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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.

"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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Education Ministry of Malaysia will soon appoint an independent auditor to monitor the effective and efficient usage of ICTs in schools and its coverage in the country.

Career mainly indicates one's professional life. Today students become serious about their career immediately after SSC or O levels.

Seventeen nominees from Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Lao, Nepal, Philippines, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Viet Nam will be trained on how to use the Greenstone Digital Library open source software by the two New Zealanders who wrote it: David Bainbridge and Dave Nichols.

UNESCO staff from the region had a chance to get a more in-depth briefing and hands-on experience on the development and implementation of managing information systems in the non-formal education sector through a workshop organized by UNESCO’s Section for Literacy and Non-Formal Education, and UNESCO Bangkok’s AIMS and APPEAL Units.

If Kerala is to succeed in raising its standards of education to global levels, the State's general education system should be ICT-enabled as soon as possible, says Director of the State Institute of Education Technology (SIET) Babu Sebastian.

Allahabad University (AU) is going to host the Indian Association of Teacher Educators' (IATE) 39th annual conference on ‘Professionalism in Teacher Education in the context of Information Communication Technology (ICT), Knowledge Economy and Globalisation’ all set to kick off on February 10.

The British Computer Society has instituted an award to encourage the use of ICT of in schools.

In an attempt to take forward the vision of increased collaboration between education organisations and industry to provide a range of innovations for the benefit of students and teachers, the Monkseaton Community High School and Specialist Language College in Tyneside has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Open University (OU) and Microsoft, to form a pathfinder for Trust Schools.