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ICT policy by AP Government to be introduced Soon

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Work is being done by the Andhra Pradesh government on a new information, communication and technology (ICT) policy to promote IT and allied industries. The existing policy expires on March 31. Inputs have been gathered from the industry already and the draft document regarding the same will be prepared in consensus with the finance department. This would be done to link the incentives for the industry and is to be circulated later amongst the stakeholders for final discussions.

It has also stressed on promoting animation and software products from big and small companies. Software exports from the state are now pegged at INR 32,000 crore and expected to touch INR 1 lakh crore in the next five years. According to Ramesh Loganathan, managing director of Progress Software, the growth in the coming years would be from Tier-II and Tier-III cities. This would help universities to have a greater say in training students and to aid the industry to work together with them for setting up and promoting incubation centres to nurture new ideas and foster entrepreneurship.

NComputing Honored for Empowering 1.8 Million Andhra Pradesh Students with Low-Cost Computing Access

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NComputing, the world's leading provider of ultra low-cost computing, announced that its massive educational computing project in Andhra Pradesh has been awarded the 'Initiative of the Year' at eINDIA 2009

New challenges under discussion at schools

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The radical changes being proposed in the education system by the Centre pose a big challenge and we must carefully weigh the pros and cons, said minister, school education, Partha De at a seminar organised by the Association of Anglo-Indian Teachers in West Bengal (ATAIS) at the GD Shaw Hall in Buntain Education Centre of Assembly of God Church School on Wednesday. De was speaking on the topic Challenges in teaching today'. Other speakers included Sushmita Bhattacharya, councillor, Kolkata, Anwar Premi, honorary general secretary, Sir Syed Group of Schools and Barry O'Brien, Anglo Indian MLA. O'Brien spoke on the various challenges that busy parents face while ensuring good education for their children. He also elaborated on the importance of good education in society.

Sushmita Bhattacharya said that the professional atmosphere amongst teachers must be amiable. It is important to have a happy staffroom' the hub and centre of the school she said. Anwar Premi said education should not be treated as a money-making business. Professor Suman Mukherjee, director, J D Birla College moderated the lively seminar which was followed by the 51st annual general meeting of ATAIS. Principals, headmasters, teachers and staff of around 42 Anglo-Indian schools attended the programme.

Enrichment of Tamil Nadu’s Coastal regions through ICT

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Any technology or device has its own plus and minus aspects. However its efficacy depends on how much of its plus points we could turn to our advantage. That means it is for us to make the technology to serve us, not the other way round. This is just what Pondicherry Multipurpose Social Service Society (PMSSS), an NGO, has done quite successfully. The society has virtually turned the tides in favour of the fishing community in Pondicherry and districts of Cuddalore and Villupuram in Tamil Nadu, by making best use of Information & Communication Technologies to reshape the daily life of fishing folk. It all started with the setting up of a main information hub, supported by ISRO, at the headquarters of the society at Pondicherry. The hub relays information to Village Information Centres (VICs) located in the villages. The identified villages are nine in Pondicherry, eight and three in Cuddalore and Karaikal respectively. The villagers in these 20 coastal hamlets are being provided information and knowledge that enrich their day-to-day life. Besides routine information, alert messages are flashed in case there is a possibility of imminent disaster. It was a pioneering effort by PMSSS to take technology to people in the area that bore the brunt of tsunami five years ago.

The setup is designed to make announcements through Public Address(PA) system thrice a day on weather, wave heights, wind speed, potential areas where fish could be found and the daily market price of fish. This information is also displayed on boards in each of these villages. However the reach of PA system is limited to one kilometer. This limitation too was overcome by the never-dying spirit of those at the helm of PMSSS. The society tied up with the Pondicherry station of All India Radio to air 'Pudhu Yugam Padaipom” (Let us strive for a new dawn), a programme targeting the fishing folk. This communication mode was thought of on the request of fishermen to know the weather conditions while in deep sea. The Hyderabad-based Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, and the Chennai-based Indian Meteorological Department provide information on weather forecast and wave height. A digital display system has been set up at PMSSS' Headquarters in Puducherry with the help of ISRO that provides all details relating to ocean, to the fisher folk. This NGO has also deployed its own Wave Rider Buoy at Bay of Bengal, Chinnaveerampattinam, Puducherry in 2007 to measure the wave height, for the safety of the fishermen of these villages.

Axiom Education is now Mexus Education

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Axiom Education Private Limited, an education innovations enterprise, today announced the transformation of its company name to Mexus Education Private Limited. Mexus Education under its flagship brand- IKEN delivers innovative and interactive learning tools. These learning tools facilitate collaborative learning and self-analysis, due to which students not just learn their lessons but begin to analyze why and how of things. Iken provides interesting features as such as Iken Books, Iken joy, Iken Library and Iken Pro. 'Iken Book' is India's first ever comic textbook-cum-workbook game, which enables learning through fun reading. All the curriculum subjects are explained as a story format in the guise of a comic, by which the students learn the concepts in an exciting way. Iken Joy is a wide range of educational toys designed to help children learn the fundamentals of Science by way of play. These toys are devised in such a way that the theoretical Scientific concepts are applied practically, thereby enhancing learning in a fun interactive manner. Iken Library is India's first and largest digitalized collection of subject and standard specific learning resources. Iken Library is mapped to NCERT guidelines and is useful for students of CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE, IB and State Boards. Iken Pro is an exclusive collection of short informative films ranging across a multitude of subjects and themes.

Offering a comprehensive view on different fields, Iken Pro is one-of its kind compilation of enlightening films which provide an in-depth study of various topics. Commenting on the development, Saurabh Saxena, Director, Mexus Education, said, 'The conversion is undertaken keeping in mind our strategic business plans. We believe that learning is most effective when it is personalized, entertaining, interactive and not merely forced. As innovators, we aim to bring new and exciting products and services in the education industry. With our new identity and distinctive strategy, we intend to extend our reach not only in the domestic markets but across the globe.' The company is in a process of launching over 200 'never-seen-before' innovative products and several institutional offerings that will completely change the way education is perceived. With immediate effect, all business transactions will be carried out under the name Mexus Education. There has however been no change in the company's management or ownership.

Teacher Training Portal for IGNOU

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In order to enrich teacher training programmes, which include diploma and certificate in primary education, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is developing a portal (depssa.ignou.ac.in/ wiki). The portal is expected to be launched soon. KR Srivathsan, Pro Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU, told that nned of streamlining the teaching methodology is the need of the hour. In addition, interactive and supportive approach for handling students in terms of self reflection is also a priority. The portal would be helpful for both the above as well as uploading multimedia publishing content to serve the purpose of teaching. Srivathsan states that while there is a profusion of online content in terms of teacher training, there is no portal that helps in structuring that content into effective training modules. The portal will also include an open course guide. He added that the aim of the portal is to make teaching efficient in accordance to the needs and aspirations of the teachers. He sums up that the portal will also be linked to the community radio stations and other local media platforms.

Digital Literacy grants for schools by British Computer Society

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With the start of the Autumn term, BCS (British Computer Society) is urging schools to claim Government money designed to help pupils benefit from the latest digital technologies. The beginning of the new academic year means a new raft of schools are now eligible for Harnessing Technology Grants, however, many schools who contact the BCS about enhancing education through digital technology are unsure how to go about claiming the money, told Peter Leavy, a strategic consultant at BCS responsible for its Digital Creator learning resource.

The grants are available for improving ICT infrastructure, such as upgrading a school's broadband connectivity, to systems that help improve classroom learning, such as whiteboards. It is also available for resources such as Digital Creator, which builds pupils' digital media skills (such as creating and sharing podcasts and digital video) and encourages them to use these across the curriculum. The online BCS digital media tool is suitable for pupils of primary and secondary school age, and leads to a qualification the equivalent of a GCSE Grade B.

Kapil Sibal Launches

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Shri Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resourced Development has recently launched 'Aakash', a low cost access cum computing device, in New Delhi.

 

This device was also distributed among 500 children on the occasion.  Speaking on the occasion the Minister underlined that Aakash will help in eliminating digital illiteracy.  For this he also emphasised the need for having high quality study content to be made accessible to students.  He also called for support and partnership from all so that the device could cost further less, while praising the team which had worked towards the creation and production of this device.

 

The development of this device has been done in India in a plant at Hyderabad. This unique device is meant for students across India. Using this device, and the connectivity also provided under this Mission, learners will be able to access all the thousands of items of content available on the Sakshat portal and other educational web-sites.

Reliance connects Rashtrapati Bhavan, US University

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Reliance Communication's telecom solution was chosen to connect Rashtrapati Bhavan of India and the University of California, during the recently held US – India summit in education, research and technology. < ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

 

Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, President of India, had given the keynote address of the summit organised by the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2). The President's address was beamed live from the Rashtrapati Bhavan to a larger audience in San Diego using 50 Mbps bandwidth through Reliance's Virtual Private Network (VPN) services. According to the company while the State-owned MTNL provided dark fibre connectivity into the Rashtrapati Bhawan, Reliance Communications provided fully redundant connectivity between New Delhi and Los Angeles, California.

Digital Technologies for poor-country schools through Open campaign in partnership with UN

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A partnership brought together Silicon Valley, UN agencies and the educational community to take measured aim at the digital divide in global education, avoiding the errors of early attempts to force-feed personal computers on schools ill-equipped to put them to use. The action plan was adopted today at a global forum on ICT (information and communication technologies) in education in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, an industrial and high-tech powerhouse in its own right. Among the objectives of the partnership are to train and certify one million teachers annually at the

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