Tesda gets P700-M scholarship fund Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—While downsizing the government budget for next year, President Aquino has committed an allocation of some P700 million to fund the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority's scholarship program for 2011 even as its new leadership pursues a probe into possible misus...
New Tesda chief cancels procurement deals worth P112 M Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—Barely warming his seat, the new chief of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda), Joel Villanueva, said Thursday he has cancelled P112 million in allegedly anomalous procurement contracts and ordered an investigation into the agency's failure pay a tot...
GPS keeps track of school bus riders PhysOrg --> | Josh Case climbed aboard the yellow school bus Tuesday, lifting his backpack to scan an ID card that had been assigned to him on his first day of kindergarten. | With a quiet beep and a flash of a green light, the 5-year-old was logged into a n...
Oman boosts innovative educational methods Middle East Online | Educational reforms have focused on updating programmes, curriculum and learning methods towards reaching world-class standards. Reaching these standards involves the development of human resources, the fostering of scientific and technological und...
Imparting quality education The Hindu | Sri Indu and R.V.R Educational Institutions | Sri Indu and R.V.R Educational Institutions is located at Seriguda village of Ibrahimpatnam mandal. The salient features of this institution are the standards of ISO 9001-2000 certification, accreditati...
9th Annual National Civil Trial Competition Held in Los Angeles: Loyola Law School The Examiner | Loyola Law School and event sponsor Greene Broillet & Wheeler have announced the law schools selected to compete in the 9th annual National Civil Trial Competition (NCTC) which will be held November 11 through 13, 2010 in Los Angeles. | The six...
Creative kids win invention contest The Saigon Times Nguyen Mai Hang wins her category with her idea on an automatic turtle that protects the environment - Photo: Ngoc Diep An automatic turtle boat that protects the environment and a one wheeled car have won a contest for creative kids organized by Hon...
Penn State to lead 'energy innovation hub' at Navy Yard Philadelphia Daily News | By Susan Snyder and Jane M. Von Bergen | Inquirer Staff Writers A research consortium led by Pennsylvania State University won up to $129 million in federal funding to develop an "energy innovation hub" at the Philadelphia Navy Yard - a p...
Massachusetts awarded grant to develop innovative approaches to education. The Examiner | A U.S. Education Department spokesman said today that Massachusetts is among nine states and the District of Columbia to receive a share of $3.4 billion as second-round winners of the administration’s Race to the Top program. Although the stateâ€...
Accenture, Cisco and Sun Still Face Kickbacks Charges The New York Times | After recent settlements by Hewlett-Packard and EMC in a long-standing government contracting fraud case, three major IT and consulting companies are still embroiled in lawsuits brought by two former insiders. More News From IDG | Latest Government Stories From the IDG News Service CIO-New IT Drilldowns on Virtualization, Mobile, SOA Visit Infowo...
Why Apple's FaceTime Is a Huge Opportunity Gigaom Even before Steve Jobs announced the fourth generation of the iPhone, people had confirmed the phone would ship with two cameras: a standard one on the back for taking pictures and a second one on the front for something more novel: mobile video chat. As Apple dissenters are more than eager to tell you, a front-facing camera is nothing new; phones ...
