10 Ways to Save Money While Taking Online Courses

10 Ways to Save Money While Taking Online Courses

Before you start reading, let’s just get this out of the way: college still isn’t free.
To get an education, you need to pay an arm and a leg. Almost literally. Millions of college-age students around the world can’t afford higher education, and yet prices keep skyrocketing. Feeling angry? I don’t blame you.
Lucky for you, there’s a way to rebel against those expensive universities, save some money and most importantly, get the education you need. How?
Take college courses online. As the constantly evolving world of technology opens up opportunities for online learning, more students are choosing to learn digitally. While all of this sounds great, however, there are still some costs involved. Read on to discover how you can breeze through online college without giving up any of your ligaments.

 Ways to Save Money

1. Keep Everything on Your Computer :-

College means you have to get all the regular school supplies: pencils, binders – wait a minute. You’re in online college. Why would you waste any money on that old-world stuff? You have everything you could possibly need right in front of you on your computer. Duh!
With your computer, you’ll never need pencils, paper, binders or textbooks. Everything can be accessed and stored on a computer. This is the 21st century – start living in it!


2. Eat at Home :-

Online sessions can last several hours. You’re only human, so chances are you will get hungry. Don’t let Mickey D’s tempt you – fast food and dining out often isn’t worth it. If you don’t eat out often, great! But if you do, you’re going to need to change up your eating habits.


3. Donate to Plasma and Blood Banks :-

Are you feeling generous and need some quick money? Head on over to a plasma donation center. You can get up to $200 just by donating plasma. Go to the Donating Plasma website to find a donation center near you.
Getting paid to basically lay down for an hour or so? While helping people simultaneously? You should be jumping at this opportunity!


4. Volunteer for Research :-

If you’re scared of needles, you could be in a research study instead. Many colleges and scientific organizations look for people willing to participate in experimental psychological and medical studies. And no, you unfortunately won’t be transformed into a superhuman, but you get the next best thing: money!


5. Become a Tutor :-

Are you an Einstein when it comes to a particular subject? Consider helping out people who are struggling academically by tutoring them.
Offer your services at an hourly rate and put up flyers around town at popular places for students or on online forums. You could also work through a university tutoring system.

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6. Find a Part-Time Job :-

School may technically be your full-time job, but it doesn’t pay you to learn (wouldn’t that be amazing?). Anyway, having a part-time job will give you a steady cash flow and enhance those life skills.
You know who’s usually desperate for workers? Restaurants. Show them you’re dependable, and you’ll probably get free meals. You heard right – free food always tastes better.


7. Find Scholarships :-

Just because you’re attending online courses doesn’t mean you’re exempt from scholarships; there are many places to find scholarships and grants for online education. You can look for them through your college, but don’t stop there.
All levels of government have scholarship and financial aid programs to help students succeed. Should you stop there? No.
Non-profits like charities, community groups and religious organizations offer scholarships, and so do private companies. They’re out there, all you need to do is find them and submit a little paperwork and you could be getting a sizable amount of aid.


8. Attend School In-State :-

Online courses save you money, we know that already. But if you live in Pennsylvania and you’re taking classes from a college in Mississippi, chances are the tuition will be higher since it’s out-of-state.
Obviously that’s a mistake – especially if you live near a college. You could just walk up the road to save money instead of throwing it out the window and hoping it gets to Mississippi.


9. Save with a Student ID Card :-

You still get a student ID when you attend college online. This card is your master key for unlocking your education potential. Sound cheesy enough? Great!
This card has a lot of unlocking potential both on and off campus. You’ll find savings at the university, local businesses, and online – all because you’re a student. It’s like having the whole town clap for you because you’re going to college. Pat yourself on the back, why don’t you?


10. Create a Timeline for Yourself :-

These tips mean nothing if you don’t create a personal timeline. Lay out where you were before you enrolled, where you are now, and where you want to be in the future.
This timeline should mostly focus on your financial transactions so it will save you money. You can include other things too, such as scheduling and motivational sections.
Why spend money on college when you can spend it on things you really enjoy? With these tips, you’ll have some extra money to reward yourself from a long day’s work of school.

India’s High Growth Will Reduce Global Inequalities

India’s high growth will reduce global inequalities :-

Just as news reports of India overtaking China to become one of the fastest growing major global economies hit the headlines comes yet another study which discusses the impact of India’s higher growth on the global economy. The study brought out by the Peterson Institute for International Economics points out that successful reforms and higher economic growth in India would reduce global inequalities and pull out a few hundred millions out of poverty in the next two decades up to 2035. However, this will not only throw up new business opportunities but also exert more pressures on the environment and pose new challenges for policy makers.
The study which begins with tracing the developments in the global economy at the overall levels estimates that the global GDP of $ 98.5 trillion of 186 countries having a total population of 7.02 billion in 2013 will more than double to $ 210 trillion by 2035 while the population push up to 8.6 billion. Per capita GDP will go up from $ 14,000 to $ 24,500 during this period. The developing and emerging economies will register a per capita GDP growth of 3.5%, with the growth rates varying from 3.5% in Sub Saharan Africa, to 4.4% in China and 4.8% in India.

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And India’s growth will have a sizable impact on the global economy especially since it will reduce inequalities in the global distribution of income, if inequalities within India does not worsen substantially, and give a big boost to consumption especially in the emerging and developing economies. Though size of the population is expected to pick up from 7 billion in 2013 to 8.6 billion by 2035 with most of the increase happening in Sub Saharan Africa and also in India and parts of South and East Asia the gains on the economic front are also expected to be very significant with the number of people living below the poverty level (those with a daily income of less than $ 1.25 at 2005 prices) going down from 850 million in 2013 to 300 million by 2035. The number of working poor will decline by as much as 1.2 billion.
Consequently the number of people in the low income group earning between $1144 and $3252 will go up by around 500 million at the global level mostly in sub Saharan Africa and India. Similarly the population in the middle income group earning between $3252 and $ 8874 will also go up by another one billion with most of the additions also coming in in India and Sub Saharan Africa. However, the biggest gains are to be in the highest income group of above $ 8874 where the numbers will shoot up by around $ 1.2 billion mostly in China and other advanced economies
What is even more significant is that the marginally higher growth rate in India during the next two decades, as compared to China, will have a salutary impact of on global inequality. This is in sharp contrast to the impact of high growth China which will increase global inequalities. This is mainly because China per capita income has shot up above the global median income even by 2013. Consequently India’s higher growth will ensure that the Gini Coefficient figures, which reflects the extent of inequality, will fall from 64.9 in 2013 to 62.7 in 2035 which means that the global distribution of income will become less unequal.

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And the baselines scenario projects that by 2035 China will be by far the world largest economy accounting for around one fifth of the global economy (20.6%), followed by USA (13.5%), European Union (12.7%) and India (10.6%). Consequently the share of advanced economies in the population in the top decile will come down from 80% to 60% while that of China will double from 10% to 20%.
The bottom decile of the global population will be more concentrated in Sub Saharan Africa which will account for more than half. In contrast the share of India and China in the middle and top deciles will improve substantially. This will pose new challenges for both countries as the substantial increase in consumption would have a negative impact on the environment and the lives of the people.

Measuring Gender Equality in Education

Measuring gender equality in education: A challenge for the Sustainable Development agenda :-

As we look to the post-2015 agenda, discussions are turning to how we can expand our thinking around girls’ and women’s education from just gender parity (comparing numbers of girls to boys in the classroom) to gender equality. The focus on parity since the EFA goals were set in 2000 is widely acknowledged to have left serious obstacles to girls’ and women’s educational opportunities, including gender insensitive curricula and learning materials, classroom practices that undermine gender equality, and school management ignoring or minimizing incidents of school related gender based violence (SRGBV).
It is important to move the discussion on from parity to equality. Hiding behind what may seem like parity, for example, may be vast differences in the quality of education girls and boys receive.

Equality in Education

How can we measure gender equality?

There are two main challenges associated with measuring gender equality in education. The first is the imprecision associated with the current measurement system. Critics note that current metrics provide limited perspectives for policy discussion. The data routinely collected through administration channels or household surveys does not lend itself to explore more complex processes of inequality. The challenge of finding a way to define and measure SRGBV, which is one of the entrenched forms of gender inequality in education, is an important example.
Questions arise about whether we can measure gender equality in terms of what certain groups do or do not possess, or can gain through education—for example, access to schooling, adequate resources (teachers, textbooks) or qualifications. But measuring who has what leads to the concern that gender equality would again be viewed in a parity perspective. Gender equality in education has a far broader meaning than this.


Why should we measure gender equality?

The second main challenge around measuring gender equality is that there has been a failure to clarify why it is something worth measuring. Is it, for example, because we want education systems to be more efficient or is it due to concern for social justice and human rights? It is one step, after all, for critics of gender parity (and the simple measure of distribution) to say that it is not an adequate measure of gender equality in education. It is an altogether more difficult proposition to say what measuring gender equality in education should entail and how it should be accomplished.


Gender equality has a broad meaning.

Given the history of women’s exclusion, subordination and injustice, noted in every country in the world, it is important that the voices and perspectives of women are considered in how gender equality in education is measured and for what purposes. The metric for gender equality must include the right of women to articulate, review and critically comment on justifications for social arrangements. The metric must also consider the political economy and socio-cultural norms and practices that maintain injustices towards certain groups and exacerbate gender inequalities. Measures must additionally evaluate processes for real change towards greater gender equality and social justice. And lastly, because of the significance of bodily and emotional vulnerability in many meanings of gender, measuring or evaluating gender equality in education must aim to promote progress towards reducing all forms of gender-based violence and ensuring women are empowered to exercise their rights to reproductive health and autonomy.


Towards a common definition of gender equality in education.

A useful way to move beyond this impasse is to use list-based approaches to defining what gender equality in education is, while subjecting this process to rigorous scrutiny and debate. This approach has been successfully used by the UNDP and OECD to develop gender equality measures, although, as of yet, their measures in relation to education still only focus on gender parity and only at the national level. Thus a further challenge is to ensure relevant measures are developed at other levels—for example, the community, school, teacher and individual student levels–in order to assess and change discriminatory gender attitudes and behaviour.
We urgently need an informed political and technical discussion on how to develop a normative approach to defining gender equality in education. And on the basis of this discussion we will be able to work on developing improved and policy-relevant measures. Without this discussion, and consensus on the definition, whatever measurement we develop will attract the criticism that we have only reworked gender parity using imperfect proxies. It is important we get the parameters right early on in the post-2015 era. If we do not, we will find we have not reached the vision we are aiming for by 2030.

There is Nothing as Important as Education

“There is nothing as important as education”

The campaign to ensure that education for all is a lasting impact of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Weah, the first African soccer player to have been named FIFA’s World Player of the Year, calls on his own experiences growing up in Liberia to illustrate his point that “Africa’s future depends on education for all.”
Liberia, battered by two civil wars, is one of the countries we’ll look at in the 2011 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, which will focus on conflict and education. In his article, George Weah – who ran for president of Liberia in 2005 – draws attention to the need to ensure that children get a chance not just to go to school, but to get education of a high standard.

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 He emphasizes the importance of keeping class sizes down  – a crucial factor in Liberia, where children often have to sit three or four to a desk in classes of over 100, as our photo shows.

Importance Of Education

Importance of Education:-

Education is very important for our lives. Without education people wouldn't have their high-developed machine and would believe that the Earth is a planet around that all another planets are moving. Why people want to have their high education? As for me I have my reasons why I want to get high education. 

First reason I want to get high education is for career purpose. From the early age parents very often tell to their children that education is very important to find a good job. And this is true because if you want to be a doctor or a lower, or an engineer you must have an education. Among my friends in Russia when I was asking them why they wanted to get their high education very often they were telling me that it is necessary to get a good job and to make a good career. I agree with them because I think that it is easier to begin my career not from nothing, but with the experience and all education that I would gain in the University. 

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Another reason why I want to get high education is because all members in my family have already received their high education. My father has finished the Institute of Technology, and my mother has finished Medical Institute. All my life I was listening from them that it is very important to get high education. When I was trying to pass my exams for the University in Russia my family was very nervous. It looked like that it wasn't me who wanted to get to the university, but the whole family were trying with me to pass all exams. I think that family’s support in getting education is very important. At least it was so for me.

Also I want to get my high education because I enjoy studying. All my life I thought that it is very important to be independent and I was trying to be independent since I was a child. I didn't like to ask my parents to help me with my homework and I was sitting with my homework sometimes till late night but I did myself understand that all must be dependent from yourself and not from someone else. I loved to study and in a high school was an excellent student.