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Two-week training for 26 students of the National University of Rwanda on radio journalism ended in Butare on 18 November 2005 with a graduation ceremony in the presence of the Rwandan Minister of Information.

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

The Andhra Pradesh Press Academy (APPA) is planning to digitalise old dailies soon.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Hewlett Foundation Announces $900K Grant to African Virtual University for Teacher Training Program and the Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (TESSA) initiative.

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.

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).

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.

Chairman of the ISRO G. Madhavan Nair has said that India's space programmes exemplify how space can be the harbinger of societal transformations.

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.

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.

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.

A recent UNESCO workshop on ICT for Community Empowerment, demonstrated innovative techniques using ICT in teaching-learning of literacy skills and in community-based education.

President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Monday called for initiatives to attract youth to science learning, creating "attractive" job opportunities for those who take up basic sciences as a career and scaling up investments in research and development (R&D) to make India a cost-effective knowledge hub.