Fast Track application online submission at National Planning Commission

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January 19, 2010

Online applications will fast-track appointments to the National Planning Commission, says minister in the presidency Trevor Manuel. For its newly-established National Planning Commission (NPC), the Presidency has introduced online applications. This may result in fastening the nomination process through the use of Web-based submissions. Minister in the presidency Trevor Manuel explained that the presidency has opened nominations for 20 commissioners. Additionally, it was explained that online applications would increase the number of nominations received and would also speed up the application process.

Nominations for the NPC, which is tasked with drafting a long-term vision and strategic plan for the country, will be open until 10 February. The development challenges are to be identified the NPC , along with defining priorities over the next five years from the 10 strategic priorities identified in the framework. These include ensuring more inclusive economic growth, decent work and sustainable livelihoods, economic and social infrastructure, rural development, food security and land reform, access to quality education, improved healthcare and fighting crime and corruption.

ICT centre at Klo-Agogo Senior High in Ghana

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January 19, 2010

The Eastern Regional Minister, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has made a passionate appeal to development partners, both at home and abroad, to support government efforts in ensuring quality education in the country. According to him, the government alone could not shoulder the development of education, particularly Information Communication Technology (ICT), in the country without the support of selfless and social development -oriented non-governmental organisations (NGOs). He made the appeal at a brief, but colorful, dedication ceremony of 20 Del desktop computers and accessories donated to the Klo-Agogo Senior High School by Planting Technology International (PTI), at the school premises.

He intimated that with the current trend of globalisation, ICT has become the engine of growth, and it is in recognition of this that the government had placed premium towards its development. He explained that the new education reform places emphasis on science, technology and ICT as critical tools for mainstreaming the country into the fast developing global world. Ampofo reiterated that the presentation of the computers by PTI to the school showed that NGOs and other development partners appreciate the fact that the government alone could not provide all the resources and infrastructure facilities that were required for convenient teaching and learning in the education sector. To the students, the Regional Minister urged them to make maximum use of the computers for their academic work, as well as handling the facilities with maximum care.

Ranasinghe, Sri Lankan Pioneer in IT education and training

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January 19, 2010

The pioneer of the leading Computer and Information Technology Training Academies with over 50 branches island-wide 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 five hundred people within the IDM group.

Dr. Bandu Ranasinghe holds the degrees of B.Sc, MBA, Ph.D, FCS, MACS, FBCS and he is a visiting lecturer of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. IDM Group of Companies Chairman Dr. Ranasinghe is also an adjunct Associate Professor for the Charles Sturt University, Australia. He was the founder Chairman of the British Computer Society

Marketing professionals short term course at IIM Lucknow

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January 18, 2010

A collaboration has taken place between Hughes Communication India Limited and Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) Noida campus, for the launch of its Advanced Program in Sales and Marketing, through Hughes Net Global Education. The major objective of this newly designed programme is to focus upon the consumer insights and to build understanding about marketing research in Indian context. Showcasing the linkage between marketing and sales to the students, the objective of the six month course is to provide an in-depth knowledge on contemporary issues in marketing like retail management, e-marketing as well as prepare them how to select, evaluate and manage conflicts in distribution channels.

YMAT for MBA students

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January 18, 2010

Keeping in mind the rising costs for an MBA programme, Bangalore-based YGen Management Consulting Services has launched YMAT, a centralised aptitude test for aspirants for management colleges in the country. The test offers a complete end-to-end selection and admission process involving an aptitude test, group discussion and personal interview to be be conducted in a single day. The other tests that students opt for to get into MBA colleges include CAT, MAT, XAT, ATMA to name a few. 'This is a unique concept since students who take the other tests have to spend a lot on coaching, application fees, and travelling to various colleges for admission. YMAT helps in the selection and admission process, thus serving its main goal of cutting costs. We have approached the HRD ministry to make this a national aptitude test,' said Dipankar Choudhury, chief executive officer of YGen.

For just INR 750 (registration cost), students can take YMAT without taking coaching lessons. 'We believe that a graduate has the ability to think logically and thus have the same format as CAT and MAT, wherein the students have to prove themselves in the logical reasoning, general awareness and language ability sections. The students also save costs and the hassles of applying to multiple colleges through YMAT,' added Choudhury. YGen has tied up with 18 colleges across the country including Institute of Business Management and Research (IBMR) in Ahmedabad. For the academic year 2009-11, YMAT will be conducted in 15 region specific centres across North-east, West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. The test will be conducted on May 31 at YGens's Ahmedabad and Surat centres.

Microsoft’s Partners in Learning to sponsor Innovative Teaching and Learning

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January 18, 2010

Recently, Microsoft Corp. made an announcement that its Partners in Learning program is sponsoring the Innovative Teaching and Learning (ITL) Research project. SRI International is leading the research and will broadly investigate the effects that Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has in transforming teaching and learning at the school and education system level. US $1 million will be invested each year by Microsoft in the multiyear longitudinal study in partnership with the governments of Finland, Indonesia, Russia and Senegal.

The main objective of this research is to assess teachers' adoption of innovative classroom teaching practices and the degree to which those practices provide students with personalized learning experiences that promote the skills they will need to work in the 21st century. The research is being guided by outside advisors from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), UNESCO, the World Bank, the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and other organizations. This will complement the Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills (ACT21S) research that Microsoft announced on Monday, which focuses primarily on identifying those 21st century skills, and developing ways to measure them by providing new methods of assessing students.

Net supports college students during exams

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January 18, 2010

In the old days, college students might turn to classmates for help during all-night cram sessions before final exams. Now their study buddies are just as likely to be commercial websites with step-by-step solutions to textbook problems, copies of previous exams, reams of lecture notes, summaries of literary classics, and real-time help with physics, math and computer science problems. 'It's a backup,' said Chris O'Connor, a pre-med student at Columbia University who relies on the website Cramster to unravel mysteries of complex math and science problems. 'Many professors who return homework won't tell you how you got it wrong. This way you can complete the feedback process.' But as companies with playful names like Cramster, Course Hero, Koofers and SparkNotes are transforming the way undergraduates like O'Connor study, some professors and ethicists are questioning whether such websites encourage cheating and undermine the mental sweat equity of day-to-day learning by seducing students with ready-made solutions and essays.

On Course Hero, for example, students can type in a college name and course number to unearth the previous semester's particle physics final exam. They can find examples of research papers on, say, the causes of World War I. For homework, Cramster supplies step-by-step solutions to problems in more than 200 college-level math and science textbooks. Course Hero offers three million student-submitted items from 400,000 courses at more than 3,500 institutions, including lecture notes, study guides, presentations and research papers.

Cabinet approves of National Knowledge Network

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January 18, 2010

With use of high speed data communication network, the National Knowledge Commission (NKC) had recommended that all knowledge institutions were to be inter-connected for encouraging sharing of knowledge, specialized resources and collaborative research. This recommendation has recently received approval and the Cabinet committee has accorded approval for the establishment of a National Knowledge Network (NKN) to be implemented by the National Informatics Centre (NIC). The government's decision to set up such a NKN was announced in 2008-09. An initial amount of INR 100 crore was allocated to the department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and IT for the establishing the NKC.

A high-level committee was also set up to coordinate and monitor the establishment of the NKN. The NKN is expected to provide nation-wide ultra high-speed backbone/data-network highway. Various other networks in the country can take advantage of this ultra high-speed backbone, with national and international reach to create independent and closed user groups. Around 25 crore Point of Presence (PoPs) and 600 secondary PoPs are to be a part of the above mentioned network. Around 1500 institutions are to be connected through this initiative. The national network will catalyze knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer between stakeholders seamlessly – that too across the nation and globally.

Maghreb, Gulf to see workshop on ICT teacher training

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January 18, 2010

For holding a disucssion on the forthcoming teacher training workshop in information and communication technologies (ICT) for the Arab Maghreb and Gulf countries, Hatem Ben Salem Minister of Education met with the Director General of the Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf countries, in Tunis. The project is a part of the educational development of the Arab World that aims to empower teachers and enhance education skills, in order to master new educational processes and methods.

The discussion also supported the review of the ways that require implementation for further expansion of cooperation, training and coordination of the efforts in education sector, order to address the issue of quality regarding development of human resources. Ben Salem stressed the importance of national education systems in Arab countries in monitoring digital progress and in producing educational programs and digital educational contents. Ben Ali Abdelkhalek Al Karni stressed the importance of implementing a teacher training strategy in the production of digital educational contents.

A grade follows Reaccreditation at Tamil Nadu College

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January 18, 2010

Sadakkathullah Appa College, an autonomous institution at Palayamkottai received a replacing ‘A’ grade for the ‘B+’ grade earlier, from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).

The grade that has been receive was on December 31 granted after visit made to the college by Executive Committee, comprising of K.K. Deka, Vice-Chancellor of Dibrugarh University, Assam and Chairperson of the team, Bhagyashri A.

Shanbhag of Karnataka University, Dharwad and S.T. Gadade, Principal, Changu Kana ThakurCollege, New Panvel, Maharashtra, on last October 26 and 27. The grade will be valid for five years, i.e., till December 31, 2014.

Only two colleges – Sadakkathullah Appa College, Palayamkottai and G.R.D. College, Coimbatore, out of six have been re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade. Nihamathullah, Coordinator, Internal Quality Assurance Cell of the college mentioned that the college was marked on certain criterion including curricular aspects, teaching, learning and evaluation methods, research, consultancy & extension, etc.

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