U21Global Seeks to Raise Level of Post Graduate Education in Bangladesh

Introduction of online graduate programmes will help students gain international experience from 20 world-leading universities.

Dhaka, August 13, 2007 - U21Global, the world's premier online Graduate School, today announced the launch of its partnership with Aiminlife.com, the fastest growing and largest career portal in Bangladesh. Under the partnership agreement, Aiminlife.com will provide student services to recruit, support and retain students in the Territory. The launch event was addressed by Dr Mukesh Aghi, Chief Executive Officer, U21Global together with Syed Marghub Murshed, Chief Advisor of Aim In Life and M. Shoeb Chowdhury, CEO of Aim In Life. Also present at the occasion were His Excellency President Dr Iajuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh, Dr Iftekher Ahmed, Advisor Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr Helen Lange, Dean of Business Management Programmes, U21Global and Dr Habibullah Khan, Associate Dean, Assessment & Content Author Liaison, U21Global.

U21Global has received international accreditation and is backed by 20 renowned universities across the globe. The graduate school provides students with a global perspective and an opportunity to network with peers from around the world, marking a paradigm shift from the brick-and-mortar education formula. U21Global provides students with a high quality, yet an affordable and convenient post graduate education, which will particularly appeal to working professionals who need to juggle studies with career and family life.

Speaking at the occasion, Dr Mukesh Aghi, CEO, U21Global said, " All around the world as broadband penetration increases and the ownership of computer equipment becomes more diffused; we have seen a surge in the demand for online education, particularly high quality post graduate education. It is a way in which quality education can be made accessible across geographies and social groups. Bangladesh has all the factors which will make U21Global's academic programmes one which is highly demanded including a growing economy, a liberalized telecommunications sector, the strategic push from the government and most importantly, the hunger among the people of Bangladesh to learn, grow and compete in the global marketplace. We are pleased to be able to partner with the people of Bangladesh in this journey of learning and nation building."

" This partnership further underscores our commitment to promoting e-learning initiatives in Bangladesh and across the region. We strongly believe that our unique proposition of an online programme, as well as our fervent commitment to providing quality education has created access and consequently a demand and will continue to do so as we set the global standard in online learning." Dr Aghi added.

Aim In Life CEO, M. Shoeb Chowdhury expects that through launching this partnership with U21Global, a world-class academic institution, a big window has opened for Bangladeshi people.

In conjunction with the launch event, U21Global will be awarding a few scholarships for the MBA programme to qualified and deserving Bangladeshi individuals.

About Aiminlife.com

'Aiminlife.com' is a horizontal portal for Bangladesh on the lines of yahoo, Rediff ( India ) etc. It has been established with the objective of providing the most efficient career portal services in Bangladesh as well as for providing a wealth of information relating to Bangladesh and its features all over the world. Aiminlife will be implemented using Rainbow portal suite with the following sections: General (News, About Bangladesh, Online Calendar, Humor),Reference & Ads(Telephone Directory, Yellow pages, Education (University& College information, School, Examination results, Personal(Personal Web pages, Editing profile, Chat, Email, Automated Mail-outs, Appointments Diary, Anniversary dates, Photo catalogue, Games, Matrimonial)Market places(Auto, property, Equipment,Furniture etc, virtual mall),Commercial web Services(Web Hosting, Domain Registration, Cross Border Payments, Cross Border Shopping, Travel Services).

Our mission is to become the most progressive, efficient and one of the largest career portal site as well as provider of other common services in the country.

Our vision is to establish internet technology services as the most popular and effective method to be adopted by the majority of the people of the country in their educational, commercial and personal day to day activities.

Our website will always explore to provide the maximum benefits to the employer as well as job seekers in addition to other online users in the field of education, commerce and other applications. We aim at imparting training in different fields of activities including IT to make the incumbents easily acceptable to any particular employer. We also aim at the participation of maximum number of organizations in the country to use Online Job Advertisement facility, Online CV Bank Access and Online Application Receiving and Processing facility of www.aiminlife.com

About U21Global

Established in 2001, U21Global is the world's premier online Graduate School that offers globally recognised graduate programmes. The graduate school is backed by an international network of 20 leading research-intensive universities in 12 countries. U21Global combines the traditional quality of its founders with innovative modes of delivery on the Internet, providing students with substantial learning advantages, while balancing work, travel and family life.

U21Global has successfully enrolled students from 60 countries around the world including those from Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. The graduate programmes draw upon the best practices in online learning and pedagogy and have been approved by U21pedagogica, an independent quality assurance body which ensures that the curriculum meets the rigorous academic standards of all 20 affiliated universities. For more information on U21Global, please visit our campus at www.u21global.edu.sg

U21Global's affiliated universities include: North America: McGill University, Tecnológico de Monterrey,University of British Columbia, University of Virginia; Europe: Lund University; University College Dublin, University of Birmingham, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, University of Nottingham; East Asia: Fudan University, Korea University, National University of Singapore, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, University of Hong Kong, Waseda University; Australia & New Zealand: University of Auckland., University of Melbourne, University of New South Wales, University of Queensland.