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At least 600 000 schools in Africa will be connected to one another via a satellite network in a bid to help schools produce maths and science whiz kids.

The Union Government is encouraging e-learning particularly to benefit the people in rural areas, Director of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) R. Rajalakshmi said.

Research on information literacy in China and Indonesia started in September 2005, conducted by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) with funding from UNESCO’s Information for All Programme (IFAP).

National workshop on exploring the use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the Teaching of English-
Challenges and Opportunities (Sponsored by the University Grants Commission) 24-25 November,2005 at the Mahatma Gandhi College,Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan of Australia announced that Australia and India last week signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Delhi to aid cooperative development of information and communications technology (ICT) industries.

Surrey's local authorities training officers,UK, including Tandridge District Council, Surrey County Council and Surrey e-Partnership have recently won an award for the best e-learning production on a low budget in the first ever national e-learning awards.

As part of the UNESCO “Strengthening ICT in Schools and SchoolNet in ASEAN Setting” project, a training session was recently provided for teachers which aimed to assist them in learning to facilitate telecollaboration (sharing knowledge through the internet) with their students, and how this enhances teaching and learning.

"Digital libraries are the only solution to the problem of pages disappearing from library books," said P. Rajendran, Chief Librarian, SRM Institute of Science and Technology,Chennai.

Through community radio, students of Mudra Institute of Communications hope to help villagers find their voices and raise their concerns.

Katha Information Technology and E-commerce School (KITES), a non-conventional school located in the heart of New Delhi’s large slum area, Govindpuri, offers information and communication (ICT) training to children.

Conservation through Public Health (CTPH) in Bwindi, Uganda has built a telecentre in a bid to empower communities around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to improve health and livelihoods.

The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi, will organise its eighth national convention in Punjab on the theme “Impact of technology on societal living” at Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College (BBSBEC), here from 21 to 23 October,2005.

Mafutsane Secondary School at Rakoma Village, near Tzaneen, South Africa has received a fully furnished computer lab funded by the Universal Service Agency (USA) in partnership with government communications, the GCIS, and through the lobbying of Bathlabine Rural Development Trust earlier this year.

UNESCO announces the publication of "Public Service Broadcasting: A Best Practices Source Book", to provide information on core concepts of Public Service Broadcasting to media professionals, decision makers, students and general public.

The fourth annual mobile learning conference, mLearn 2005, will take place from 25 to 28 October at the BOE Conference Centre in Cape Town.

With a view to provide basic computer knowledge to all middle school students, the state government of Mizoram in collaboration with Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) has launched Information Technology (IT) drive by setting up computer training centres in the north-east region of India.

The district science projects exhibition of schools began in Kateel, Karnataka,with a call to improve facilities to teach science subjects in rural areas.

Bill Gates is giving millions to preserve a history of the digital age.The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $15m (£8.54m) to the Computer History Museum in California.

Xavier Institute of Management-Bhubaneswar (XIMB) has opened a `virtual classroom' in Visakhapatnam for its one-year post-graduate certificate programme in business management (PGCPBM).

eCompany, Etisalat's one-stop e-powerhouse business unit in the UAE, provides internet services and ICT solutions, has announced the launch of new foreign language courses on its eLearning portal, in partnership with Image Systems, a technology provider in the Gulf.