Kohima, March 11 (MExN): The British Council is providing free membership of its online library to the 184 scholarship awardees of the Kohima Educational Trust for 2017. The online library provides access to a range of premium e-resources and can be accessed from anywhere in India.
The Kohima Educational Trust (KET) was founded in 2003 by British veterans of the Battle of Kohima in 1944. The Trust is devoted to honouring the people of Nagaland through educational activities. This is done in collaboration with the Kohima Educational Society (KES), a charity formed by leading Naga citizens in response to the formation of the Kohima Educational Trust.
This initiative marks the beginning of a five-year partnership between the British Council and the Kohima Educational Trust. More initiatives will be announced as part of the UK-India Year of Culture in 2017.
Says Alan Gemmell OBE, Director British Council India: "We are delighted to support the Kohima Educational Trust for the work it does to keep the connections between the UK and Nagaland alive.We hope KET scholarsfind the online library membership helpful in furthering their education. We are aiming to strengthen our collaboration in the areas of culture, education and skills for the benefit of people in India and UK."
Says Charles Chasie, President, Kohima Educational Society, "We at the Kohima Educational Society are thrilled to have the British Council announce the free online library membership for our scholars. These memberships will add real value to the scholarships the Kohima Educational Trust — of which HRH the Duke of York is the patron-provides. This year they will help 184 disadvantaged students from some of the remotest part of Northeast India to connect to ideas and learning resources from the UK."
About British Council's Online LibraryThe online library has a repository of premium online services that individual users can access, anytime and anywhere.The e-resources include unlimited access to the following:• E-Books – Read and download from over 1,25,000 full text books (academic and fiction).• E-Journals – 7000 full text e-journals for academic and research purposes across subjects• E-Literature – Literature Online is a fully searchable library of over 350,000 full-text works of English literature including poetry, plays and fiction as well as general reference works.• E-Magazines – Read from an ultimate collection of international digital magazines including Economist, Amateur Photographer, New Scientist, etc.• E-Movies – Watch over 5000 award-winning independent movies, short feature films and documentaries from all over the world.• E-Learning Modules – Over 40,000 online learning modules on software applicat ions and soft skills• Graphic Novels & E-Comics for Children – 16,000 digital graphic novels and comic books• E-Audio Books – access over 1000 audio e-books from classic plays, Doctor Who, children's collection and much more• E-Newspapers – You get access to more than 4000 newspapers and magazines from across the globe including access to The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, The Independent, The Observer and London Magazine.• E-Learning for Children – Kids above 5 years can learn through games and quizzes on Grid Club.• Credo – Access a wide range of online reference books through Credo.• JSTOR – The collection features more than 2,000 academic journals in the Social Sciences, Life Sciences and Humanities.
Source: British Council provides online library memberships for KET scholarship awardees
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