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5 Singaporean schools will roll out virtual education

Five schools of Singapore will roll out virtual education programme in their campus. Students at the five schools will integrate infocomm technology into their curriculum across all levels.

Schools, including Jurong Secondary, Hwa Chong Institution, Canberra Primary and Crescent Girls' and the new Beacon Primary School will provide the educational programme. This ambitious programme comes under the ICT initiatives, already taken by some schools. The Ministry of Education (MOE) is intending to expand the programme for up to 15 schools under its FutureSchools@Singapore initiative.

Google to digitalise 800,00 books of Mysore, India

Google is planning to digitise around 800,00 books and manuscripts, which are available at the Mysore University, India.

Mysore University has around 100,000 manuscripts, including the 'Arthasastra'. The literature would be digitalised either in Sanskrit or Kannada. The main purpose of the digitalisation is to get free links to these materials. Google will also provide expertise, software, and manpower for the digitisation work. The University will patent the digitised versions of manuscripts depending on exclusivity. Google will also digitise manuscripts as well as 700,000 other books free-of-cost.

Telemedicine course for doctors

MGR Medical University of Tamil Nadu, India is planning to provide a one-month telemedicine certificate course for doctors.

The MGR Medical University will provide the course in association with the Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation (ATNF). This would be the first course in telemedicine, which would be introduced by an Asian University. The University is also planning to start a two year course in telemedicine which could be a diploma or a graduate course.

 

Computer training for madarsa students

Children from under-privileged and minority groups will now also get computer training in India.

The department ofInformation Technology of India has planned to provide computer training to socially-deprived children. The Chandigarh Administration has taken this initiative under its IT reach out program (CITROP). The scheme would be launched under the “IT for Society” administration' to provide computer skills to underprivileged children. The administration in association with United Progressive Muslim Front has started a basic computer programme and soft skills programme for students of Madrasa, Manimajra.

Colombo University starts m-Learning initiatives

Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel has partnered with the University of Colombo to introduce an innovative concept, 'm-Learning', in the university.

The University of Colombo will design and compile the curriculum. Initially the course offered through “M-learning” will be the “Executive Diploma in Marketing” (EDM). Currently, the Faculty of Graduate Studies of the University of Colombo will offer the programme for students with only AL qualifications. The Executive Diploma in Marketing (EDM) will provide students with an intermediate level of knowledge to be applied in the marketing field.

EDUSAT educational programme launched in Haryana, India

 The Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh has launched the EDUSAT satellite based educational programmes in Haryana, India.

While launching the EDUSA programme in Haryana, he said that the government was concerned about the poor functioning of government schools especially in rural areas. EDUSAT programme would be an important tool for improving science education in schools. The government has invested crores of rupees in good quality hardware. EDUSAT can also be used for a variety of purposes by district authorities, like teleconferencing, data transmission and so on. He hoped that EDUSAT programme will be used for promoting rural development.

Intel: Four keys needed to make Malaysia a digital nation

    Intel Corporation suggested that the Malaysian Government needs to address the four key areas of connectivity, accessibility, education and content to become a digital nation.

    Prasad L. Rampalli, Vice President and general manager of Intel said that the government needs to make connectivity and accessibility affordable and easily available to drive higher PC penetration, in the goals of its Ninth Malaysia Plan. WiMax spectrum will help to push high penetration PC and broadband. The Government also needs to expand the e-Government initiative and continue with its efforts to bridge the digital divide by increasing the number of telecentres across the country. Intel has many initiatives with the Malaysian Government and one of them is the 1:1 eLearning on Classmate PC with the Education Ministry to set up a 1:1 learning environment. 

    Indian Govt. to launch National Mission for education via ICT

    The Human Resource Ministry of India has proposed a National Mission for Education through ICT. Under this mission, all higher learning institutes would be networked through broadband connectivity.

    The HRD Ministry is planning to develop e-Content which would be available through the medium of Edusat, Internet and cable TV networks. The Ministry is also planning to approach the World Bank to fund this programme.

    All Indian Institutes of Technology, and the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore have jointly developed 225 video and web based courses under the  NPTEL. These would be available for use by engineering colleges of the country.

    BITs brings 14000 books at the click of the mouse

    The Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) of India has brought around 14000 books to students, research scholars and teachers at the click of a mouse.

    BITS has tied up with 24×7 Learning, a leading e-Learning company in country to design books24x7.com, which brings an array of business, technology, finance and engineering books. Students can directly pick up books from the e-Shelves of 290 publishers, including press, IBM Redbooks, McGraw-Hill, Microsoft Press, MIT Press, Osborne Harvard Business School Press and Oxford University. The wide range in the reference section of the cyber library covers ITPro, BusinessPro, ExecSummaries, FinancePro, OfficeEssentials and EngineeringPro in a searchable format, catering to technology professionals, corporate professionals, businessmen, financial professionals, desktop users and engineers respectively.

    Microsoft partners with Kenya Govt. to provide computer skills

    Microsoft has partnered with the Kenya Government to provide computer technology to teachers, students and digital villages.

    The project is aimed to enhance learning opportunities and also intended to provide computer skillsto Kenyans of all ages. Microsoft will offer e-learning software to aid teachers and students access IT faster and efficiently, stressing on the need for a strong Government-private sector partnership for sustainable growth of IT. The programme will contribute to the realisation of the National ICT Policy, to boost digital literacy and adoption of affordable IT tools in urban and rural populations.

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