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IGNOU the Worlds Largest University says UNESCO

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UNESCO, recently, mentioned in a posting on its website that the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is the world's largest university with its student base extending to three million. Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director mentioned that enrollments of around three million students and the best use of ICT are accomplishments known world wide. The website also mentioned that with the launch of 'EduSat (a satellite dedicated to education) in 2004, and the establishment of the Inter-University Consortium, IGNOU has ushered in a new era of technology-enabled education.'

It added that IGNOU includes 21 schools of study, 59 regional centres, 2,300 learner support centres and some 52 overseas centres, the university offers certificate, diploma, degree and doctoral programmes, comprising around 1,500 courses. Fruthermore it was described on the website that the staff in IGNOU consisted of 380 faculty members and academic staff in headquarters and regional centres while some 36,000 counsellors from conventional institutions of higher learning and professionals from different spheres.

Class VI onwards students to move on IT track

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Soon, students will be on the IT track from middle school level itself. With a view to improve computer aided learning in schools and to enable students to make use of available resources, the school education department has introduced an information and communication technology component in the curriculum for middle and high school students.

Students of Classes VI to X will undergo two periods of ICT learning in a week. The content and syllabus has already been developed and the headmasters of various schools have been trained. Teachers who know computer basics too are being trained by resource persons from Microsoft. The district educational officers have tied up with engineering colleges in their respective districts to get headmasters and teachers of government schools trained in the new subject. Meanwhile the department has approved the upgradation of 100 government middle schools to high schools and another 100 high schools to higher secondary schools. Admissions will continue to take place till September in order to accommodate students whose parents have undergone job transfers.

TOEFL India Scholar Programme

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The upcoming deadline for the TOEFL

USD239.390 million to South Asian University by India

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The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved payment of India's contribution of US $ 239.930 million to the South Asian University, which is around 79 % of the total cost of the full establishment of the University until 2014. 'As part of India's asymmetric commitment to SAARC, India is ready to disburse the first tranche of its financial commitment of US $9.464 million to ensure that the University is operational in July-August 2010,' said the Cabinet. The University will be the first international University to be hosted by India. The objectives of the University are to disseminate and advance knowledge, wisdom and understanding by providing instructional and research facilities in such branches of learning as it may deem fit. The South Asian University shall be a non-state, non-profit self governing international educational institution with a regional focus for the purposes set forth in this Agreement and shall have full academic freedom for the attainment of its objectives. The jurisdiction of the University shall extend to whole of India and to campuses and centres established outside India in the SAARC region. 100 acres of land next to Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is being acquired by the Ministry of External Affairs from DDA for leasing to the University. At the Thirteenth SAARC Summit held in Dhaka, in November 2005, Prime Minister proposed the establishment of a South Asian University to provide world-class facilities and professional faculty to students and researchers from SAARC member countries. The Inter-governmental Agreement for the Establishment of the South Asian University was signed at the 14th SAARC Summit (April 3-4, 2007). The SAARC Member States also decided that the University would be established in India.

MTN Ghana partners with UNDP for ICT centres

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The MTN Ghana Foundation, a subsidiary and management structure of Multi-Telecommunication Network, which drives all MTN's social responsibility initiatives, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is to set up ten ICT Learning Centres across the country. The MTN ICT Learning Centres project was funded at the cost of US$669,350.00 with a commitment of US$70,000 by the UNDP. Malcom Frazier Appeadu, Co-ordinator of the MTN Ghana Foundation, who disclosed this at a day's proposal writing workshop, organized by the Foundation for 50 stakeholders in Kumasi last week Thursday said that the Foundation focuses on health and education projects to improve the quality of life of Ghanaians and that a centre would be sited in a district in each of the ten regions.

In Ashanti the ICT Centre is located at Nyinahin, the capital of the Atwima Mponua district while that of Brong Ahafo is situated at Techimantia in the Tano South district. He said the Foundation has expended US$569,157.00 on the Refurbishment of the second floor Labour ward of the Korle Bu Maternity block. Other interventions by the Foundation include a US$90,000 construction of an Intensive Care Unit of the Princess Marie Louis Hospital and a US$70,000 teaching and Learning Aid project for the Academy for Education Development. Appeadu explained that the workshop was intended to equip participants with techniques in proposal writing to enable the Foundation to support communities, institutions and other groups implementing projects. He disclosed that about 1,000 students have benefited from a scholarship scheme initiated by the MTN since 2000 to assist brilliant but needy students. According to him about 298 students, 70% of whom are at the tertiary institutions are currently enjoying the scheme. Appeadu said the Foundation had worked with the Ghana Education Service (GES) to sponsor the National Best Teachers' awards for the last two years.

Pan-African eLearning Network to convene in Senegal in 2009

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eLearning Africa 2009 cooperates with Senegalese State IT Agency in the organisation of the 2009 event in Dakar. eLearning Africa continues to expand its network over the Continent. For the organisation of the conference 2009 in Senegal, eLearning Africa is cooperating with the Senegalese state IT agency ADIE (Agence de l'Informatique de l'Etat). The fourth event in the series of pan-African conferences on ICT for Development, Education and Training will take place from May 27 – 29 in the Hotel Le M

Sikkim Manipal University directorate of distance education Announces admissions

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SMU-DE, one of the largest providers of Distance Education in India, has announced the opening of admissions to their February 2010 session. Applications to various courses are available at over 710+ SMU-DE Learning Centres covering 310 cities across India. For details, log on to www.smude.edu.in The University offers Post Graduate, Graduate, Post Graduate Diploma and Diploma programs across 10 disciplines. The disciplines include Allied Health, IT, Mass Communication, Biotechnology, Apparel & Fashion Design, Hospitality, Telecom Technology, Commerce, Management and Journalism . In addition, SMU-DE has recently launched new and advanced specializations in Total Quality Management, Operations Management and Project Management for its MBA program. Aspirants enrolling for the February session (and onwards) will also stand to gain through the newly launched next generation learning system 'EduNxt' accessible via internet.

EduNxt with its flexibility, convenience and accessibility offers a first of its kind learning environment in India. EduNxt enables includes small group mentoring, virtual classrooms, simulation and other interactive content, self-study content, recorded presentations and shared browsing. EduNxt empowers students with anywhere, anytime access. Students will now experience a 'portable campus', 'carry along mentors' and will have access to over one million online books and journals

NBT Director says Internet is a knowledge tool but not a replacement for books

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Promoting the concept of book reading, Nuzhat Hassan, Director, National Book Trust, mentioned her desire for biennial New Delhi World Book Fair to become a self sustaining project so that the system of giving a portion of the subsidies to publishers can be done away with. At the 19th New Delhi World Book Fair, she described that subsidies were being given to Hindi and the regional language publishers to enable them to open their stalls and stands at half the rates.

Emphasising upon the fact that book reading habit amongst the grown-ups and children hasn't decreased, the NBT Director told that to no doubt Internet is a knowledge tool but it is certainly not a replacement of books. Additionally, she mentioned that National Council for Applied Economic Research was soon to conduct a national readership survey commissioned by NBT. The book fair has grown by leaps and bounds and is now on the international calendar, she added.

INR 2000 increase for Higher Education

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Government has proposed to hike the overall plan budget for higher education for the next fiscal by INR 2,000 crore. This was announced by the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee while presenting the Budget in Parliament. Taking forward the government's intent of having one Central university in each of the uncovered state, an amount of INR 827 crore has been allocated in the Budget for the purpose. IITs and NITs have been allocated INR 2,113 crore which includes a provision of INR 450 crore for new institutes. Eight new Indian Institutes of Technology have been approved, six of which, namely, IITs at Hyderabad, Bhubaneshwar, Gandhinagar, Patna and IITs for Rajasthan and Punjab have commenced their academic sessions from the year 2008-09. Remaining two IITs at Indore (Madhya Pradesh) and Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) are likely to commence the academic programmes from 2009-2010.


Computer course for lecturers in India

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A computer literacy course for college teachers and e-learning centre of some institution was launched at the Oinam Ibohal Polytechnic, Imphal in India . The course is being sponsored by the directorate of university and higher education, government of Manipur.

Altogether 20 teachers representing different colleges are taking part in the course.

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