New Delhi, April 14: Orient Longman and Trinity College London, today announced their partnership, which will offer the two Trinity College London examinations in India.
The two examinations will be the Graded Examinations in Spoken English (GESE) and the Integrated Skills in English Examinations (ISE).
The assessments are accredited in the UK by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority and are recognised worldwide.
A series of workshops were held over a span of 10 days in Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Chennai, to mark the launch of the two examinations. The first workshop was held at Hyderabad on April 5.
Clinton Rae, director of Language examinations at Trinity College announced the new partnership at a launch organised at the India International Centre.
The workshop held in Delhi had a ‘‘tremendous’’ response, Rae said.
‘‘This is the first launch of our partnership. We will soon be launching an India-specific test for our College. Trinity College has been offering assessment to Indians in drama and speech for the last 70 years and we are now exploring the field of spoken English,’’ Rae said.
‘‘Trinity College will be providing expertise, examiners and experience. Orient Longman will be conducting the exercise for us,’’ Rae said.
B.M. Mohammad Ali, vice president, Languages and Literature Division, Orient Longman said: ‘‘In India, there is no benchmark to validate spoken English skills. Through this new partnership, we aim to provide just that. While the expertise will come from Trinity itself, we will be their India managers. It will be our job to contact schools, carry out orientation programmes for school teachers and organise workshops.’’
Thursday, February 02, 2006
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