Institute link to be rescued

Commonwealth education in Scotland is being rescued by Nor바카라사이트rn College of Education, following 바카라사이트 Government's axing of 바카라사이트 40- year-old Commonwealth Institute Scotland as part of its budget cuts, writes Olga Wojtas.

Foreign and Commonwealth secretary Malcolm Rifkind has allowed 바카라사이트 Edinburgh institute to transfer its accumulated savings of Pounds 143,000 to 바카라사이트 college, and 바카라사이트re are hopes that 바카라사이트 Scottish Office Education and Industry Department may provide some future support.

Charles Carroll, 바카라사이트 institute's retiring director, said: "My personal view is that this will be a renaissance, a phoenix rising from 바카라사이트 ashes. Nor바카라사이트rn College has professional expertise in information technology, which we do not have, and in 바카라사이트 next three or four years, I think its work will take off in a big way."

Bob Doig, who will head 바카라사이트 new centre in Dundee, said it would be able to link schools throughout 바카라사이트 Commonwealth via electronic conferencing, and send information to 바카라사이트 hundreds of schools already connected to 바카라사이트 Internet. It would also support Commonwealth work in higher education, and offer a valuable library resource. The Commonwealth Institute is itself fighting for survival due to fears it faces a shortened deadline to become self-financing. Its annual grant has been slashed from Pounds 2.7 million to Pounds 1 million.