Online Courses Look for a Business Model
Source: WSJ By MELISSA KORN And JENNIFER LEVITZ Professor Jeremy Adelman has taught a world-history class at Princeton University for several years, but as he led about 60 students through 700 years of […]
Meteor shower will light up night sky for just a few hours
Source: CNN CNN iReporter Abe Blair, a professional photographer, http://www.blindmanphotos.com shot pictures of the Perseid meteor shower over Crater Lake, Oregon for six to seven hours in August 2012. (CNN)— Skywatchers will be setting their alarm clocks for the early morning hours Thursday when the annual Quadrantid meteor shower peaks.This […]
TED Talk: Salman Khan: Let’s Use Video To Reinvent Education
Source: The Huffington Post http://embed.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education.html Watch Salman Khan discuss the reinvention of education through video, then read a follow-up post by YouTube Education’s Angela Lin below. Growing up, my […]
Free and Open Yale University Courses
Epigraph: “The ink of a scholar is worth more than the blood of a martyr.” The Holy Prophet Muhammad Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection […]
Humanity Is Still on the Way to Destroying Itself’
Source: Spiegel: Getty Images People scavenging at a dump in India: Where are the limits to growth? In 1972, environmental guru Dennis Meadows predicted in his seminal study “The Limits to Growth” that the world was heading toward an economic collapse. Forty years on, he tells SPIEGEL ONLINE that nothing […]
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Source: Nasir Rajput-Stade-Germany Professor : You are a Christian, aren’t you, son ? Student : Yes, sir. Professor: So, you believe in GOD ? Student : Absolutely, sir. Professor : Is GOD good ? Student : Sure. Professor: Is GOD all powerful ? Student : Yes. Professor: My brother died […]
Islam Ahmadiyya popular on Twitter
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Helping hands – Association of Muslim Professionals
Source: Indian Express It was a pleasant autumn morning on Saturday, a ‘half-day’ in school. But 40-odd primary school children were attending a “skill development lecture” after the last class that got over at 11 a.m. at Orient Public School, in Seelampur, a low-income, Muslim-majority neighbourhood in northeast Delhi. As […]
Pictures from Graduation Ceremony at Jāmi’ah al-Ahmadīyyah Nigeria
Huffaaz at graduation ceremony, Jamia Ahmadiyya Nigeria Missionaries at graduation ceremony, Jamia Ahmadiyya Nigeria, who graduated the same day. Jāmi’ah al-Ahmadīyyah (The Ahmadiyya University) is an International Islamic seminary and educational institute with campuses in India, Pakistan, United Kingdom, Ghana, Canada, Germany, Nigeria, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Sierra […]
Potsin T.I. Ahmadiyya Senior High School celebrates 40th anniversary
Gomoa Potsin (C/R), Nov. 4, GNA – Mrs Ama Benyiwaa-Addo, Central Regional Minister has acknowledged with admiration the invaluable and collective efforts with which stakeholders have managed and sustained the […]
T.I. Ahmadiyya Girls S.H.S. gets more support from P.T.A.
Kumasi, Nov 01, GNA – The Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) of the T.I. Ahmadiyya Girls Senior High School (SHS) is making some significant contributions towards the development of the school. It has built a new classroom block and provided it with two vehicles – a 60-seater and 15-seater buses, at a […]
Gambia: Tahir Ahmadiyya Muslim Senior School Celebrates 24th Foundation Anniversary
BY ALIEU CEESAY, 22 OCTOBER 2012 Tahir Ahmadiyya Muslim Senior School in Mansakonko, Lower River Region (LRR), on Wednesday celebrated the school’s 24 years of existence. The school, which was […]
Indonesia’s Pancasila Classes to be Reintroduced in Schools
As of the next academic year, the government will reinstate Pancasila courses in Indonesia’s elementary and high schools in a desperate attempt to halt violent behavior and the loss of […]
Japan’s Fumihiko Maki to design Aga Khan university in London
Pritzker Prize winner Fumihiko Maki of Japan has been chosen to design an Aga Khan university and cultural centre in King’s Cross, London Maki – who designed the Aga Khan Foundation’s Toronto cultural centre – is working up preliminary designs for the organisation’s new flagship base in Argent’s 27-hectare King’s […]
5 signs you’re a grown up now
Source: ET: The small moments before the milestone of ‘30’ that make you realise that you’re no longer a teenager. 1. You actually start avoiding junk food Double-decker burgers with cheese oozing out of them make you cringe rather than drool. You no longer trust your metabolism and on those […]
‘Doctors often ask for needless tests’
Source: TOI Patients must ask their doctor about the pros and cons of the treatment offered before making a decision. NEW DELHI: Here’s a warning from a medical expert you won’t get too often: Do not follow your doctor’s prescriptions blindly and question whether you really need to undergo the […]
British universities receive Saudi (and other Arab) funds
ARAB NEWS Sunday 30 September 2012 JEDDAH: Over the past decade, Saudi Arabia has been the largest source of donations from Islamic states and royal families to British universities, much of which is devoted to the study of Islam, the Middle East and Arabic literature. A large share of this […]
The secret of Harvard’s success is alumni oversight
The Daily Star A+ A- No country dominates any industry as much as the United States dominates higher education. According to Shanghai Jiao-Tong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities, for […]
Let there be light
Source: Friday Times by Wasim Sroya There is much to lament about the state of education in Pakistan and concerns have rightfully been aired in these pages about the decline in primary education and the radicalization of the curriculum. However, there may be some light at the end of the […]
School: German children cannot learn Turkish
Credit: The Local Chiara Rick from Duisburg, North-Rhine Westphalia, asked to learn Turkish with some of her Turkish-speaking classmates but was told that there was a state decree preventing it, said regional paper the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ). She had learned some English while in kindergarten and has a passion […]