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The Telegraph
Thursday 5 October 2006
Careergraph – Camusbuzz
APEX of education
The Calcutta-based Academy for Professional Excellence (APEX) is assisting the government of Mizoram in revitalising its teaching establishment. APEX has been entrusted with running a training programme for 16,000 state-level teachers to increase their proficiency in English and other general teaching skills. The education minister of Mizoram, Dr. R. Lalthangliana, inaugurated the project on August 28 at Aizawl and Lunglei.
The Mizoram Post
Aizawl Tuesday 12 September 2006
Cambridge experts for Mizo reachers
AIZAWL, Sept 11: Aiming to upgrade the educational standard, the Mizoram government has adopted University of Cambridge International Examination (UCIE) model of ‘Training in English and General Teaching Skills’ for school teachers of the state.
A group of 15 experts from Cmabridge has started yearlong training in the first batch following a MoU signed last March with Cambridge University and its affiliates Academy for Professional Excellence and First English Education Institutes Ltd.. Describing the government initiative, state Education minister Dr. R. Lalthangliana said, “We want our future generations to come up with an excellent command over English and for which we initiated the move and believe other NE states would follow it”. The state would spend Rs 350 lakh a year, for five years, envisages giving training to all 16,000 teachers of government and private schools in the state. About 2000 teachers have been selected to undergo training in the first batch which would be conducted at 6 centres in Aizawl and two centres in Lunglei.
The Statesman
September 10 2006
8th Day, The Sunday Statesman Magazine
APEX scales Mizoram
What is the link between Kolkata and the Mizoram government’s education enhancement schemes? It is Kolkata based Academy for Professional Excellence (APEX). It would be assisting the government of India’s second-most literate state Mizoram, in revitalising it’s existing education system for academicians.
APEX has been entrusted with pioneering a comprehensive training programme for 16,000 state-level teachers to increase their proficiency in English and other general teaching skills.
The project was inaugurated by the education minister of Mizoram, Dr. R. Lalthangliana and kickstarted on August 28 for teachers at Aizawl and Lunglei. The response has been overwhelming and there are possibilities of it being lauched at other states as well.
APEX, an associate partner of the University of Cambridge International Examination (UCIE), that has formulated the training programme, considers this project to be a major milestone. ‘While we have been offering various teacher training solutions and programmes to schools and colleges all over India and abroad, this project reaffirms or position as a leading teacher training organisation in this part of the world’ declares Nirmal Agarwal, Director & CEO of the institute.
Tuesday Septmeber 5, 2006 The Times of India
NEWS
Training for Mizo Teachers
A Kolkata-based private organisation involved the realm of education has been roped in to assist the government of India’s second-most literate state Mizoram, in revitalising it’s existing education system for academicians. Academy for Professional Excellence (APEX) has been entrusted with pioneering a comprehensive training programme for 16,000 state-level teachers to increase their proficiency in English and other general teaching skills.
The Mizoram Post
Aizawl Thursday 24 August 2006
State Marches Ahead in Literacy
AIZAWL, Aug 23: Mizoram has a literacy rate of 90.27 – just a shade less than Kerala, the foremost state in the country in this respect which has 91 per cent literacy.
Efforts have been taken to ensure that Mizoram surpasses Kerala in literacy levels within this year, Mizoram School Education Minister R. Lalthangliana told media today.
Stressing on the quality of education as well, he said academicians from Cambridge University would soon be coming here to train the state’s teachers.
In regard to the universalisation of education, he said the number of children between 6-14 years of age who did not go to school was almost 30,000 in 2003.
But efforts made under the Sarva Shiksya Abhiyan helped the number to be reduced to 4,305, who were residents of the remotest and most difficult terrains of the state in Saiha, Lunglei and Lawngtlai districts, he said.
Bru refugees, who had recently returned from Tripura were also were yet to send their children to schools, he said adding there were people belonging to some religious sects who refused send their children to school. However their number had declined considerably during recent months.
India Today
Simply Kolkata
June 2006
APEX
"I am very proud to have been associated with Apex and my experience has been a very rewarding one. I thank them for the continuous support and commitment to the students as well as for making the course so intellectually challenging and stimulating." gushes Jayshree De, an alumni of Academy for Professional Excellence (APEX) and currently working with iFlex. APEX has made similar differences in many a students lives and the list of candidates placed in various companies like PriceWaterHouseCoopers, Wipro Spectramind, Polar, HSBC, Amul, Ispat Industries, Indian Airlines, Citibank, ICICI, Accenture, Infosys, Progeon, among others, is suitably impressive. No small wonder then that the Academy has become a premier educational Institution for students desiring a professional and career oriented education. It offers various Bachelors & Masters degrees and diploma courses in Business Management, Information Technology, Bio-Informatics, Mass Communication, etc.
The qualifications are awarded by Manipal University, University of Cambridge UK, and All India Management Association (AIMA). The various strategic tie-ups and alliances have given APEX a considerable edge over others in the education field and they have been able to combine the best of British and Indian University systems to provide a career-oriented training. With more than 500 students in its fold now, APEX has been nurturing aspirations of students since 1998 and has helped more than a thousand realise their dreams.
As the man behind this noble endeavor, Nirmal Agarwal, an Economics Graduate form Stanford University puts it, “We pride ourselves in preparing men and women to combine rigorous business and technical skills along with a broader appreciation for the economic, social, and political factors that shape the global environment. We want to produce leaders who make a difference to their organisation, and to their communities.”
Calcutta Management Association (CMA) Newsletter
(Vol. 4, No. 9, April 2005)
APEX is one of Eastern India’s premier educational institutions. It offers various Bachelor’s and Master’s degree and diploma courses in Business Management, Information Technology, Bio-informatics, Mass Communication, etc. The degrees, diplomas, and certificates are awarded by Manipal University, University of Cambridge (UK), All India Management Association (AIMA), and Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK).
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