10/15/2008
Tri-County awarded grant for renewable energy education program (The Country Gazette)
Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School has been awarded a $32,295 grant from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative to develop a Clean and Renewable Energy Education and Training program, said Tri-County Superintendent-Director Barbara Renzoni.
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10/15/2008
South Africa: FET Colleges Accredited By Microsoft (AllAfrica.com)
FIFTY colleges of Further Education and Training (FET) will become accredited Microsoft Information Technology (IT) Academies so that students can receive internationally accredited training and certifications in addition to local qualifications.
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10/16/2008
Advisory Committee on Job Corps report emphasizes rigorous curricula, ‘real-world’ training and employer partnerships (U.S. Department of Labor)
WASHINGTON — Fulfilling a promise to advance student achievement aimed at 21st century high-growth employment, U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao today released a new report from a blue ribbon Advisory Committee on Job Corps that recommends changes and enhancements to education and training policies and management in the nation's 44-year-old Job Corps program.
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10/15/2008
iKnow Is A Social Learning Platform That Can Really Make You Smarter. Opens API. (TechCrunch)
Although the world market for e-learning is estimated to top $52 billion in 2010 (in 2007, revenues exceeded the $17-billion mark in the US alone), it’s still quite hard to find good resources for education and training in the Web 2.0 space. It seems that so far, the e-learning industry as a whole focuses on applications for enterprises and educational institutions. But now there is a new ...
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10/15/2008
How young people are faring 2008 (Australian Policy Online)
This report looks at how successfully our education and training system is working to meet the needs of young Australians as they make the transition from school to further study and work. It analyses the effectiveness of transitions, including information on who is doing well and who is not doing so well in negotiating the various post-school pathways.
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10/15/2008
Pipeline task force to meet Oct. 23 (Sioux City Journal)
PIERRE, S.D. n The South Dakota Underground Pipeline Task Force will meet for a third time at 9 a.m. on Oct. 23, at the Matthew Environmental Education and Training Center in Pierre. It will report its finding to Gov. Mike Rounds by Dec. 1.
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10/08/2008
Tunisia: Mr Hatem Ben Salem Takes Charge As Minister of Education And Training (AllAfrica.com)
Tunis, September 3, 2008-Mr Hatem Ben Salem took charge as Minister of Education and Training, during a ceremony organized at the Ministry of Education in Tunis.
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10/14/2008
Namibia: Education Programme on Track, But (AllAfrica.com)
NAMIBIA'S ambitious N$4,8 billion Education and Training Sector Improvement Programme (Etsip) is on track, but progress might be hampered as "poverty becomes more and more severe for the most disadvantaged members of society", a top education official said yesterday.
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10/14/2008
Hampton Falls resident assumes leadership at Navy command (Hampton Union)
HAMPTON FALLS and#8212; Capt. Peter Jefferson, a native of Hampton Falls is the new commander of the Naval Education and Training Command, having assumed the responsibilities this past summer.
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10/14/2008
American Council on Exercise (ACE) Studies Impact of Boot Camp-Style Workouts (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The American Council on Exercise , America's leading authority on fitness and one of the largest fitness certification, education and training organizations in the world, today announced key findings from an exclusive study conducted at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse through its exercise and health program on the benefits of boot camp workouts.
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