Manipal College of Dental Sciences tops in research in India

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May 10, 2010

Manipal College of Dental Sciences (MCODS) has topped the list of Indian colleges submitting research papers on dental sciences as per a survey report published by National Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies,. MCODS submitted 166 research papers over 10 years. The report titled – Mapping of Dental Science Research in India was published by Har Kaur and B M Gupta, of National Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies. Commenting on the way forward, Dr. Sobha Tandon, Dean, MCODS, says,'This year we are concentrating on research and international collaborations and we have taken steps towards the same by signing MoU with University of Southern California, USA and Queen's Mary University, London. We have recently completed a World Health Organisation sponsored project and we also have an ongoing project in collaboration with Colgate Palmolive Pvt. Ltd. Piscataway, New Jersey, USA. Our focus is also to publish minimum 3-5 papers/year in high impact factor journals, by each specialty of dentistry in our institution.'

As per the report, India holds 14th rank (18th in 1999) among the top 20 productive countries of the world in dental sciences and has a share of 1.66%, as computed from cumulative world publications output data for 1999-2008. India's publication output was at 1380 research papers during 1999-2008 (25 top colleges have been considered here) and MCODS topped the list by contributing 166 papers. Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital submitted 138 papers; All India Institute of Medical Sciences is at place 3 with 70 papers submitted.There are 3 more colleges from Karnataka, who fall in the top 10 category, they are College of Dental Sciences Davangere which has submitted 53 papers; A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences- Mangalore has submitted 36 papers, and Babuji Dental College & Hospital, Davengere has submitted 34 papers. Manipal Education has always laid great emphasis on research; in fact research is considered an integral part of the curriculum. MCODS, established in the year 1965, has grown over the years and has received many recognitions and accreditations internationally.

PC use gives students an advantage in school

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May 8, 2010

Students who use computers regularly are getting a headstart on their peers when it comes to school subjects, according to a new OECD study.

The report, “Are students ready for a technology-rich world?”, claims that school students who use computers regularly perform better in key school subjects than those with limited computer experience or a lack of confidence when it comes to performing basic computer tasks. This advantage can be seen clearly in mathematics performance. The study found that those without regular access to computers lagged behind their peers. The study found that students who had been using computers for less than a year scored significantly below the OECD average, while students who had been using computers for more than five years scored well above it.
Irish students are lagging behind in their attitude towards computers, with the country rated as having one of the least positive attitudes towards computers, along with Japan, Denmark, Finland and Hungary. In contrast, students in countries such as Austria, Canada and Germany displayed a positive attitude. Almost three quarters of students in OECD countries use computers at home each week. This figure jumps to nine out of 10 for Canada, Iceland and Sweden. This compares with only 44 percent using computers frequently in school. The report also found that access to computers is evenly spread across both genders in most OECD countries. However, in Ireland, Belgium and Korea, a larger number of girls than boys say they have access to computers at school.

INVITE fuelling grassroot level IT growth in Indian state

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May 8, 2010

IBM India and the Board for IT Education (BITES) have launched 'Project INVITE', an initiative aimed at fuelling growth of IT at grassroot level.

The project INVITE (Initiative to Nurture a Vibrant IT Ecosystem) aims at significantly contributing to capacity building efforts in the Indian state Karnataka by enhancing the local talent pool and leveraging the ecosystem to fuel the growth of IT at the grassroot level. The project complements the IBM academic initiative programme to help universities train students on open source, open standards based technologies and IBM technologies for a more competitive workforce. The major objectives of the project are building a repository of e-Governance prototype and make it freely available to government agencies, solution providers and academia. It also aims at involving students and faculty for creating proto-type solutions for local e-Governance needs at various levels, including creating agriculture market yard management system, school administrative software and online pathology reports for the state health department.

NIIT Wins Cisco Global Learning Partner of the Year at Cisco Partner Summit

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May 5, 2010

NIIT, leading Global Talent Development Corporation and Asia's largest IT trainer announced today that it is the recipient of a Cisco Partner Summit global award for Global Learning Partner of the Year. Cisco unveiled the winners on April 28 at its annual channel partner conference in San Francisco. The objective of Cisco's Partner Summit global awards is to recognize exemplary channel partners whose business best practices Cisco would like other partners to model. Categories include: innovative practices, applications successes, unique programs, problem solving and sales approaches. All winners are selected by a group of Cisco Worldwide Channels and regional theater executives. 'It is an honor and privilege to name NIIT as a Cisco Partner Summit global award winner,' said Keith Goodwin, senior vice president, Worldwide Channels at Cisco. 'The Global Learning Partner 2009-2010 recognizes NIIT's performance and achievements as an outstanding global Cisco channel partner in 2009.'

P. Rajendran, Chief Operating Officer, NIIT remarked 'It is a pleasure to be recognized by Cisco as their global learning partner for the year 2009. We endeavor to combine NIIT's proven expertise in providing Learning Solutions with CISCO's Talent Development strategy to create human capital to fulfill the emerging needs of the industry.' Cisco Partner Summit awards are presented at three levels: regional, theater and global. Cisco Partner Summit global awards reflect a partner's commendable performance within a specific technology market across several geographic regions.

New IT for education institutions in Rwanda

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May 5, 2010

Access to the Internet by students will soon be eased after all institutions of learning access state-of-the-art technology to be installed soon. The Ministry of Education in Rwanda has already finalised a work plan in which Sun Microsystems, a giant American software development company will have internet accessibility technology in all educational institutions.

The software THIN client allows the targeted users (educationists) to access home web pages on a high-tech screen that does not require connection of high power consumption computer accessories like a processor and keyboard to operate. The technology is cost-saving and this will be very essential for Rwandan rural schools where there is unreliable and insufficient power supply. Sun Microsystems' technology can reliably work best using Terracom's relayed fibre optic. A lot of technologies will be rolled out to Terracom subscribers using the fibre such as Voice over Internet (Voip), Displays over Internet (Diop), Digital Global Library and a host of other related technologies. The development will make Rwanda the first African country to have this kind of technology. Sun intends to use Rwanda as a pilot study to attract other African countries, even South Africa where it failed.

Children to study computer in Ugandan school

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May 4, 2010

In order to fit in this changing world of information communication technology (ICT), Pembroke in Uganda has embarked on equipping and educating its students with a wide range of ICT tools and information sources such as computer software and the Internet to help them in their studies.

Students will be taught how to use the Internet and email, digital cameras, scanners, recording equipment and computer software. Children will be taught how to check the quality of information, learn to filter good from bad and how to present information in a way that suits the need of their audience. It helps them explore and compare the different ways ICT is used in and out of school. Children between the ages of 7 -14 will benefit from the training. Pembroke equips its pupils to use models to make predictions, test them to check their accuracy. The school offers scholarships to its needy students.

Projects Planning by Tamil Nadu medical varsity

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May 4, 2010

An announcement was made by the Vice Chancellor Mayil Vahanan Natarajan of Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University recently that they will soon begin fellowship programmes in new sub-specialties. Dr. Natarajan while inaugurating a continuing medical education programme in Paediatric Dermatology hosted by the CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation (CTMRF) mentioned that the university has recognised the scope of the sub specialisations in modern medicine and hence has taken the decision of providing more fellowships.

The VC also announced that the varsity was examining another proposal from the institute so that a similar programme could begin on Paediatric Emergency Medicine. The institute is currently pursuing 13 core research projects and had earned recognition from the Department of Science and Technology.

Deployment of elearning infrastructure

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May 4, 2010

Prof. Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai, Minister of Education, Nigeria, has mentioned of inability to effectively deploy Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in a sustainable manner, despite being aware of its transformational effects. She mentioned that the electronic learning was becoming a common platform for enhancing education delivery all over the world. After receiving the report of the Federal Government Implementation Committee on E- Learning, she spoke in Abuja shortly, describing that Nigeria had not been consistent with use of ICT but assured that e-learning initiative would be among her core areas of concentration in the next few months.

The minister explained that, the initiative would be pursued through Public Private Partnership (PPP) under the guidance of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission to guarantee its sustainability. In a presentation, the chairman of the Implementation Committee and Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Education Research and Development Council (NERDC), Prof. Godswill Obioma, highlighted the Implementation strategies of the initiative as contained in the report submitted to the minister.

Tech education for Delhi slum children by Intel and Navjyoti

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May 4, 2010

For launch of Intel Learn programme at the foundation's community outreach centre in the slum resettlement colony in outskirts of Delhi, Intel partnered with Navjyoti India Foundation. The Intel Learn programme is to help youth develop 21st century skills, with focus on digital literacy, critical thinking, problem solving, and collaboration. The collaboration was initiated with the training of 17 community staffs from Navjyoti Community Centre who were trained in technology and community curriculum module. All the children enrolled for the Intel Learn Program are first generation technology and information and communication technology (ICT) learners.

SSLC exam online results online in Kerela

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May 4, 2010

Inclusive of the Kerala government's IT@School initiative, it has been reported that the results of Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examinations will be made available online @ Results.ITSchool.gov.in. The initiative is an effort to help all the 4.60 lakh students who appeared in the examination this year, to access their results online by submitting their registration numbers on the website.

The Executive Director, IT@School Project, K Anvar Sadath, mentioned that accessing the SSLC exam result through the website won't be a painful experience this year as the project equips a special content delivery network (CDN) system to push the content faster.

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