The latest device introduced by Apple, the iPad, is mainly suppose to attract is all from the field of education. In both the sectors of K-12 and in higher education, across grades, the iPad is help in re-shaping the way in which students use technology in the classrooms.
Apple’s iPad will come in six models. Three of them will work on Wi-Fi, and three will include a 3G cell phone wireless chip. The various capacities are 16 GB, 32 GB & 64 GB. Apple has established that the iPad showcases many different features, some that the iPhone provides, others that a laptop provides, and a few unique components that the iPad will provide on its own.
There are many interesting and important features of this iPad including e-reader. For both textbooks and classic books the iPad has the ability to be the first e-reader will be widely accepted by students. Additionally, iPad as an e-reader includes e-books that will cost less compared to hard copies. Another reason that the iPad is attractive is that it brings more to the table then being a simple e-reader.
The iPad has the opportunity to become an integral part of a students day by being a new age notebook. Also, students have the option to freely write all over the page as well as utilize highlighters and drawing diagrams. It will enable students to have all of your notes, for every class in one place that weighs 1.5 lbs and is 0.5 inches thick is much more attractive to a student than traditional notebooks.
New methodologies of accountability and transparency are to be seen in the educational institutes in the year 2010 with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) introducing sweeping reforms in the higher education sector. With these changes the recognised colleges would be expected to display online their institute’s fee details, faculty components and admission related details, respectively. The Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal is expected to soon announce these reforms and the names of the colleges that are recognised by AICTE will have to declare their entire fees, its components, refundable portions on withdrawal of admission, number of seats per course, eligibility conditions, admission and selection process, details of teaching faculty, including their pay and qualifications, the institute’s physical and academic infrastructure and syllabus outline.
The academic year 2010 – 2012 at The National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NIT-C) – School of Management Studies is to focus on technology management for its MBA programme, which will be open only to B.Tech/B.Arch/BE/B.Sc engineering degree holders. Admission to the course will be based on marks scored in the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) Common Admission Test CAT) however, fi nal admission will be based on the candidate’s performance in the Bachelor’s degree examination, group discussion and interview. Group
New methodologies of accountability and transparency are to be seen in the educational institutes in the year 2010 with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) introducing sweeping reforms in the higher education sector. With these changes the recognised colleges would be expected to display online their institute’s fee details, faculty components and admission related details, respectively. The Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal is expected to soon announce these reforms and the names of the colleges that are recognised by AICTE will have to declare their entire fees, its components, refundable portions on withdrawal of admission, number of seats per course, eligibility conditions, admission and selection process, details of teaching faculty, including their pay and qualifi cations, the institute’s physical and academic infrastructure and syllabus outline.
The pioneer of the leading Computer and Information T e c h n o l o g y T r a i n i n g Academies with over 50 branches i s l a n d – w i d e covering all the provinces in the country, Dr. Bandusena Ranasinghe is another eminent personality from University of Peradeniya. He is the Chairman or in other words founder of the IDM Group of Companies. The academies under his guidance have donated almost 900 IT graduates to the country other than several thousands IT Diploma holders. IDM also provides and supports opportunities for direct employments of above fi ve hundred people within the IDM group.
Two annual conferences of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, the 45th SEAMEO Council Conference (SEAMEC) and the 5th ASEAN Meeting of Ministers of Education (ASED), are being hosted by the Philippines at the Shangri- La Hotel in Cebu on January 26-29. The aim of the back-to-back conferences is to foster stronger cooperation on education among Southeast Asian countries and beyond. The 10 collaborative projects of the SEAMEO member states that aim at providing education to the oorly-served communities in the region, have been given the top priority in the agenda. The Department of Education (DepEd) said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will grace the opening ceremony as the guest
General Priyantha Kariyapperuma, Director, Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka told that an opportunity to use technology should be given to those with special needs. Technology is essential to understand world trends and people who are differently-abled should not be discriminated against when it comes to accessing technology.
Secondary Education are to provide Quality Education and employability skills – this it is envisaged will meet the requirements of Industry and generate effi cient human capital. The 11th Five Year Plan known as the Education Plan has allocated large budgets for the Education Sector and recommended that Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) should be adopted by the Education Sector to reach Quality Education to all sectors of society. IL&FS Education and Technology Services Limited organised the Second National Consultative Meet on Public- Private Partnerships in Education on
