education & ICT

28.02.2006 Bangalore University Library in the Southern State of Karnataka in India, on Monday gained the distinction of becaming the first university e-library in the State digitising details of its collection of over 3.6 lakh books and providing e-access to general reference material.

28.02.2006 "Education in Information Communication Technology is very important to make students competent and efficient so that they can cope with the challenging world in the new millennium", says the Bangladesh President.

28.02.2006 The University of Southern Mindanao (USM) and the University of Southeastern Philippines (USEP) are planning to conduct technology-based agriculture training for teachers through specially equipped buses.

26.02.2006 Education is an engine for the growth and progress of any society. It not only imparts knowledge and skills, and inculcates values, but is also responsible for building human capital which breeds, drives and sets technological innovation and economic growth.

26.02.2006 Educomp Solutions Ltd launched smart class programme .These digital classrooms are controlled by a knowledge centre set up in the school premises, which would serve as a repository of content. With a storage capacity of almost 106 gbs, the server will route the desired content to the respective classrooms through a campus-wide cable network. The teachers can use digital resources like graphics, animations, 3-D images and video clips extensively.

25.02.2006 A US$1 million technical assistance (TA) grant will support the use of innovative information and communications technology (ICT) in education in developing countries.

24.02.2006 Homebound and disadvantaged women will be the next to benefit from the eHomemakers Network, which harnesses the power of the Internet to provide women with the business skills and technical training to become economically independent.

24.02.2006 The Foundation for Development of Information Technology – Youth Information Centre from Skopje, with the support from the e-Macedonia Foundation, started the new project, “Information-Communication Step Towards Global Standards”, aimed to reduce the information gap between Macedonia and the developed world.

24.02.2006 Intel, the world's largest semiconductor company, is planning to build the first information technology education center in the volatile Gaza Strip.

22.02.2006 An Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), originally proposed to come up near Kancheepuram, is likely to be set up on the information technology corridor in Chennai.

21.02.2006 IT industry is keen to see the government “doing something proactive and substantial” to give a push to the education and infrastructure sectors in the coming Budget, Nasscom President Kiran Karnik said.

21.02.2006 About 100 youths are to enjoy free computer training in the first batch of free computer training scheme of the Faruk Bamusa Education Foundation in Gombe State in Nigeria.

21.02.2006 The Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia (Pikom) is calling on members and the local information and communications technology (ICT) industry players to participate in the World Congress on Information Technology 2006 (WCIT 2006) in Austin, Texas.

21.02.2006 As a part of its Industry Plan 2005 - 2010 the Australian government has announced scholarship worth $1.1 million to boost skills under the ICT Industry Plan.

21.02.2006 A paper which will be presented to Cabinet next week will draw up a plan to hold a programme of training for people who left secondary school without school leaving certificates, who will be trained as ICT technicians for industry.

21.02.2006 Sun Microsystems has announced a competition for students and faculty in universities around the world to develop projects on Solaris 10 Operating System and OpenSolaris.

20.02.2006 This article argues that collaborative partnerships, social network strategies and the building of social capital at the local level are key issues for the successful adoption of ICT for development. In this article, the authors describe two successful community ICT projects whose success depended on the use of a collaborative methodology involving universities, governments and communities.

20.02.2006 This report is a compilation of the presentations of the “International Workshop on Mobile Learning for Expanding Educational Opportunities” held in Tokyo, Japan, from 16 to 20 May 2005.

20.02.2006 Vietnam’s communicative signals dictionary for the hard-of-hearing won first prize on Sunday at a regional information and communication technology (ICT) contest held in Thailand.

20.02.2006 Concept Media has launched a website in Ludhiana, in Northern India, which provides the aspirants of competitive exams the basic information regarding admission procedure, expert comments and guidance to shape the future of the aspirants in a better way.