Thanks for sharing! I hope this includes programs for Master's degree. >> The only charge to students is a $15 to $50 admission fee, depending on their country of origin, and a processing fee for every test >> ranging from $10 to $100.
I presumed Philippines will be under the scheme of $15 and $10 respectively. On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Yolynne Medina <[email protected]> wrote: > FYI > > > http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28702&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html > > UN announces launch of world’s first tuition-free, online university > > 27-05-2009 (New York) > > Link to the University of the People: http://www.uopeople.org/Default.aspx > - Hide quoted text - > > A leading arm of the United Nations working to spread the benefits of > information technology announced last week the launch of the first > ever tuition-free online university. As part of this year’s focus on > education, the UN Global Alliance for Information and Communication > Technology and Development (GAID) presented the newly formed > University of the People, a non-profit institution offering higher > education to the masses. > > “This year the Global Alliance has focused its attention on education > [and] on how ICT can advance education goals around the world,” Serge > Kapto from GAID told a press conference at UN Headquarters in New > York. > > For hundreds of millions of people around the world higher education > is no more than a dream, Shai Reshef, the founder of the University of > the People, told reporters. They are constrained by finances, the lack > of institutions in their region, or they are not able to leave home to > study at a university for personal reasons. > > Mr Reshef said that this University opened the gate to these people to > continue their studies from home and at minimal cost by using > open-source technology, open course materials, e-learning methods and > peer-to-peer teaching. > > Admission opened just over two weeks ago; and without any promotion > some 200 students from 52 countries have already registered, with a > high school diploma and a sufficient level of English as entry > requirements. > > Students will be placed in classes of 20, after which they can log on > to a weekly lecture, discuss its themes with their peers and take a > test - all online. There are voluntary professors, post-graduate > students and students in other classes who can also offer advice and > consultation. > > The only charge to students is a $15 to $50 admission fee, depending > on their country of origin, and a processing fee for every test > ranging from $10 to $100. For the University to sustain its operation, > it needs 15,000 students and $6 million, of which Mr Reshef has > donated $1 million of his own money. > -- > > Regards. > -------------------------- > Fouad Bajwa > @skBajwa > Answering all your technology questions > http://www.askbajwa.com > http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa > > > > > _________________________________________________ > Kagay-Anon Linux Users' Group (KLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/klug) > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >
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