University of Third Age - MauritiusThe first U3AM class was about Information Technologies. This took place at AMITY Institute of Higher Education as pre-launching of the U3AM event. The director of AMITY, Dr Dhananjay Keskar, made an introduction to the senior citizens who were attending the class. After him, Professor Parsuramen gave some motivational words to the “students”.
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Here are some examples about the scope of U3A, covered by some newspapers:
Listen to the Rt. Hon. John Bercow MP’s keynote speech delivered on the U3A Conference.
The University of 3rd Age (Mauritius) hosted an exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi on Friday 22 Nov 2013, at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute (MGI), Moka. The exhibition consists of images and short texts of Mahatma’s Life: starting from his birth and education, his entry in politics, the Great Salt Walk, culminating to a dedicated section on the last 48 hours of Mahatma Gandhi’s incredible life. There are also excerpts from eyewitnesses, politicians and philosophers of the life of Bapu.
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Himansshu Bhatt, TNN Oct 31, 2013, 07.20AM IST
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