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An international meet on transnational education will be organised here from January 3 to 5. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate the meet to be organised by the Kerala State Higher Educational Council (KSHEC).
Education Minister P K Abdu Rabb and University of Delhi Vice-Chancellor Dinesh Singh will be among those present at the inauguration.
Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor will release the first issue of KSHEC journal ‘Higher Education for the future’, KSHEC executive vice-chairman T P Sreenivasan said.
The objective of the meet is to raise the profile of transnational education in the state, stimulate debate by learning from best practices in other countries and regions, discuss how the state could frame policy incentives to promote transnational education and provide recommendations to the government on adaptation of best transnational education practices, he said.
Sreenivasan said that Kerala should look into opportunities in transnational education.
He said that about 15 experts from abroad, seven from India and 16 from the state will participate in the meet.
There would be technical sessions on open education, massive online open courses and increasing diversity in classrooms, apart from the role of private sector in education and also initiatives to attract talents to teaching profession.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Intl-Meet-on-Transnational-Education-from-Tomorrow/2014/01/02/article1978034.ece
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