3 years)
Bachelor of Computer Application (3 years)

(All these courses are recognised by the Govt. for further studies and employment)

If you consider to take a course, visit www.university18.in

V M Open University, Kota, India

People who are working, cannot go for a regular course in a college or university. Some people are not able to get admission in a regular course because of limited seats, entrance exam or high fees. In such cases, Open and Distance Education is the right solution.

People from Rajasthan or India, or SAARC countries or foreign countries can take a course through distance education at the Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota, India.

This university is recognised by the Govt of Rajasthan, Govt of India and all the accreditation agencies in India / Worldwide.

Courses available: BA, BSc, BCom, MA, MSc, MPhil, PhD, BBA, BCA, and various other Diplomas , Certificate, PG Diplomas.


For more deatil please visit www.vmou.ac.in

Spread the light of knowledge!!!

Drawing Competition for School Students

Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, Govt of India holds a Drawing Competition every year under their programme "National Campaign for Energy Conservation".

Students of Class 4,5 and 6 can take part in this competition.

Competitions are at three level:
School Level
State Level
National Level

For further details, the school administration may contact the nearest Manager of Power Grid corporation or the Education Officer of your area.

International Assessment for Indian Schools

International Assessment for Indian Schools (IAIS) is a diagnostic test for students of Class 3 to 12 to know their strength and weakness in English, Mathematics, Science and Computer Skills.

This tests are held by the Educational Assessment Australia, a department of the New South Wales University, Sydney, Australia. This tests are held in India in association of the Macmillan Publishers India Pvt Ltd.

This is test is also held in many countries under the name International Assessment for Schools.

Students, Parents, Teachers and School get a very good help from this tests and the report.

Students are presented Certificate of Participation.

Training in Special Education

Special education means the education of children with disability like Mentally Retarded, Visually Impaired, Hearing Impaired, Cerebral Palsy etc. But now-a-days, a more suitable and respectable word for disabled children is "Differently Abled".

B.Ed. (Special Education) or B.Sp.Ed is a graduate degree in Education to teach special children.

Similarly, there are M.Ed. (Special Education) or M.Sp.Ed., a post graduate degree in the same field and various other PG Diploma and Certificate courses.

Now-a-days, we have inclusive or integrated schools where special and normal students study together. (Earlier there were separate school called General Schools and Special School)

If you are interested in getting a training in Special Education, please visit the website of Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhiwww.ignou.ac.in

Green Teacher - A New Term

The new term Green Teacher is used for environmental educators. Earlier environmental educators only provided theoretical knowledge about environment. But a green teacher is expected to do further more. That is, they have to take up practical measures for the betterment of environment. They will not only teach that use of plastic is bad for environment, but themselves also will stop the use of plastic. Just giving a lecture on the importance of tree in controlling climate change and taking up a project to grow 100 trees in the school/college/roadside and then taking care of those tree, are both different things. The later is expected from the Green Teacher.

If you are interested in getting a Diploma in Environmental Education (also called Green Teacher Diploma) offered through Distance Education / Online, please visit http://www.greenteacher.org
This course is recognised by the Govt of India and The Commonwealth of Learning.

Happy Greening!!!

Tips for Developing Reading Habits among Children

Researches prove that children who read for about 20 minutes daily score better in their school tests.
Reading does not mean reading only the textbooks. It includes various studying material like newspaper, novels, comics, webs, etc.
It is very essential that parents develop the reading habit of their children right from their infancy.
First of all parents must themselves spend a substantial time reading. If children see their parents reading daily, they understand that reading is not just a part of school curriculum, but is a part of our lifestyle.
Time for T.V. and video games must be reduced and controlled. So that you get time for reading.
All members of the family should get together for reading. If the child in at elementary level, reading aloud also should be encouraged.
Parents should read stories to their children.
Children should be asked to read stories to the parents or younger siblings.
Various books must be readily available in all the rooms of the house.
Get a library membership for all the members of the family.
There are many other ways to promote reading habits.

Today a Reader, Tomorrow a Leader!!!

Email in Education

Using email for/in education is comparatively a recent trend. People who are Computer non-savvy may wonder how a thing like email can be related with education? But it is a simple and well known thing for people who regularly use computer/internet. There are many online universities established all over the world (mostly in USA) which offer courses through online mode. There are many other institutions including traditions ones which also have started such courses. Moreover, all universities and institutions have websites. If visitors, students or others want to contact them, naturally an email will be used.

Online courses are offered in which email plays an important role. There are many networks which offer free email account, namely, Hotmail, Yahoo, Rediff,Gmail etc.

Now-a-days, custom email has got into trend.