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600 schools in Bihar to get computer access through Ncomputing

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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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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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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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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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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.

UNICEF ambassador Priyanka emphasises girls education

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Sharing her priorities, bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra mentioned that it is observed that affluent people often think higher education is not required for their girls but as the brand ambassador for UNICEF, her top priority will be educating young and underprivileged girls in slums and villages.

She mentioned being proud of being the brand ambassador of UNICEF, and can lend her voice to this cause of girl education. She also mentioned that its is due to her parents gave her value of education and standing on own's feet. She wishes that she can extend her support to this cause by encouraging education of the girl child. The 28-year-old, who worked worldwide for various causes when she won the Miss World title in 2000, pointed out that there are affluent Indians who feel higher studies are a waste for their girls.

Asian Science Camp to be hosted by India

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An Asian Science Camp is being hosted and organised by India, where scientists and students from across the world will participate, for the first time from Aug 17-19. The objective of the camp is to enlighten talented science students through discussions and dialogue with top scholars of the world.

Some of the expected eminent digniteries include Nobel Laureates Prof. Richard R Ernst (Switzerland) and Prof. Makoto Kobayashi (Japan) mentioned HC Pradhan, Director of the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education. It is expected that over 200 science students and 30 teachers from more than 20 countries of Asia will be participating in the three-day event. This is the first time that the science camp is being held in India. The previous ones were held at Taipei (2007), Bali (2008) and Ibaraki, Japan (2009).


IGNOU quiz witnesses participation of 92 teams at Bangalore

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Indira Gandhi Open University (IGNOU) hosted a quiz contest at Bangalore with a total of 92 teams of two members, each participating in the first-ever multi-city inter-school general quiz contest. Sri Kumaran's Children Home (SKCH) comprising Milind Hegde and Vikas Kashyap bagged the Winner's Trophy and individual trophies.The runners-up were also from SKCH, with Aditya Hebber and Shishir Bhardwaj walked away with individual trophies and book vouchers.

At this keenly-fought competition that was held at Yavanika in the heart of the city to create greater awareness about IGNOU and its contemporary courses with potential to benefit millions of young Indians, prize was distributed by IGNOU Vice-Chancellor VN Rajasekharan Pillai. The third spot was shared by two teams – Anurup A.K. and Nanjundeshwara N of Deeksha Centre for Learning, and Arun S and Ameya M. Talanki of Christ Junior College. An exhibition was also organized at the venue to enlighten students about IGNOU and its several programmes.

Boosting support to states, Obama signs a bill

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On Tuesday, US President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a 26-billion-dollar bill in order to extend support to states, to prevent teacher layoffs and make their Medicaid payments. This happened within hours after the House of Representatives passed it. The House, with a count of 247 to 161, in afternoon gave a green light to the bill that has been designed to ease the tight state budget, in between a decline in tax revenues and worst recession since 1930s. Last week, the Senate voted 61 to 39 to approve the measure.

The US president made a last-minute pitch for the bill hours before the House took the final vote. The bill includes US$10 billion allocated to school districts to help states avoid layoffs of teachers. The White House estimated that would save about 160,000 teachers' jobs. In the year ended June 30, more than 85,000 local-government education employees lost their jobs. There is also an additional $16 billion allocated in the bill to help states make their Medicaid payments.


Delhi Technological University goes live through Freedocast

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Freedocast, a high quality live broadcasting platform by Global Takeoff Inc, today announced successful completion of first ever broadcast of Delhi Technological University's Orientation session 2010-11 addressed by Prof. P.B.Sharma, Vice Chancellor, Delhi Technological University for new students joining the session. The broadcast reached DTU alumni and parents of students worldwide. The program was accessible live on TV, PC and iPhones. Commenting on the broadcast, Udaynandan Reddy, CEO and Founder, Global Takeoff Inc. said, 'Our constant endeavour has been to use technology to break commuting barriers in the field of education. Broadcasting through freedocast can be used as a convenient, interactive and affordable platform for distance education. We are glad to broadcast DTU's Orientation session this year. We are looking forward to strengthening our relationship with DTU by providing them a live broadcasting solution for creating Live Virtual Interactive classrooms over internet.' Prof. P.B.Sharma, Vice Chancellor, Delhi Technological University opined, 'This is a great initiative by our distinguished alumni Uday Reddy Padi, CEO & Founder, Global Takeoff Inc. and his team to cover the events live and webcasting it on Internet. We would like to strengthen the relationship with Global Takeoff and broadcast workshops, seminars, lectures in classrooms, and all the events happening inside the campus LIVE over internet. My very best wishes to Global Takeoff for the excellent work they are doing to the community of learning.'

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