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27.04.2006
It's a paradox all right. Thanks to the boom in the IT and electronics sectors, engineering colleges offering these subjects have hordes of students queuing up at their door and companies awaiting graduates with plump paychecks.
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[India]
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26.04.2006
There has been considerable research and development into the use of multimedia in teaching and learning geospatial science. Geospatial science professions like cartography, geomatics and surveying are practiced-based and therefore are heavily reliant upon the application of knowledge to practical situations in the field.
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[Australia]
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25.04.2006
Encouraged by the rapid strides in the Information Technology sector, the Andhra Pradesh State Government is chalking out plans to introduce computer education in 10,000 zilla parishad and Government high schools.
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[South Asia]
[e-governance]
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24.04.2006
BOB Wang has a new habit during his Metro trip to work daily - reading news on a mobile phone screen.
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[China]
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19.04.2006
Sarawak will look at alternative means to provide telecommunication facilities to the 280 rural schools in the state, which are yet to have access to the information and communication technology (ICT).
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[Mayotte]
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12.04.2006
UNESCO Bangkok welcomes applications from interns as part of its ongoing effort to offer graduate and post-graduate students an opportunity to enhance their academic knowledge through practical assignments.
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[South Asia]
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12.04.2006
Rwanda Development Gateway Group- a Government of Rwanda ICT for Development Project last Friday launched a countrywide program aimed at training secondary school teachers in information technology.
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[Rwanda]
[capacity building]
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05.04.2006
Education enhanced through the use of technology will bring the expertise of the best teachers to a large numbers of students in the years to come, G.L. Shekar, Special Officer, e-Learning Centre, Visveswaraya Technological University (VTU), Mysore, India said here on Tuesday.
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05.04.2006
Teachers are becoming more confident about using technology in the classroom and are finding it easier to maintain boys' interest, new research reveals.
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04.04.2006
The small village of Salevara in Chattisgarh might not have an English teacher in its only school but that has not stopped the enterprising locals from learning the language as they have employed a device to overcome this shortcoming.
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[India]
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03.04.2006
The direction and pace of development in information and communication technology (ICT) have led practically all world economies to recognize the importance of ICT in catalyzing economic activities, in efficient governance and in empowerment of the society. In the education sector ICT can provide a practical and enabling solution for addressing the equity issues and improving overall quality of education.
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OneWorld South Asia
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03.04.2006
On face of it, Orissa has an impressive record in computer education 425 government high schools, equipped with 1,574 computers, and 850 teachers imparting computer training to school-children. At least, this is what official records say.
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[South Asia]
[India]
[children & ICT]
[e-governance]
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