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Transforming K-12 Learning Environment : Soumya Kanti Purkayastha, President ICT Educomp Solutions Ltd.

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How are you involved at the K-12 level in India? What learning environment does Educomp provide inside and outside the classroom?

Educomp Solutions Ltd was incorporated in 1994 and since then our focus continues to be on K-12 segment. We have created and own the largest content library for K-12 in India. The company participates in large-scale education infrastructure projects to bridge the digital divide and research into newer ways of reaching out to learners and educators.

For learning environment inside the classroom we have a solution called Smart Class. Here the teacher is empowered with resources that are fully teacher-centric, enabling her to deliver the classroom sessions effectively. In addition we have a range of ICT based solutions wherein Educomp runs and implements and maintains Computer Labs in the school for Computer Aided Learning. This makes the present teaching learning process joyful, interesting and easy to understand through audiovisual aids. Overall it helps in improving the quality of education in the long run.

Outside the classroom Educomp offers a range of online solutions which help the students get support after school hours. Some of our leading products in this range are a maths help portal called mathguru.com as well as several other Internet based virtual school solutions / portals which are custom built for specific segments / clients.

Educomp signs agreements with State Governments to install and run computer classes in public schools on a BOOT basis. Who are the States consented to this arrangement? For the next 2 years, what is Educomp

NIIT, NComputing team up for low-cost education in schools

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IT training and global talent development company NIIT has entered into an alliance with US-based NComputing Inc, a provider of virtual PC solutions, to enable schools across India to offer affordable computer education to students.

NIIT, which offers computer and computer-aided education to 1.5 million students in over 5,000 schools, would bring its expertise and reach in schools while NComputing would offer its technology. The NComputing solution is based on the principle that today's PCs are so powerful that majority of applications only use a small fraction of the computing capacity. NComputing's technology taps this unused capacity so that it can be simultaneously shared by multiple users thus connecting them to the main terminal to simultaneously work on different applications such as word processing, Internet browsing, e-mail and spreadsheets among others. The new partnership aims to promote NComputing's shared computing solution from the Kindergarten to 12th standard education system.

India to invest INR 2000 crores on Science education

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In an effort to raise the standard of Science education in the country, the Indian Government is planning to implement a number of schemes at an estimated cost INR 2,000 crores over the next five years.

The proposals which have been recommended by the Oversight Committee for Higher Education will be placed before the Planning Commission. The committee has recommended starting a scholarship scheme for students pursuing B.Sc and M.Sc courses. As a part of the scheme, each of the 10,000 selected students will get Rs.1 lakh per annum as scholarship fee. The Ministry of Science and Technology also plans to setup the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology to create quality human resources for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Within ISRO, the Government will provide training on management and leadership to scientists and engineers. The Government is also planning to launch a scheme – Innovations in Science Pursuits for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) which will provide financial aid to approximately 10 lakh young innovators in schools.

Bharti Foundation school plans new courses

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India based Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology and Management, a joint initiative of Bharti Foundation and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, is all set to launch a host of new programmes like internship, distance-learning, executive and post-doctoral programmes.

Started in 2000, the school has already instituted 10 seats for PhD in Telecom Systems Management and a Master of science (MS) research programme in Telecom Technology and Management. Most of these are likely to commence by the next academic session. The distance-learning will involve lectures delivered in a tele-studio in Bharti School and broadcast using Internet protocol (IP) or very small aperture terminal (VSAT) technology to classrooms outside IIT-Delhi. Presently, the entry into all programmes of the school, namely Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Technology (MTech.) and others is done as per IIT's regular admission procedures. The entry into M. Tech program is on the basis of Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) scores and interview. The admission to the MBA programme is on the basis of the Joint Management Entrance Test (JMET), followed by an interview. The entry into MS- Research and PhD programmes is on the basis of marks and interview. The school is in the process of working out the modalities of entrance examination for all the new programmes.

India allocates 6 per cent of GDP to the education sector

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The government of India has allocated 6 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to the education sector in the 11th Five-Year plan (2007-2012).

The Planning Commission says GDP allocation to education will increase from its from current 3.5 per cent to 5 per cent by the end of the 11th Plan. Around 19.7 per cent of the total plan resources would be set aside for education, according to the sources in the Commission. The Plan outlay for the education sector as a whole will thus be over Rs 2,20,000 crore

eSquareworld Academia partners with HughesNet Global Education

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eSquareworld Academia, part of eSquareworld, Dubai-Knowledge Village based education provider and HughesNet Global Education, a division of Hughes Communications India – a leading provider of broadband satellite networks and services – have announced to join hands to set up the first Interactive Onsite Learning centre at Dubai Knowledge Village.

The centre is operational from 1 November 2007 and will initially offer courses from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC). The courses currently being offered from IIM Calcutta are the Executive Programme on Leadership for Young Managers and the Executive Programme in Sales and Marketing. Designed by management experts and acclaimed by the industry, these courses have been thoughtfully designed with structured online modules ensuring flexibility for the students and cutting-edge curriculum and certifications from some of the best institutes in India. The students will be able to interact with the instructor in real time using a high end multimedia personal computer that is used at all the HughesNet Global Education centres. Subsequently the Dubai centre will also offer the courses from the other institutes of India like Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode; XLRI, Jamshedpur; Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi; Indian Institute of Foreign Trade; and Mudra Institute of Communication (MICA), Ahmedabad.

National mission to make India global nano hub

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Indian government is starting a five-year national mission to make the country a global hub for nanoscience and nanotechnology, leveraging the low-cost advantage and its vast talent pool.

Spearheaded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the mission aims to create nano clusters in the country to conduct research in the sunrise sector and develop applications using nano materials that will have a bearing on diverse industrial sectors as well as commoners. With an investment of Rs.10 billion ($254 million), the nano science and technology mission (NSTM) will create an ecosystem to make India a global hub for research and development (R&D) in nanoscience and nanotechnology. To start the mission, the DST will set up three nano institutes in Bangalore, Kolkata and Mohali near Chandigarh, with Rs.1 billion for each of them. Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCSAR) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore will be partnering for the first institute, to be located on the outskirts of this IT hub. Similarly, the other two institutes will be set up in collaboration with the proposed five Indian Institute of Science and Technology (NIIS&T) by the human resources development (HRD) ministry and the National Institutes of Technology (NITs). The upcoming institutes will offer courses for science and engineering graduates to pursue post-graduate education in nanoscience and nanotechnology. In all, about 50-60 science and technology institutions, including IITs and NITs will be involved in building nano clusters across the country to create the ecosystem for undertaking extensive research in nanoscience and applied nanotechnology to develop applications for industrial products, agriculture, healthcare and safe drinking water.

St. Kitts/Nevis to receive $9M from EU for ICT

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The European Commission has approved a $9.35 million (2.6M euro) financing agreement for an information and communication project aimed at improving education, diversification and competitiveness in St. Kitts/Nevis.

The project is designed to foster the development of a vibrant and sustainable information technology sector in the country through an increased adoption of ICTs by strategic sectors; a developed ICT service industry; the empowerment of social groups, communities and individuals and support for an ICT-driven public sector reform. Some of the results of the intervention include the establishment of an information society, mainstreaming of ICTs at all levels and sectors of the society and economy and the development of an ICT industry and ICT-enabled service sectors.

Philippines initiates project for public high schools

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The Commission on Information and Communication Technology (CICT), Philippines has initiated the iSchools Project to support the effort of the government and the Department of Education (DepEd) in integrating information and communication technology (ICT) education in public high schools.

The project focuses on strengthening classroom learning and instruction by expanding access to various sources of information. The components of the project include to conduct trainers' training to ensure quality during the educators' training implementation phase; the stakeholders' mobilization and project briefing; the provision of an Internet laboratory; conduct educators' training; content development; monitoring and evaluation; applications development; the computer maintenance, trouble shooting and recycling; capacity-building program for DepEd ICT coordinators; educators' congress; and the project close-out activities. The content development includes the initiation of training on web development among teachers and selected senior students that will enable them to create local educational content.


Education via Edusat becomes interactive in India

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All educational institutions in India having Satellite Interactive Terminals (SITs) or Receive Only Terminals (ROTs) can now receive educational programmes from EDUSAT, the first Indian satellite built exclusively for serving the educational sector.

Curriculum-based education is being imparted via the satellite by the University Grants Commission (UGC) through the Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC). The institutions can also interact and ask questions through audio-video conferencing or text mode or through telephone. All states and Union territories had earlier committed to sign memorandums of understanding with the ISRO and the Human Resource Development within the next two months. Only 14 states and union territories are so far using the satellite. EDUSAT has several new technologies. It carries five Ku-band transponders providing spot beams, one Ku-band transponder providing a national beam and six Extended C-band transponders with national coverage beam. It will join the INSAT system that already has more than 130 transponders in C-band, Extended C-band and Ku-band providing a variety of telecommunication and television services. The infrastructure of EDUSAT is being utilized by Indira Gandhi National Open University -(IGNOU) for curriculum-based education, teachers' training, professional educational courses and for conducting teleconferencing sessions for software content generation. National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) also conducts inter-active orientation/training programmes of teachers and teachers' educators. The Department of Science and Technology (DST) utilizes EDUSAT network for group discussion, lectures, demonstrations, video-shows, training and capacity building programmes.

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