ETS Scholarships For Indian Students
To those of you who want to pursue higher studies abroad, ETS (Educational Testing Service) must be a familiar name. For a long time, ETS has been successfully conducting online tests such as GRE, TOEFL and GMAT which are mandatory for students to take especially if they are planning to head to top Universities in the US. Apart from USA several more countries like UK, Australia, Singapore and other popular destinations for Indian students accept GRE and TOEFL scores.
Now ETS is offering more than tests that can get you a place in top Universities, it is offering to fund your education as well. ETS has recently announced attractive scholarships for Indian students going over to the US, UK and Canada. There are three scholarships worth $10,000 and four worth $5000. The scholarships will be offered under the TOEFL India Scholar Programme which is aimed at “recognizing students with high academic achievement who have demonstrated leadership skills, innovative ideas and an outstanding ability to communicate in English”.
If you have secured admission to an University in any of these three countries and have not managed to secure funding as yet, this should be great news for you. Apart from an impressive TOEFL score you have to submit a 2000 word essay. For more details, visit ets.org
Online Courses:Reaching all Corners
With the internet becoming more and more accessible and one of the major sources of entertainment and information, it is only natural that online courses and training will gain more leverage by the day. Besides corporate training and communication,several courses are also becoming available online. Many of these courses are job-oriented and designed to improve employability skills as well as computer literacy.
The obvious advantage of online courses is that they can be offered to a large number of students and the institutes or organizations need not worry about facilities such as classrooms and equipments. In addition to that, taking online courses is a great way to experience education standards and the education system abroad. You need not travel to a foreign country to take a course that is being offered online. You get access to the faculty and online resources of reputed institutions abroad by taking their courses online. Needless to mention that a certificate from an institute of repute can greatly enhance your demand in the job-market.
Not too many institutions in India offer courses online whereas this practice has gained a lot of popularity in the West. I guess we can start by offering part of our distance learning courses online so that Universities won’t have to ship large amounts of reading material to their students. We can even look forward to the theoretical exams being conducted online in due time. This will make distance education cost-effective while retaining its wide accessibility.
However, for that to happen, we need to ensure computers and the internet reach all our villages and towns. Here’s hoping that happens soon. To get an idea about the variety of courses that can be taken online, visit this link.