ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire -08/29/12)- CORE Education and Consulting Solutions, Inc. (CORE ECS), a leading global education company providing assessments, interventions and content solutions for districts and states serving Pre-K, K-12, Employability, Special Education and Higher Education sectors, today announced that Nicole Neal has been appointed President of their Assessment and Solutions Division.

Neal will oversee all US education marketing, sales, client services and product development of CORE's marquee suite of assessment solution offerings, including:

Neal will report directly to Mr. Sanjeev Mansotra, Chairman and Global CEO of CORE ECS' parent company CORE Education & Technologies Ltd.

On Neal's appointment, Mr. Sanjeev Mansotra stated that: "CORE's vision is to be a global leader in the education domain by providing the best-of-breed end-to-end solutions. Dominance in the US is a critical aspect of how we will achieve our vision. The wealth of experience that Nicole brings to our senior management team will not only ensure that CORE ECS' record of cutting edge assessment and learning platforms continues to uniquely serve the needs of students, parents and educators but also will be instrumental in supporting our US growth trajectories."

Said Nicole Neal on joining CORE ECS: "I am thrilled to be joining CORE at a point in time when the education industry is thirsting for innovation and creative solutions, to old and new educational challenges. CORE ECS' state-of-the-art products and transformative approach to solving problems makes it well poised to have a real impact on the lives of learners and teachers. I am sure it will be an enriching experience for me to be a part of a global education company with market leadership in the UK and India, and a strong presence in emerging markets like the Middle East and Africa."

Most recently Neal served as Senior Vice President of Major Accounts and State Services at Pearson Education Inc., one of the world's largest education publishing and technology companies. Prior to Pearson, Neal served as Senior Vice President of Client Services with Schoolnet, Inc. where she played an important part in helping to drive the company's accelerated growth, leading to Pearson's acquisition of Schoolnet.

As a seasoned business executive with more than two decades of experience and a series of successes with large and mid-sized firms, particularly focused on operations and emerging educational and business strategies, CORE is confident that Neal is the right person to lead the next chapter of CORE's leadership in the US education domain.

Neal holds a bachelor's degree with honors in Computer Science Engineering from Binghamton University's Watson School of Engineering and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Maryland University College with a master's degree in Business Administration.

CORE ECS is the US subsidiary of listed Indian global education leader CORE Education & Technologies Ltd. with a market capitalization of about $600 million as of August 28th, 2012.

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Former Pearson and Schoolnet Executive Appointed President of CORE ECS US Education Division