1. Terms of Use
of the Bahamas Telecommunications company limited website(s)
1. Description of our site
Welcome to The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited (BTC). We provide users with
access to a collection of on-line resources, which may include general and personalized content,
communication tools, online directories, administrative services, purchasing services, download
areas, games and information (all of which, together with this and other BTC Web sites through
which they may be accessed or delivered, are collectively called our “Site”). We do this both
through our Site and by linking to Web sites of companies with which we work as well as by
linking to other sites we think may be useful to you or your business. Such sites may have their
own terms of use or applicable policies. BTC has also contracted with certain third party suppliers
to enable BTC to provide our Site to you. The term “BTC” (or “we”, “our” and “us”) includes all of
the subsidiaries and affiliates of BTC, as well as their successors and assigns.
2. Acceptance of terms
BTC provides our Site to you subject to these Terms of Use (“Terms”). By using our Site in
any way you are agreeing to comply with these Terms, which we may update from
time to time without notice. All amended Terms shall automatically be effective when they
are initially posted on our Site. Your continued use of our Site after any changes in these Terms
shall constitute your consent to such changes. Certain services available through our Site,
especially services for which you are asked to subscribe or pay money, may have their own
additional terms and conditions that will apply to your purchase or use of that particular service
and which will control in the event of any conflict with these Terms. These Terms govern the use
of our Site by viewers and other users (visitors); if we have entered into a separate contract with a
party for the insertion or other placement of content, advertising or other materials on any of our
Sites (including but not limited to Yellow Pages listings), then the terms of such separate
agreements will govern our relationship with such parties.
3. Registration, password and security
Whenever you provide us information on our Site, you agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current
and complete information and (b) maintain and promptly update such information to keep it true,
accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is, or we have reasonable
grounds to suspect that the information is, untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, BTC or
its third party suppliers may suspend or terminate your access to our Site and refuse any and all
current or future use of our Site (or any portion thereof).
If any portion of our Site requires you to register or open an account you may also be asked to
choose a password and a user name. Please select a password that would not be obvious to
someone trying to guess your password, and change it regularly as an added precaution. You are
responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and you are fully
responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account identification. You agree
to immediately notify BTC of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other
breach of security. BTC will not be liable for any loss or damage that you may incur as a result of

2. someone else using your password or account, either with or without your knowledge. You may
not use anyone else’s account at any time, without the permission of the account holder.
BTC intends to take certain industry-accepted precautions from time to time to secure our Site or
portions thereof, and some portions of the Site may be labeled as “secure” in accordance with
industry practice in connection with the use of such precautions. However, you understand and
agree that such precautions do not guarantee that use of the Site is invulnerable to all security
breaches, and that BTC makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation that use of our Site is
protected from all viruses, security threats or other vulnerabilities.
4. Privacy policy; use by children
Our Site is intended for use primarily by persons 18 years or older. We do not intentionally collect
any personal, individually identifying information from children under the age of 13. Please view
our comprehensive privacy policy relating to the collection and use of your information through or
in connection with our Site. When you enter into transactions with or provide information to other
companies providing content or services in connection with our Site, you will be subject to their
privacy policies rather than ours.
5. Content and related user conduct
You understand that you are responsible for any content that you post or transmit on or through
our Site.
You agree to use our Site in a manner consistent with all applicable laws and regulations.
Specifically, you will not use our Site to distribute, link to, or solicit content that:
• is harmful to minors, threatening, harassing, abusive, defamatory, vulgar, gratuitously
violent, obscene, pornographic, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, or racially, ethnically or
otherwise offensive;
• infringes someone else’s intellectual property or other rights;
• advocates or solicits violence or criminal conduct;
• specifically advertises firearms or ammunition, tobacco, alcohol, illegal drugs, or other
contraband;
• constitutes unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, junk or bulk e-mail, chain letters, or
any other unsolicited commercial communication;
• contains software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs that are
designed or intended to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of any software, hardware, or
communications systems or equipment.
BTC does not generally pre-screen or control the content posted via our Site by third parties, and,
therefore, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such content. BTC will not be
liable in any way for any errors or omissions in any content, or for any loss or damage of any kind
incurred as a result of the use of any content posted or contained in e-mails or otherwise
transmitted or displayed via our Site.
BTC shall have the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to monitor, refuse or remove
any content that is available via our Site. Without limiting the foregoing, BTC shall have the right
to remove any content that violates these Terms or is otherwise objectionable.

3. 6. Btc discretion over use, storage, and operation of our site
BTC may set limits regarding our Site and the use of any features or services associated with our
Site, including (where applicable) limits on the duration or amount of storage of postings, e-mail
and other user-provided content, or the number or size of messages to or from a user. We are not
liable for the deletion, garbling or loss of messages, other communications, or other content
maintained or transmitted by our Site.
We may change or terminate our Site or any part of it without notice or liability. We may terminate
or change your password, account, or use of all or any part of our Site and may remove any
content from our Site without notice and for any reason, including lack of use or violation of these
Terms. We reserve the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time.
7. Content publicly posted or submitted to btc
Our Site may have “publicly accessible areas” such as message boards, forums, member
profiles, yellow pages, job folders or other features that allow users to post information that will be
accessible by the public or the user population generally. With respect to all content you elect to
post to such publicly accessible areas of our Site, while you retain any and all rights that may
exist in such content, you grant BTC the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and
fully sublicensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create
derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such content (in whole or part) worldwide
and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later
developed and to exercise the same rights with respect to such works. You also permit any user
of our Site to access, display, view, store and reproduce content that you have placed in publicly
accessible areas of our Site. Any content you post to publicly accessible areas is not subject to
our Privacy Policy.
Except for any personal, individually identifying information which we agree to keep confidential
as provided in our Privacy Policy, any feedback, data, answers, questions, comments,
suggestions, ideas or the like that you send to us will be treated as being non-confidential and
nonproprietary, and not subject to our Privacy Policy. We assume no obligation to protect such
information from disclosure and will be free to reproduce, use, and distribute the information to
others without restriction. We will also be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or
techniques contained in information that you send us for any purpose whatsoever including but
not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products and services incorporating such
information.
8. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold BTC and its underlying content and service providers, and each
of their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, and employees, harmless from any
claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising
out of content you submit, post or upload to or transmit through our Site, your use of our Site,
your connection to our Site, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any rights of
another. These obligations will survive any termination of your relationship with BTC or your use
of our Site. BTC reserves the right to assume the defense and control of any matter subject to
indemnification by you, in which event you will cooperate with BTC in asserting any available
defenses.

4. 9. Special limitations on use of our site
We grant to you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use our Site only
for the intended purposes of our Site. You may not sell, resell, or otherwise use or commercially
exploit our Site other than by using it for its intended purposes. Systematic retrieval of data or
other content from our Site to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation,
database or directory without written permission from BTC is prohibited. You further agree not to
reproduce, prepare derivative works from or otherwise commercially exploit any portion of our
Site, for any purposes other than its intended purposes or other than as expressly permitted by
these Terms.
You may not modify, translate, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to
derive the source code for the computer systems and other technology that operate our Site or
create derivative works based on our Site. For purposes of these Terms, “reverse engineering”
shall include the examination or analysis of the Site to determine the source code, structure,
organization, internal design, algorithms or encryption devices of our Site’s underlying
technology.
Any license granted to you under these Terms for the use of any portion of our Site requiring
registration or an account will automatically terminate upon termination of your account or
registration privileges with respect to such portion of our Site. BTC and its third party suppliers
have the right to terminate the license of any user at any time for any or no reason, solely in the
discretion of BTC and its third party suppliers.
BTC provides our Site for use by persons located within The Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
BTC makes no representation that materials or services described on our Site are appropriate or
available for use in locations outside of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas. Those who choose
to access our Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for
compliance with local laws.
10. Dealings with advertisers and service providers; links
Our Site may provide links to or information about other Web sites or resources. Your
correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers or
service providers found on or through our Site, including payment and delivery of related goods or
services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such
dealings, are solely between you and such advertisers or service providers. You assume all risks
arising out of or resulting from your transaction of business over the Internet, and you agree that
BTC shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of
any such dealings or as the result of the presence of information about or links to such
advertisers or service providers on our Site. You acknowledge and agree that BTC is not
responsible or liable for the availability, accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, decency, or any
other aspect of the content, advertising, products, services or other materials on or available from
such sites or resources. Advertisements found on or through our Site, and references that we
make to any names, marks, products or services of third parties or hypertext links to third party
sites or information, do not constitute or imply our endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation
of the third party, information, product or service. You acknowledge that your use of these linked
sites is subject to different terms of use than these Terms, and may be subject to different privacy
practices than those set forth in the Privacy Policy governing our Site.

5. 11. Disclaimer of warranties
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
A. YOUR USE OF OUR SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. OUR SITE IS PROVIDED
ON AN “AS IS ” AND “AS AVAILABLE ” BASIS. BTC EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY OF DATA AND NON-
INFRINGEMENT. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT PERMIT THE
EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SOME OF THESE EXCLUSIONS MAY
NOT APPLY TO YOU.
B. BTC MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) OUR SITE WILL MEET YOUR
REQUIREMENTS, (ii) OUR SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE,
OR ERROR- FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE
OF OUR SITE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY
PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED
OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH OUR SITE WILL MEET YOUR
EXPECTATIONS, AND (v) ANY ERRORS IN THE SITE WILL BE CORRECTED.
C. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED, UPLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED
THROUGH THE USE OF OUR SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND
RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR
COMPUTER SYSTEM OR BUSINESS OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM
THE DOWNLOAD OR UPLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL OR THE USE OF OUR
SITE.
D. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED
BY YOU FROM BTC OR THROUGH OR FROM OUR SITE SHALL CREATE ANY
WARRANTY. ADVICE OR INFORMATION RECEIVED VIA OUR SITE SHOULD
NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR SIGNIFICANT PERSONAL, BUSINESS, MEDICAL,
LEGAL OR FINANCIAL DECISIONS AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN
APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE TAILORED TO YOUR
PARTICULAR SITUATION.
E. MATERIAL ON OUR SITE MAY INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES MAY BE PERIODICALLY
INCORPORATED INTO THIS MATERIAL. BTC MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS OR
CHANGES IN THE PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR PROGRAMS DESCRIBED IN
THESE MATERIALS AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.
12. Limitation of liability; exclusive remedy
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT BTC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,
EXEMPLARY OR OTHER DAMAGES (WHETHER OR NOT BTC HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i)
THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE OUR SITE; (ii) THE COST OF
PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM
ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED

6. OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR
FROM OUR SITE; (iii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR
TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD
PARTY ON OUR SITE; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO OUR SITE.
BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR
LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, BTC ’S LIABILITY
IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW.
IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF OUR SITE, OR WITH ANY
OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO
DISCONTINUE USING OUR SITE.
13. Notice
Notices to you, including notices of changes to these Terms, may, at BTC’s discretion, be made
either by e-mail, regular mail or by displaying the notices or links to notices on our Site.
14. Trademark, copyright information
The BTC name, the BTC logo, BTC slogans and other BTC logos and product and service names
are trademarks of BTC Intellectual Property Corporation (the “BTC Marks”). You are not
authorized to use any BTC name or mark as a hypertext link to any BTC Website or in any
advertising, publicity or in any other commercial manner without the prior written consent of BTC.
Registration and/or use of the BTC name, or a confusingly similar name, as part or all of a
domain name by a third party is strictly prohibited.
You may use, copy and distribute the materials found on BTC Websites for internal,
noncommercial, informational purposes only. All copies that you make of the material must bear
any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notice located on our Site that pertain to the
material being copied. Except as authorized in this paragraph, you are not being granted a right,
title, interest or license under any copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property right
in the material or the products, services, processes or technology described therein. All such
rights are retained by BTC, its subsidiaries or any third party owner of such rights. All trademarks
and service marks contained herein that are not BTC Marks are the trademarks of their
respective owners.
15. General
These Terms govern, and constitute the entire agreement between you and BTC with respect to,
your use of our Site. Additional or different terms and conditions may apply when you use other
specific BTC services or the services of any third-party suppliers of content, software or services.
The laws of The Commonwealth of the Bahamas govern this agreement and the relationship
between you and BTC with respect to our Site. You agree to submit to the personal and exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts located in The Commonwealth of the Bahamas for any claim or dispute
arising from these Terms or the use of our Site. BTC’s failure to enforce any right under these
Terms will not waive that right. You must file any claim or suit related to our Site within one year
after it arises.
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company

7. Privacy Policy
Online Privacy Policy
At BTC we are committed to honoring the privacy of our on-line customers and visitors to our
Web site(s). We recognize the importance to you of maintaining an appropriate level of privacy
and security for the personal information we collect from you over the Internet. The following
discloses our Web site information gathering and use practices and is limited to the protection
and use of personal information collected by us in the online environment. Your access to and
use of our site are subject to this policy and any other terms of use or policies posted by us.
Please note that this privacy statement applies only to this site and not to the web sites of our
advertisers or of other companies or organizations to which we link. All references to “BTC”
throughout this policy statement include, unless otherwise stated, all BTC affiliate companies,
successors and assigns.
What Kinds of Information Does BTC Collect and Use?
The only personally identifiable information we collect about visitors is provided voluntarily. In
general, you can visit our Web site without telling us who you are or revealing any personal
information about yourself. However, some portions of our Web site may be accessible only to
users who have registered with us (and who may be asked to provide certain information as part
of the registration or login process). In addition, our Web servers may use “cookies” (described
below) to collect information about visitors such as domain names, but not your e-mail addresses.
This information may be aggregated to measure such things as the number of visits, average
time spent on the site, number of pages viewed, and methods by which our site was found. BTC
uses such information to evaluate the use of our site and to continuously improve the content and
services being provided.
At times we may ask you for contact information or conduct on-line surveys in order to better
understand your needs so that we can provide you with a customized experience. If we wish to
use this information other than as set forth in this statement, we will let you know at the time of
collection. We will take commercially reasonable steps to safeguard this information from
unauthorized access.
When you access your account information, order a service or make a payment on-line, request
product or service information, send us e-mail, register to receive news or information alerts,
establish a “My Yellow Pages,” submit a click wrap agreement or enter a contest that we are
sponsoring, we will ask you to provide individually-identifiable information to us. When you supply
information about yourself for a specific purpose, we use the information for that purpose and to
manage the internal operations and security of our Web site consistent with the terms of use and
policies established from time to time governing this site. Such purpose may involve the
disclosure of such information to unaffiliated companies/vendors where necessary to and for the
limited purpose of processing your request, processing a transaction authorized by you or
providing you with products or services.
We also want you to be aware that certain information related to telecommunications services
provided to you by BTC, commonly referred to as “Customer Proprietary Network Information” or
“CPNI,” is subject to the relative laws of The Commonwealth of the Bahamas, including the Data

8. Protection (Privacy of Personal Information) Act 2003, The Computer Misuse Act 2003, The
Electronic Computer Transaction Act 2003 and any amendments thereto.
We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action
regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical
safety of any person, violations of BTC’s Terms of Use, or as otherwise required by law.
Who Has Access to This Information?
Unless we specifically disclose it to you at the time of collection or subsequently obtain your
approval, we will not make visitor or customer-specific information that is gathered on our site
available to unaffiliated organizations for commercial purposes unrelated to the business of BTC.
BTC and its affiliated companies use this information to help us deliver the services you have
requested, or to design or offer specific products or services that we believe will be useful to you.
While we may use this information to contact you or to send materials to you for marketing
purposes, we will take commercially reasonable steps to safeguard such information from
unauthorized access by any other parties. As we strive to meet the needs or our customers, we
may disclose personally identifiable information we collect, as described above, to companies
and vendors that perform marketing or other services on our behalf or with whom we have joint
marketing agreements so that we may provide a full range of products and services to you. Our
policy is to prohibit these companies from otherwise selling or disclosing the personal information
we provide.
Certain laws or government regulations may require us to disclose non-public personal
information about you. In these circumstances, we will use reasonable efforts to disclose only the
information required by law, subpoena or court order to be disclosed.
Cookies
Our site may make use of cookies (or a similar technology) to better manage our sites and to
assist us in providing you with tailored information and services. A cookie is a tiny element of data
that a Web site can send to your browser, which is stored on your hard drive so that we can do
things such as better serve you as you navigate through our site or when you return. You may set
your browser to notify you or decline the receipt of a cookie; however, certain features of our sites
may not function properly or be available if your browser is configured to disable cookies.
E-Mail
BTC’s policy is not to read or disclose private e-mail communications that are transmitted using
BTC services except to respond, if directed to us, or as required to operate the service, as set
forth in the terms of use and policies established from time to time governing the service, or as
otherwise required by law.
Children
BTC recognizes the importance of children’s safety and privacy on the Internet. For this reason
and to comply with certain laws, we do not intentionally collect personal, individually identifiable
information from children under the age of 13, nor do we offer content targeted to children under
13.Children should always ask their parents or guardians for permission before disclosing any

9. information online. Several software companies can provide children’s safety software, including
some that may have reduced prices or other special offers for certain BTC customers.
Security
BTC maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards designed to protect the
confidentiality of personal information provided by you at our Web site. For example, unique
passcodes or passwords are required to access a number of our Web site services. In addition to
requiring the use of a unique passcode or password, all payments processed through our Web
site require personal transactional information provided by you to be sent in a “Secure Session”
using Secure Socket Layer encryption technology. This technology encrypts – or scrambles –
your financial or credit card account information to help prevent unauthorized parties from reading
it. We regularly test and update our technology to help protect your personal information.
However, such precautions do not guarantee that our Web site is invulnerable to all security
breaches. BTC makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation that use of our Web site is
protected from all viruses, security threats or other vulnerabilities and that your information will
always be secure. When doing business with others, such as advertisers to whom you can link
from our site, you should consider the separate security and privacy policies of those other sites.
Discussion Areas
This site may provide discussion areas so that customers and visitors can communicate freely
and share ideas. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes
public information and you should exercise caution when disclosing such information. These
discussion areas may be monitored occasionally in order to enhance the safety and respect for
all of our customers and visitors, and off-topic, unlawful or otherwise inappropriate content of
materials of which we become aware may or may not be removed from the site during the course
of such monitoring. However, BTC is not responsible for any information posted or remaining on
these discussion areas.
Links to Other Sites
For the convenience of our visitors and customers, this Web site may contain links to other sites.
While we generally try to link only to sites that share similar high standards and respect for
privacy, we are not responsible for the content, products or services offered or the privacy and
security practices employed by these other sites.
Third Party Ad Servers
We may use a third-party advertising company to serve ads when you visit our Site. This
company may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone
number) about your visits to our and other web sites, in combination non-personally identifiable
information about your purchases and interests from other online and offline sources, in order to
provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. In addition, we share web
site usage information about our visitors to our sites with this company for the purpose of
managing and targeting advertisements and for market research analysis on our site and other
sites. For these purposes, we and our third-party advertising company may note some of the
pages you visit on our site through the use of pixel tags (also called clear gifs) or other similar

10. tracking mechanisms. In the course of serving advertisements to this site, our third-party
advertiser may place or recognize a unique “cookie” on your computer.
Institutes offering Basic Training Certificate Courses in India
There are several institutes that offer Basic Training Certificate, BTC Courses in India for teaching at the
elementary stage. Here is a list of some of the institutions offering BTC courses in India:
• Vivekanand College of Education, Uttar Pradesh
• District Institute of Education & Training, Uttaranchal
• Trident College of Education, Uttar Pradesh
• Institute Of Teacher Education, Uttar Pradesh
• District Institute of Education & Training, Uttar Pradesh
• District Institute Of Education & Training, Almora, UP
• Lovely Institute of Education, Punjab
• Cosmos College of Education, Uttar Pradesh
• Aligarh Muslim University, Department OF Education
On completion of the Basic Training Certificate (BTC) Courses from an institute in India, one can apply to
various primary schools.
The quality of the education system plays a major role in the development of the country as it builds up the
human resource of the future. But the sustenance of a vibrant educational system depends to a large extent
on the quality of teaching at the elementary level. In order to improve the quality of the teachers, the
government of India has set up various institutes that provide Basic Training Certificate after the successful
completion of a course in teacher's training.
The institutes providing BTC, Basic Training Certificate courses are set up in almost all the states in India so
that maximum number of teachers can avail the training and help improve the quality of education in India.
The basic training certificate courses in the field of education are increasingly becoming popular as
recruitment boards of primary teachers in various Indian states regard the BTC as a part of the minimum
eligibility criteria for appointment of primary teachers.
Advertising on TTC
Display your advertising in TTC stations plus in and on transit vehicles.
All vehicle and station advertising for the TTC is handled by Pattison Outdoor and all
digital advertising on the Platform Video Screens in the subway stations is handled by
Pattison Onestop
Business with the TTC

11. Chartering TTC vehicles
Charter a TTC streetcar or bus for your next event.
Subway Musicians
The TTC Subway Musicians’ Programme is governed by the Toronto Transit
Commission and was established in 1979. Musicians are granted a licence to occupy
designated areas in TTC subway stations in accordance with the TTC Subway Musicians’
licence agreement.
Filming on TTC property
The TTC has been featured in many television commercials, documentaries as well as
worldwide distributed feature films. With over 69 subway stations spread over 4 lines
there is a variety of characteristic design throughout the system.
Advertising on TTC
Display your advertising in TTC stations and vehicles.
TTC Merchandise
If you are interested in buying TTC merchandise, there are a variety of items including t-
shirts, hats, jackets, etc., available for sale.

12. Materials and Procurement
All purchases of goods and services for the TTC are processed through the TTC’s
Materials and Procurement Department.
TTC Auctions
The Toronto Transit Commission, in conjunction with Police Auctions Canada, are
moving their highly successful auctions into your home.
Becoming a TTC Fare Media Seller
The TTC has a network of TTC Fare Media Sellers (retail stores/businesses) who sell
tickets, tokens and various passes to the public.
Lobbyist Registry
The purpose of the Lobbyist Registry is to enhance public confidence in the integrity of
impartiality of decision making processes by making lobbying activities open and
accessible to the public.
TTC Tours
The TTC was conducting tours showcasing some of its unique facilities and locations.
TTC increases amount of
advertising space
avaliable on its vehicles
The cash-strapped TTC has increased the amount of space available for advertising on its
subway trains, buses and streetcars in a deal that will bring in at least $25-million a year and
opens the door to selling off station naming rights.
The 12-year, $324-million contract with Pattison Outdoor Advertising guarantees about $11-
million more revenue for the Toronto Transit Commission in its first year than the current
contract.

13. It also puts Pattison in charge of brokering any “new initiatives,” such as 3D LCD screens,
digital screens on the sides of buses and subway station or line naming rights.
Regarding naming rights, Vince Rodo, general secretary of the TTC, used the example of a
transit station in Philadelphia that was “brought to you by Verizon” as a possible model. He
estimated sponsoring a station could net the TTC single-digit millions, plus station
improvements.
In an interview Wednesday, Ryerson University president Sheldon Levy confirmed the
university’s interest in attaching its name to Dundas Station in order to help pay for station
improvements, a partnership that TTC chair Karen Stintz believes would make sense given
Ryerson’s proximity and use of the space.
The terms of the contract, drawn up by transit staff, stipulate that the TTC has “sole
discretion” over the sale of naming rights on its property. However, Councillor Janet Davis
raised concerns about a clause that says proposals “may” come back to the commission for
approval. Ms. Stintz assured critics the commission will have the final say on any serious
sponsorship proposal, and the public will have an opportunity to express its views. The
commission voted against bringing a naming right proposal to city council.
“The commission will have the ability to say yes or no to a bus that glows in the dark for
whatever the case may be,” said Peter Milczyn, vice chair of the commission.
The TTC could be facing a $100-million budget hole next year and is scouring for new ways
to fill the gap. The new advertising contract increases the number of buses or streetcars that
can be “wrapped” in ads from 35 to 50 (out of about 1,800 buses and 245 streetcars) and
doubles the number of subway cars to 24 (out of about 700 cars).
Station domination — when an advertiser seemingly covers a station from top to bottom in a
single theme — remains limited to four stations: Finch, Union, Eglinton and St. George, but
an unlimited number of bus backs are available for ads, up from 50 now.
Ms. Davis and other public space advocates opposed the changes. “Not only will you have
station domination, you will have system inundation,” Ms. Davis said.
Mr. Rodo said the more permissive contract and longer term, up from seven years, will give
companies more flexibility when creating ads, and making new technology viable. There is no
change to where advertisers can place ads inside vehicles, he noted.

14. History
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is a public transport agency that operates
transit bus, streetcar, and rapid transit services in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Established
in 1954, the TTC has grown to comprise four rapid transit lines with a total of 69 stations,
as well as over 149 bus routes and 11 streetcar lines, of which 148 routes make 243
connections with a rapid transit station during weekday rush hours.
The TTC operates the third most heavily used urban mass transit system in North
America, after the New York City Transit Authority and Mexico City Metro.[2] In 2011,
the average daily ridership was 2.59 million passengers: 1,294,300 by bus, 307,600 by
streetcar, 42,500 by intermediate rail, and 936,300 by subway.[1] The projected 2012
ridership is 507 million riders.[3] The TTC also provides door-to-door services for persons
with physical disabilities known as Wheel-Trans; in first quarter, 2010, 8,900 trips were
made through this service daily. The TTC employed 11,861 personnel in 2008.[4]
Colloquially, the subway cars were known as "red rockets", a nickname originally given
to Gloucester subway cars, which were painted bright red and which have since been
retired. The name lives on as the TTC uses the phrase to advertise the service, such as
"Ride the Rocket" in advertising material, "Rocket" in the names of some express buses,
and the new "Toronto Rocket" subway cars, which began revenue operation July 21,
2011.[5] Another common slogan is "The Better Way".
Main article: History of the Toronto Transit Commission
Yonge Subway Construction 1949

15. Privately operated transit services in Toronto began in 1850. In later years, a few routes
were operated by the city, but it was 1921 when the city took over all routes and formed
the Toronto Transportation Commission to operate them. During this period service was
mainly provided by streetcars. In 1954, the TTC adopted its present name, opened the
first subway line, and greatly expanded its service area to cover the newly formed
municipality of Metropolitan Toronto (which eventually became the enlarged city of
Toronto). The system has evolved to feature a wide network of surface routes with the
subway lines as the backbone. On February 17, 2008, the TTC made many service
improvements, finally reversing more than a decade of service reductions and only minor
improvements.[6]