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Harbinger in global top 20 learning process providers list

    Harbinger, a Pune-based e-Learning company in India finds its name in the top-20 list of specialised learning process providers, brought out by TrainingOutsourcing.com, a leading analyst in business strategies for learning, based in the US. 

    Harbinger made it to this global list as a content development tools provider. Other international and Indian companies in this top 20 list include Hewlett Packard, Hewitt (admin services), Thomson Prometric (assessment and testing) and Adobe (content development tools), Tata Interactive Systems, Genpact, IBM Learning solutions and Convergys. The list rates companies recognised as leaders in supplying specific learning process services in support of comprehensive training outsourcing service providers. Harbinger is a provider of software products and services. The company also provides custom e-Learning design and development services to clients worldwide.

    Exams without books at Punjab

    Computer teachers at Ludhiana are yet to receive books from Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), even after months have passed since the academic session started in schools and with exams already being rolled-out. Furthermore, many of the 500 schools are yet to receive the entire complement of books. How teachers are managing to teach students or how the latter are making do without books is anyone's guess. Jasvir Singh, District Co-ordinator of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) mentioned that shortage took place due to lack of supply. Giving an instance he said that if in a school there are 70 students studying in a class then 60 have the books and 10 students are doing without them. He added that the problem is restricted not only with semester classes but with other classes also.

    SC intervention on noticing 6000 vacant teaching posts in Delhi Schools

    The Delhi Government was questioned about the 6000 vacant posts of teachers in its school in the capital on Wednesday. The Supreme Court came up with a warning for the Delhi Government that if the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) is incapable of performing its task then the responsibility should be entrusted to some other agency. An ultimatum of two weeks was given by a bench headed by Justice Dalveer Bhandari, to file an affidavit giving a schedule for filling up the vacancies.

    A PIL was filed by the Environment and Consumer Protection Foundation in 2004, which facilitated the instructions give by the court. The former highlighted the plight of government run-schools in the capital along with the lack of basic civic amenities like drinking water, toilets and buildings.

    Varsity Shut at Australia leaves 500 Indian students in lurchVarsity Shut at Australia leaves 500 Indian students in lurch

    On July 28, 2009, with sudden shut down of Sydney's Sterling College, hundreds of international students were left in the lurch. Now over six weeks later, over 500 Indian students among them still do not have a college to go to. That's despite assurance from the Australian Council of Private Education and Training (ACPET) of finding alternate private institutions for them within 28 days. Of the 500 odd Indian students, about 300 students of Community Welfare have recently received offer letters from other private institutes. Getting fresh admission isn't the only worry for Indian students in Australia. They have lost money as well. Sterling College had increased its fees by 40% four months before its closure. Ajay Unni from FISA, Sydney, maintains that the situation has gone from bad to worse.

    IT degrees to Africans by Amity University in India

    Amity, one of India's top universities, is to offer online IT degrees and diplomas to 100,000 students on the African continent over the next five years. At 53 learning centers in the 53 African Union (AU) countries under the Pan-African E-network project, 100,000 IT students will be trained. The Pan-African e-Network project is a joint initiative of the government of India and the AU and is funded by India at an estimated cost of US$116 million. The project has three components including tele-education, tele-medicine and diplomatic communications; has been coordinated by the ministries of ICT wherever it has been adopted. In Uganda, the tele-education component is hosted at Makerere University's Faculty of Computing and Information Technology.

    The faculty, a partner institution with Amity University, has invited applications for interested students. The courses that are on offer include a Bachelor of IT, a post-graduate diploma in IT and a diploma in IT. Amity University will provide virtual educational services through e-learning technology and video-conferencing facilities set up at Makerere University. Makerere University, in turn, will be providing support to universities in eastern Africa. Eligible students enrolled in various programs will be required to attend classes in the learning centers set up in each member country as part of the project. Learning centers would offer pre-defined lecture schedules available at a tele-education portal. Live and interactive lectures will be delivered by experienced faculty staff from the tele-education studio set up in India. A unique feature of the tele-education system in the project is the offline access to the lecture content.

    Govt to Overcome Imbalance in Educational Infrastructure

    The Board Chairman of GETFUND, Dr Kwabena Adjei has assured that the government would tackle the imbalances in the provision of infrastructure for schools in the country. He was speaking at the first congregation of the Jasikan College of Education at Jasikan. Dr Adjei, who is a past student of the college, expressed his disgust at the shoddy and poor jobs done on educational projects in the recent past. Elizabeth Amoah-Tetteh, the Deputy Minister of Education told that the government was determined to provide the necessary infrastructure, motivation and directional leadership to develop all colleges of education, as they constituted the bedrock of the nation's educational system. She said government would provide the colleges with ICT wares so that teacher trainees could acquire the skills to enable them teach ICT at the basic level.

    Richard Adjei, Chairman of the Governing Council regretted that though the college was established in 1952 it still did not have an auditorium and had not seen any renovation on its old buildings for years. He appealed to GETFUND to construct a library complex and an ICT centre for the college. Henry Ford Karmel, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources and also Member of Parliament (MP) for the area presented two sets of jerseys and footballs to the college.

    Maharashtra schools to get ICT support from Microsoft

    A Memorandum of Understanding was inked between State government and Microsoft India to enhance ICT adoption in schools and build the employability readiness skills of the future workforce. This was an extension of the previous agreement signed in 2007. According to the new agreement, the software giant will help the state government to enhance ICT adoption in schools and build the employability readiness skills of the future workforce in Maharashtra.

    Government of Maharashtra's Education Secretary, Sanjay Kumar, IAS, and Microsoft India's managing director Rajan Anandan signed the agreement today in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and Education Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil. The latest MoU is an extension of the previous agreement, under which Microsoft had setup three state-of-the-art IT academies in Pune, Nagpur and Aurangabad. Also, it trained over 92,000 teachers who in turn impacted over 46,00,000 students in the state. Microsoft, under the new education alliance, will further train about 6000 teachers, some 100,000 pre-service teachers and also add three new IT academies in next two years. The aim is to adopt ICT and bring in focus on employability and build capacity in the state. Microsoft will provide training to the teachers and pre-service teachers with the 10 day training module in a classroom setup and then each of the trained resources can then further build ICT readiness among others educators in the cluster. The company will conduct over 200 sessions at the district level for offering training to 6000 resources. In terms of building employability readiness amongst class 11 and 12 students, Microsoft will initiate two key programs such as Live@Edu initiative and DreamSpark. Moreover, under the Microsoft's Live@Edu initiative, the company will provide students and teachers with email IDs as per school specific domains across some 85,000 schools in the state and aims to create an online community.

    Teachers training by INTEL

    A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Meghalaya government and Intel, a global leader in information technology, to provide computer training to teachers in selected government schools. The agreement was made on Tuesday evening at an educational seminar as part of the government's initiative to extend the benefits of technology to education in the Northeast. On the occasion, the Intel announced the launch of its 'World Ahead Program', the first in the Northeast, in the presence of commissioner and secretary, education, L. Roy, North East Council member P.P. Shrivastav and president, Intel India, Praveen Vishakantaiah.

    The programme underlines the advantages of organised ICT (information and communication technologies) adoption by providing access to personal computers, enabling broadband Internet connectivity, educating teachers and students on the application of technology in day-to-day life, empowering citizens to employment and entrepreneurship opportunities and access to better healthcare. Speaking on the occasion, Roy said the partnership with Intel would strengthen the commitment to improve the ICT education scenario in Meghalaya. NEC member Shrivastav said that given the difficult terrain in the Northeast, technology would help the citizens of the region to be on a par with their counterparts worldwide.

    IDB and OLPC singed an agreement to promote ICT in education programmes

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    The Inter-American Development Bank announced that the bank has signed an agreement with One Laptop Per Child association (OLPC), which will facilitate to support the development and mainstreaming 1 to 1 computing in Latin American and the < ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Caribbean schools.

     

    According to this agreement, both parties will contribute for the development of the Latin America and the Caribbean through the installment of individual computer devices.  Both companies will contribute for regional and national policy dialogue, aimed for adopting computers in education, technical assistance, design and support for evaluation activities, content development tailor-made to the 1 to 1 learning environment, design of effective strategies to integrate individual computer devices in the daily lives of children, both at home and in school and design of effective approaches to supporting schools and teachers implementing 1 to 1 computing programs.OLPC is a non-profit corporation, aim to design, manufacture and distribute inexpensive network. While IDB is the oldest and largest bank and aimed to promote social and economic development in both the countries. 

    Launch of BizSparkCamp 2010 by Microsoft and Enterprise Ireland

    A free day-long conference that is to feature tech entrepreneur Brian Caulfield and a PitchSlam event that will provide the opportunity to be identified as one of the world's most promising technology start-ups, is being held by Microsoft and Enterprise Ireland. The day-long conference will run on Monday, 8 March, at the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in Dublin's city centre. Microsoft Ireland is providing support for BizSpark companies interested in accessing local and EU grants, through the new BizSpark EUGA program, to enable a facilitated application process to make applying for these funds easier.

    Grants covered by EUGA include ICT infrastructure, training, R&D and recruitment. Nicky Martin from Affect Networks is to cover how Microsoft Ireland can help you access these grants. Mike Sigal from early stage analyst firm Guidewire Group will be giving an overview of the Guidewire Group's G/Score Assessment Methodology, an analytical tool to help you understand your competitive strength and market position. Additionally, speakers from Enterprise Ireland and other BizSpark Network Partners are to provide more advice for getting access to capital and new markets.

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