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September 2006

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28.09.2006
Telecentre in one building at Embalem, Pondicherry Feb-02
Telecentre in one building at Embalem, Pondicherry Feb-02 © Peter Armstrong
How much should setting up a telecentre cost? A telecentre is a public place where people can access computers, the Internet and technologies to gather information and communicate with others while developing digital skills.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Internet]
25.09.2006 The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology sought cooperation from broadcasters to temporarily stop activities of political expression via short-messaging or phone-in.
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Related topics/regions: [Thailand] [policy initiatives in ICT]
25.09.2006 Fourth National Summit of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT Summit 2006) held on 25 September at the International Business Centre (Tashkent) opened the ICT Week in Uzbekistan.
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Related topics/regions: [Uzbekistan] [policy initiatives in ICT]
25.09.2006
The diffusion of Internet technology in India can take one of two routes, one elite-oriented, the other democratic. The Government seems to want to promote the second but the minimum requirement for this is credible information.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [Internet]
Bangladesh girl in school
25.09.2006 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) mediated learning provides utilities for achieving goal of education for all, and in turn acts as an enabler in reducing the digital divide, plummeting poverty and promoting socio-economic empowerment.
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Related topics/regions: [Bangladesh] [education & ICT]
Image: Bangladesh girl in school © Ron Gilling/Panos Pictures / People & the Planet
A farmer's family.
21.09.2006 OneWorld South Asia extends an invitation to join the opening of phone-based Information and Knowledge Exchange Service for Rural Communities. This would be inaugurated on 28th September 2006, at the Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, between 1000 hrs – 1300 hrs followed by lunch.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [communications] [knowledge & ICT]
Image: A farmer's family. © Television Trust for the Environment
14.09.2006 The Prime Minister of India and the Presidents of Brazil and South Africa underscored the importance of working together towards a people-centered, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society and renewed their support for the results of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), held in Geneva and Tunis, in 2003 and 2005, respectively.
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Related topics/regions: [Brazil] [India] [South Africa] [e-governance] [international cooperation]
14.09.2006 The Department of Information Technology (IT) is
in the process of drawing up a proposal to launch a single web
portal for Government departments so that e-governance becomes a reality.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [e-governance]
10.09.2006
OneWorld editor Rahul Kumar writes from New Delhi about the use of ICTs in India's schools.
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Related topics/regions: [India] [education & ICT] [intermediate technology]
07.09.2006 Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Jesli Lapus addressed the 2nd National ICTs in Basic Education Congress, which started today at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City.
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Related topics/regions: [Philippines] [education & ICT]
04.09.2006 A non-government organization is working to involve civil society organizations in the formulation of government information and communications technology (ICT) policies.
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Related topics/regions: [Philippines] [civil society & ICT]
01.09.2006
Creative solutions are helping get kids in school and improve the quality of education.

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Related topics/regions: [Afghanistan] [Benin] [China] [Ethiopia] [India] [Myanmar] [Pakistan] [Thailand] [Uganda] [education & ICT] [gender & ICT]

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