Singapore, 30 October 2003


Benefits Of e-Learning:

How many people do you know want to embark on a Bachelor's or Master's degree programme? How many of those have been contemplating for weeks … months … years? Ever wondered why? Well, we did.
Here are the results of our poll:

Much as they do want to upgrade themselves and through a well-established foreign university at that, one of the top reasons for working executives to put off further education is the lack of time. That and perhaps a little bit of reluctance to cut down on social activities.

Others state reasons such as the exorbitant amounts they have to cough apart from their course fees.

Which brings us to the second benefit of e-Learning through PurpleTrain.com:

Benefit #2 : E-Learning Offers You Substantial Savings

  • Save costs by obtaining your degree from the comforts of your own home (or office)
    Are you in front of a computer at home? Reading this in the office perhaps? If you like, you can obtain higher academic qualifications this way as well. There are people who wouldn't mind spending tens of thousands and flying tens of thousands of miles to experience campus life. There's nothing wrong with that. But there are others, like you perhaps, who would rather use that money for other purposes.

  • Make better use of your time!
    Hands up those of you who have fallen asleep in a class at least once. Not that anybody can blame you. You work the whole day, your mind is tired at the end of the day and an average class lasts about 3 hours with a half-hour break in between. Plus these classes are often held in the evenings or on designated weekends. But wouldn't it be good if you could plan your study schedule to revolve around your other commitments?

    Question yourself - How much of each lesson do you really absorb? You'd probably forget half of what the lecturer said by the time you reach home. All because your mind is tired. Then you'd have to read through the notes / textbook at a separate occasion.

    When you are able to schedule study times to your convenience, chances are you will be able to concentrate better. And when your mind is fresh, it wanders less, and you'll find that you'll be absorbing more in a shorter time duration.

    Compare that with rushing from home to work, work to school and school back home. How's that for time savings?

More benefits coming your way! Watch this space!

ABOUT PURPLETRAIN.COM

PurpleTrain.com is the e-learning service provider which offers a one-stop service for business and IT education programmes, corporate training courses and education-related services. By combining innovative technology with world-class training content, PurpleTrain.com offers companies and individuals a high value, quality and effective online training solution. Over 700 online courses are available, ranging from Master and Bachelor degree programmes, to diplomas and certificates in business and IT programmes. Our online learning community now stands at over 67,000 users. PurpleTrain.com is a 100%-owned venture of Informatics Holdings Limited, a leading training and education provider listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. Informatics Holdings Limited is a world class institute for quality lifelong learning services and made the ranking among Forbes Global's 200 Best Small Companies in the world.

ABOUT INFORMATICS GROUP

The Informatics Group, established in 1983, is a multinational corporation providing lifelong learning services in information technology and business management. Through its international franchising and licensing programmes and strategic acquisitions, Informatics presently has a global network of more than 614 centres spanning more than 49 countries. The company presently offers the following products: Informatics Institute, Thames Business School, Informatics Professional Development Centre, CAL Learning Centre, Cambridge Child Development Centre, RACC, NCC licensing and PurpleTrain.com licensing. For more information, please visit http://www.informaticsgroup.com

For more information, please contact :

Adora Tan
Executive – PR and Marketing
PurpleTrain.com
DID : (65) 6568 0810
Fax : (65) 6569 7060
Email : pr@purpletrain.com
Website : www.purpletrain.com
www.informaticsgroup.com

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