Cost effective Virtual Labs by Dell for Higher Education

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August 12, 2010

In an announcement, Dell launched its Virtual Lab solution, which has been designed to help higher education organisations to deal with time, space and budget challenges while providing students the freedom to access lab-based software anytime, anywhere and from any device. Initially the solution will debut in the United States.

The lab is to address challenges of the students by enabling them to choose and use their own device, helping to relieve school's Information Technology (IT) maintenance burdens and providing students with round-the-clock virtual access to lab IT resources and specialty applications. Virtual Lab mitigates challenges related to forecasting and accommodating lab utilisation rates, accessibility and security.

Kapil Sibal and Intel give away Excellence in Education awards

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August 12, 2010

The Union Human Resource Development Minister, Kapil Sibal and the Intel Managing Director (South Asia) R Sivakumar presented the 'Excellence in Education' awards to Kendriya Vidhyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Navodaya Vidhyalaya Samiti (NVS) from across the country for integration of technology in educational practices in the teaching and learning process. Jointly organised by the Intel, KVS and NVS the contest 'Best integration of technology in education'aimed at strengthening ICT capabilities. The awards were presented to students and teachers of various Kendriya Vidhyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas for demonstrating exceptional performance in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in school curriculum. Eight schools, eight teachers and twelve students were awarded across six regions of the country.

Intel has been associated with KVS and NVS through its 'Intel Teach and Intel Learn' programmes which includes orientation of principals, professional development of teachers, sharing of new curriculum resources , learning materials and setting up of resource centers equipped with latest technologies. Till now more than 7500 teachers and 945 principals from KVs while in NVS around 6000 teachers and 450 principals have been trained on technology enhanced innovative learning methodology.

Mentor Graphics, Trident Techlabs partner with JNTU to provide VLSI training

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August 12, 2010

There has been a collaboration signed between Mentor Graphics, Trident Techlabs and Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University (JNTU), Hyderabad to provide training in very large scale integration (VLSI) design and other emerging nanotechnology challenges. According to the deal struck, the collaboration, Mentor Graphics will provide world class EDA (electronic design automation) products, training and support to JNTU and affiliated colleges for use as a core academic education for professors and engineering students. This will include projects, short-term courses, workshops, training and industrial consultancy in the area of VLSI design.

Distance Learning from Symbiosis to introduce virtual classrooms for all courses

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August 12, 2010

It has been planned by Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning (SCDL) that it will introduce virtual classrooms for all courses by September, 2010. The move comes a month after SCDL started holding chat sessions between the students and teachers to bridge the distance factor.

It was mentioned by Swati Mujumdar, Director of SCDL that vitrual classrooms have been held for corporate students, in which interaction was made possible between students and teachers through webcams. And now the same would be made available to students across courses.

One percent of IIT Bombay Graduates salary in Donation for growth of the Institute

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August 12, 2010

From the Indian institute of Technology Bombay, around 735 students have signed up for giving one per cent of their annual salary for the institute's growth. The programme has been based on idea of Bakul Desai, a graduate of the 1982 batch, that is now being called 'Give One for IIT B'. Every year, IIT B receives approximately INR 10-15 crore in donations from alumni. With an average the starting salary of a fresh graduate is around INR 7 lakh per annum.

600 schools in Bihar to get computer access through Ncomputing

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August 12, 2010

In an announcement made by NComputing it was mentioned that it was selected to provide desktop computer access to 600 government schools as part a computer literacy initiative launched by the Bihar government. The aim of this initiative is to build 600 computer labs throughout the State to make computer access and learning available to school children for the first time.

A 12 seat computer lab is to installed at each of these 600 government schools, made possible by attaching 10 NComputing X550 desktop access devices to 2 desktop PCs. NComputing's desktop virtualization software and hardware solution provides affordable initial and ongoing desktop computing access. In addition to low initial cost of purchase, NComputing solutions require 75% less maintenance and 90% less energy consumption than traditional all-PC labs. NComputing devices only use 1 watt of electricity compared to 120 watts for a PC. This is a crucial advantage as Bihar often faces shortages in electricity supply.

Scholars to pursue Infocomm Careers at Leading Organisations at Singapore

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August 12, 2010

Lui Tuck Yew, Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts bestowed honour upon s total of 27 students from the junior colleges, polytechnics and international schools received the National Infocomm Scholarship awards, recently. This brings the total number of National Infocomm Scholars, since the launch of the scholarship in 2004, to 208. Nine of the 27 scholars have been chosen to specialise in infocomm security as the demand for infocomm security professionals increases.

The National Infocomm Scholarship (“NIS”), launched in February 2004, aims to develop infocomm leaders for the infocomm industry. The latest batch of 27 scholars will pursue their degree programmes at local universities such as NUS and NTU, and at overseas universities such as Carnegie Mellon University and Georgia Institute of Technology. The scholars are to be nurtured by leading Multi-National Companies (MNCs), local companies and government agencies during their course of study, through mentorship and overseas work attachments of up to six months. All the NIS scholars by the end of their studies and term would go on to serve their bond with their sponsoring organisations. The sponsoring organisations come from diverse sectors including banking and finance, defence, energy, entertainment, and infocomm.

Sibal says vocationalisation to be brought into Secondary Education

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August 11, 2010

Secondary education is to be made inclusive of vocational education. In order to do so, it is proposed that training curriculum be flexible to be able to address skill sets of vocations peculiar to a region. This will make the vocational education in secondary education relevant and useful to students from economically weaker sections, and will also act as a support for the sustenance and development of handicraft industries. While addressing the meeting of the Consultative Committee of Parliament, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Kapil Sibal mentioned the same. The subject of the meeting was 'Universalisation of Secondary Education'.

It was underlined by Shri Kapil Sibal that there is a need to undertake geospatial mapping of the states with regard to the unavailability primary, secondary and higher education institutions in these states and match the availability with the geographical data on children population. This will give the government the information for setting up institution as per the requirement, so that large areas are not left without schools and colleges, and in contrast some areas are clustered with schools/colleges.

DCPCR says neighborhood should be the only criteria for nursery admission

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August 11, 2010

The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) mentions that in a decision regarding implementation of the Right To Education (RTE) Act, it was raised that the only criteria that should be considered for nursery admissions for children is the proximity of the school to the home. According to the Section 13(I) of the RTE Act, schools cannot subject children to any kind of screening for admissions.

Most schools had implemented a points system wherein points were given to potential students to be granted admission on the basis of siblings, being a girl child, whether being brought up by a single parent, whether the parent is an alumni, etc. It was ruled by the DCPCR that the points system being implemented by most schools amounts to screening of the child for granting admission. Some principals retaliated by saying that the process of allotting points on the basis of certain criteria by the schools did not amount toscreening.

CCE assessment in other schools with new CBSE Programme

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August 11, 2010

A new programme has been brought into action by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to asses whether the schools have been successful in implementing the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE). According to the circular issued by CBSE across India, the school principals have been asked to act as 'peer assessors' and act as monitors responsible for capacity building and learning by gathering experiences from all the schools.

The circular said that this would be implemented with the help of a 'monitor/mentor framework'. Under the system, the principal of each schools will be assigned around six to eight schools that are in their own neighborhood. Principals of government schools would be allotted government schools whereas principals of public schools would be allotted public schools. The principals are to visit the allotted schools and record their observations on the functioning of the school and classrooms, information gained through interaction with teachers and students. Additionally, as mentors they are requried to help in giving schools suggestions and guidance to help them improve in the requried areas. Based on the assessment, one of the schools would be awarded as the Best CCE School and a mentor would be chosen for the Best Mentor award in March, 2011.

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