education & ICT

30.11.2005 The absence of information technology is not limited to rural schools alone. The analysis, presented in the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), said that overall, the percentage of computers at primary schools is as low as 3.95.

29.11.2005 Empowerment basically means to be able to do things on your own. Education is the basic pre-requisite of doing things on your own terms.An educated country has the best chance of thriving. If people are aware of their rights and duties, they can help in nation-building. Education is actually a way of living. India should provide free education to each and every child. Mr Shammi Kapoor addresses these issue in The Indian Express.

25.11.2005 A report prepared by the International Research Foundation for Open Learning (IRFOL) for the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) reflects on the existing approaches to learner support, with a particular focus on lower income countries, and gives examples of how such support is provided in a wide range of circumstances.

24.11.2005 South Asian tsunami caused widespread destruction and loss of lives and livelihood in the coastal areas of Tamilnadu and Pondichery last winter. OneWorld South Asia and Plan International brought its integrated media training to the east coast region of the Indian Peninsula to train children and youth on using various media to voice their community’s concerns.

24.11.2005 The inaugural ceremony of the 19-22 November, 2005 International Council for open and Distance Education (ICDE) International conference was held in the historical place-the Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. Prof Dikshit expressed his satisfaction on the role played by distance education and said that information technology has made it possible to provide best education to the remotest part of the countryAuditorium.

23.11.2005 The multimedia “e-library”, destined for schools around South Africa, was unveiled by Vodacom and the minister of education, Naledi Pandor, in Midrand yesterday.

22.11.2005 Visually challenged students of Government schools in the Andhra Pradesh can now look forward to an e-Braille library on wheels that will bring a variety of reading material in Braille script to their door step.

21.11.2005 Much of the debate about the digital divide centres on getting computers into the hands of budding digital citizens in developing countries.

21.11.2005 Nigeria and five other countries have been named the first beneficiaries of the One-Laptop-One-Child Initiative. Others are Egypt, India, Brazil, China and Thailand.

18.11.2005 Wireless learning is a fresh idea in South Africa, suitable for the new generation of student leaders, says Sadiq Malik, Broadband Communications Technologies (BCT) Global's business operations director.

18.11.2005 Two African leaders launched a public appeal for support to a global fund for community-based communication projects.

17.11.2005 The district administration of salem , Tamil Nadu has organised a training programme, `Building skills of the self-help group (SHG) women in establishing information kiosks' at the Sona College of Technology.

17.11.2005 Anna University has sought the assistance of the Indian Institute of Technology to help the varsity set up a full fledged digital library, according to K. Nithyanandam, Director, Central Library, Anna University.

17.11.2005 A prototype of a $100 wind-up laptop is being presented at the World Summit on the Information Society this week. Governments, the U.N., and private companies have expressed interest in making sure the low-cost computers become available across the globe to all students--even in the poorest and most remote places.

14.11.2005 SchoolNet SA, a non-governmental organisation tasked with advancing the educationally effective use of ICT in schools, has engaged in various professional developmental programmes this year to advance local ICT teacher training.

14.11.2005 Information and communication technology (ICT) has been the driving force behind rapid economic growth around the world, and is "transforming social and economic activity faster than the steam engine, railroads, and electricity did in earlier times," says the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

10.11.2005 E-learning is not suited for a school environment and should rather be used in the workplace, says Prof Johannes Cronje, professor of e-learning at the University of Pretoria's faculty of education.

09.11.2005 The Delhi University's Library System (DULS) is all set to go digital. Besides launching a separate library website, which will help in getting all electronic resources available in the public domain, the library resources, including the books which are out of the Copyright Act, will also be digitised soon.

09.11.2005 Forty experts in the areas of information literacy and lifelong learning from all regions of the world are presently gathering for a Colloquium at the Library of Alexandria in Egypt.

08.11.2005 Information technology education in Chhattisgarh is living up to the ideal of social justice. Elected representatives from the panch to the Chief Minister and government personnel from the peon to the chief secretary, all are learning infotech lessons.