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GFS programme receives ICT support from Globe, Philippines

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Through the Global Filipino Schools (GFS) programme for select public schools nationwide, Globe Telecom Inc. has invested in the use of Information Communications Technology (ICT) for education. The three-year programme is to upgrade the schools' ICT infrastructure, from internet connection to computer labs to encourage the use of ICT for learning, teaching and school management in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Coalition for Better Education (CBE) as well as Microsoft Philippines.

60% of Globe's corporate social responsibility budget has been allocated for education. Through its CSR arm, Globe Bridging Communities, the telco aids the public school system using mobile and broadband technologies as well as ICT capability building. Internet-in-schools Programme (ISP), learning through mobile phones via Text2Teach, ICT competency enhancement for teaches under the Global Filipino Teachers (GFT) programme and advanced mobile and broadband application training for students and teachers through Globe Labs are some of the programmes through which telco formulated GFS over a timeline of 10 years. Till date Text2Teach has been implemented in 350 public elementary schools in the poorest Philippine provinces. Globe has also connected 2,012 public elementary and high schools to the internet and graduated 250 teachers through GFT.

Accenture & Godrej jointly wins AIMA’s 11th National Management Quiz Competition 2010

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The independent two member team of Rohan Khanna from Accenture and Kumar Vaibhav from Godrej has won the Grand Finale of 11th National Management Quiz (NMQ) Competition 2010 organised by All India Management Association (AIMA) here today at the IILM campus of Lodhi Road. The champion team received cash prize of INR 1 Lac, along with the winner's trophy and gift hampers. The first runners-up team from Rourkela Steel Plant – Debajit Rabha and Ravi Banjare wrapped up cash prize of INR 75, 000 and the second runners-up team of Abhijit Bhattacharya and Tanmay Prusty from ITC Ltd. were awarded cash prize of Rs. 50,000 along with trophies and gift hampers.


SPS Jaggi, Jacob Kurien and V Kumar were the quiz masters during the competition, who thrilled the participants and the audience with their witty style of quizzing. The 11th National Management Quiz competition attracted over 175 teams of management professionals from the corporate world across India. The top two teams from each of the four regions viz. North, South, East and West competed to win the final title in grilling rounds of the grand finale.

On the occasion the Chief Guest, Dr Anadi Pande, Vice President HR, Hero Honda, said, 'Young managers of today should follow ethical ways of working and it is duty of the organizations to ensure a robust infrastructure and processes to be in place that will govern transparency at all levels of operations.' He also shared an anecdote on corporate governance and resource management with the audience.

The Guest of Honor, YPS Suri, Country Head, Outo Kumpo, said, 'In today's competitive world a management professional should be alert and active like a soldier and should have risk taking capability while managing critical situations. Such attributes will ensure sustainable growth of an individual and would also contribute to the success story of the organisation.'
 
The participants who were corporate executives and faculty from various institutes found the competition an innovative and interactive development programme as it facilitated a liberal exchange of knowledge, ideas and information beyond the traditional bounds of management training. The participants also got an opportunity to update their information on new management concepts and trends within an atmosphere of fun and infotainment. The finale also had an interactive question and answer session for the audience who were also awarded attractive prizes and gifts enhancing their excitement during the competition.

Kamal Singh, Director – Centre for Management and Development (CMD), AIMA said, 'This is the 11th time in a row AIMA has got the privilege to organise a grand quiz competition like NMQ for the management professionals. It is an opportunity for us to recognize young managers in the growing competitive world and motivate them to stay alert and come-up with innovative ideas in the field management.'

DCPCR has issued notice over nursery admission guidelines

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Recently, the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) issued a notice to the Delhi government over the nursery admission guidelines, describing the violation they were indulging in, with respect to the provisions of the Right to Education (RTE) Act. One of the statements in the notice to the principal secretary, education, Delhi government mentioned that there was a need to re-look at the order on highest priority since prima-facie the said order is violative of the RTE Act. The guidelines were issues just a day before. The nursery admission guidelines state that schools will be free to formulate their policy for admission for 75% of the seats but it should include criteria for categorisation of the applicants. The commission has asked for a report on the same by December 27.

Australia relaxes student Visa rules

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Australian Minister for immigration and citizenship, Chris Bowen, and the minister of Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans, announced today a strategic review of the student visa program and package to measures to ease the pressure on the Australia's multibillion dollar education export industry. Australia has, in last 12 months, seen a sharp decline in its multibillion dollar education export industry.

The student visa changes announced today focus largely on the financial requirements of obtaining the student visas from various countries. Indian students, considering pursuing bachelor degree, associate degree, graduate certificate, graduate diploma or masters by course work in Australia, would now find it easier to meet the financial requirements as a result of India been upgraded as a lesser risk country for Higher Education Sector.

These new changes would mean that the students now need to demonstrate lesser funds in order to obtain the student visa for higher education sector. For all the student visa applications that would be lodged on or after April 1 2011, the students would need to show funds for only 2 years of their studies instead of the currently required 3 years. Moreover, such funds are required to be only 3 months old against 6 months old requirements as it is currently in place. The new law that comes into effect in April 2011 will allow the students to be sponsored by any individual against the current legal requirement that limits the sponsorship to applicant's spouse, parents, siblings, grandparents and uncle or aunt meeting certain criterion.

Naresh Gulati, CEO of Oceanic Consultants, welcomed the move by Australian government and said 'The changes announced today would help Australia regain its position as a more favorable destination amongst Indian students than its current levels. A large number of students, who wanted to study in Australia, considered other destinations just because they found the financial requirements for the Australian student visa far more stringent than those of other countries. This would change and we would see traffic to Australia increasing.' The changes announced today also bring down the financial requirements for the student who prepay their boarding through the educational Institutions in Australia as the amount equivalent to the prepaid amount would be reduced from the required funds. These changes come in effect from 16 December 2010.

Gulati expressed his concern about the abuse by student visas by some students and agents alike. He said, 'It is unfortunate that some students and agents are using student visas as a means of back door entry to various countries. The desperation to go aboard amongst the youth has led to mushrooming of large number of unscrupulous agents who are looking at making quick buck at the cost of student and family's future. The students and their families must look at choosing the right institutions and channels to pursue their higher education abroad. Students supporting fraudulent documentation or means would only make their future uncertain. They may just be closing their doors forever to going abroad.'

 

Aerospace research centre at UAE

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digitalLEARNING Network
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Plans are being formulated for setting up of an Aerospace Research and Innovation Centre (ARIC) at the UAE, in Abu Dhabi in collaboration with global academic and industrial institutions. An MoU has been signed between the Khalifa University and Mubadala Aerospace to set up the centre at the university's campus.

The centre is the first step towards setting up an academic research consortium led by the university in collaboration with local and global academic and industrial institutions. The ARIC's research hub in the UAE will develop new technologies for the aerospace sector.

ICT agreement between Uganda and Egypt

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Eight letters of intent were signed between the Egyptian ministry of information and communication technology (ICT) has and the ICT ministry Uganda to build a smart technology village and establish a cyber security facility. Dr Tarek Kamil, the Egyptian minister of ICT at the meeting with the local ICT industry leaders last week mentioned that a strong partnership is being sought for Africa.

Among the areas of support and cooperation will be training 3,000 graduates on practical skills, using ICT for documentation of culture and national heritage, establishing business process outsourcing facilities, upgrading training institutions and establishing computer emergency response teams. Country churns out around 1,000 graduates from its universities annually; however, Uganda's business process outsourcing industry is yet to kick off on a massive scale. This number could be absorbed in the sector because of its sheer ability to employ large numbers. While Uganda has steadily enhanced its ICT skills base through education, it is yet to get to the stage of focusing on innovation and exports of the sector products to earn large revenues.

Next decade IT growth to be led by Gujarat says NASSCOM

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According to the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), Gujarat is all set to drive the IT growth in the next decade with its improved IT infrastructure and education. According to Som Mittal, President of the IT industry body, while currently six cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Pune form 90% of total IT industry, newer cities like Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mysore and Chandigarh will drive it in the next decade. It was at Vibrant Gujarat IT Summit organised by Gujarat Informatics Limited, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat along with NASSCOM and Industrial Extension Bureau (iNDEXTb) that Mittal described that he believes that 40% of IT services work happening from outside of these six cities, including Ahmedabad.

Suggesting steps to grow further as an IT hub in the next decade, Mittal said that Gujarat can help small companies emerging out of the state to grow as well as attract large companies from outside. Ravi Saxena, additional chief secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of Gujarat added that Gujarat has been on one of the states who have been implementing the key egovernance infrastructure, policies and projects.

Apart from Mittal, the speaker list at the summit also included representatives of Mahindra Satyam, HCL Infosystems Ltd, Mindtree, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, among others.

20,000 Chinese to be affected by British visa rules

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In a media report it was mentioned that around 20,000 Chinese students may be forced to leave Britain if new proposals to tighten British visa policies come into effect next year. The British Home Office intends to tighten visa regulations for international students to reduce the country's annual migration and cope with high domestic unemployment. The Home Office has posted a note on its website seeking public opinion about the proposal till January 31.

About 85,000 Chinese people are in Britain on student visas, out of which 20,000 are taking courses beneath the bachelor-degree level. If the policies are adopted, the 20,000 Chinese students may have to leave Britain in the coming months, Beijing-based Mirror Evening News reported citing officials from the British Council in China.

Malaysia, Iran reactivate MoU for educational cooperation

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The Malaysian Higher Education Ministry has reactivated a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iran to enhance education cooperation.

Both Malaysia and Iran has agreed that there are several areas of cooperation Malaysia and Iran could pursue. The agreement is expected to bring progress in the education sector especially in higher education as both in Malaysia and Iran the system is suitable. There are about 4,000 Iranian students enrolled with several universities in Malaysia. Most of them are doing courses in Science and Technology, Medical Science and Information Communication Technology (ICT).

Uday Sodhi heads ABC Consultants new portal

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Uday Sodhi has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of HeadHonchos.com, India's first career portal exclusively for senior management professionals. HeadHonchos is an initiative of ABC Consultants. Uday brings extensive cross-sectoral experience to the desk and is committed to positioning the new venture as the most specialised and preferred job search service in the online space. Prior to joining HeadHonchos.com, Uday was CEO of Balaji Telefilms

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