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Multimedia school opens, offers 30 scholarships
KARACHI, June 19(Daily Times): The School of Audio
Engineering (SAE) International, one of the largest institutions in multimedia
education in the world, has announced its operation in Pakistan for the first
time, scholarship programs to 30 students every year in the diploma courses of
film making, 3D animation, multimedia, graphics designing and audio
engineering.
The SAE International's senior executive, Romy Hawatt, in a
press briefing held Monday at a local hotel, was accompanied by the Indus Pak
Advisors director, Muhammad Ghazali Akhter, who is the official agent in
Pakistan for the SAE International.
Hawatt elaborated the reputation of
the SAE in the field of multimedia education, particularly in audio mixing,
equisetic and animation designing. The SAE was set up in October, 1976,
according to him, by engineer/producer Tom Misner who developed the first
practical and theoretical curriculum. At this point in time there are no other
colleges anywhere in the world offering practical audio
education.
"Nowadays, in the world of electronic media, the importance of
animation designing, audio engineering and audio-video mixing is unavoidable.
The use of multimedia image with 3D animation is a rapidly growing concept, not
only in the field of film making, but also in the sectors of military,
education, medical, engineering and in almost all other sectors," said
Hawatt.
Pakistan does not have enough technical knowledge so far,
according to Hawatt, due to a lack of modern equipments.
"Pakistan has
great potential in the field of media, but needs more technical education with
modern equipments. As most of the local media organizations are unable to afford
all this, we the SAE International wish to offer those to the coming new
generations in Pakistani media through systematic training. Our offered
scholarship program is one part of this program," Hawatt added.
A total
of 30 students will be offered 50 percent scholarships in any of the
above-mentioned courses. The course duration will be one year and the students
will stay in Dubai Knowledge City. "The 50 percent scholarship programs will
cover half of the academic expenditure, almost US$ 6300," said Hawatt, "Even the
one who is a high school drop-out, can also apply for the course after clearing
a short course of 3 months. It is because, we have experienced that one can be
bad in traditional education but may prove as a genius behind the computer,
playing with the audio-visual matters."
Akhter, expressed his interest in supporting students, even those who will not be a part
of the scholarship program. "One who is interested can easily get a chance to
join the SAE International at any of its campus, spread over 49 cities in 22
countries. They could join on a self-finance basis," he said. On the diploma
course's expenses, he said that the techniques and the equipments that the SAE
used in teaching were the latest and were obviously expensive. "It may look
expensive, but the quality of education from the SAE International is
unquestionably dynamic. One can almost secure its future career in the field of
mass media," said Akhtar.
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