Learning can be fun!

Jun 08, 2010 - Age Corespondent

If you have a willingness to learn, why not check out the interesting short-term courses in your city that will give you additional skills which can help you in the future.You can attend these even during school days.

Learn the art of self-defence: Protecting yourself is important in this day and age of bag-snatching and assault. This summer, learn how to defend yourself and your friends against all kinds of assailants. How can you do this? Easy. Sign up for self defence training classes, available all over India. Dial the following numbers for New Delhi: 011-41764207 or log onto the Internet to find the centre nearest you. Remember, this art will always stand you in good stead!
Learn French: In June and July, Alliance Française is organising summer crash courses (40 or 80 hours of tuition) for kids (9-11 years), teenagers (12-14) as well as adults. Classes will be held four, five or six times a week (2, 3, 4 or 6 hours daily). There are crash courses as well. Contact the Alliance Française centres in Delhi, or log on to afindia.org.

Basic computing: IT educators like Aptech offer short-term courses of a one or two-month duration. These are ideal for beginners who can pick up basic computer and Internet skills. There are four courses: Vidya, Vidya Junior-Wizkid, Vidya Junior-Webwizard and Vidya Junior-Wonderteen. The programmes are designed with dual objectives in mind: to make you computer literate and to equip you with an adequate working knowledge of office automation tools. After completing the course you will be able to work with Windows Operating System, create and format documents using MS Word and a whole load more!
Get animated: Arena Multimedia offers quick, short-term courses that cover software used in animation, multimedia, gaming, web designing etc. You can begin from the fundamentals and go on to the concepts of graphics and software like Photoshop CS 2 with Image ready, 3D Max 9 etc. The course ranges from 6 hours to 160 hours, depending on what you choose to learn. Visit arena-multimedia.com and fill up a form to enroll or call 1-800-209-1444 (toll-free).

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