The Ministry of Education, Science and Sports has handed approximately 380 ICT equipment to all 38 Teacher training colleges at the ceremony organised at the < ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />
According to the Deputy Minister for Education, Science and Sports, Angelina Baiden-Amissah praised President J A Kufuor for giving approval for the use of
Technologies, Inc. announced about one-day Affordable Community Computing Workshop to be held at the
The Institute for Information Industry, the APEC Digital Opportunity Center and the Philippines Commission on Information and Communications Technology, the VIA pc-1 workshop would be hands-on seminar for representatives from NGOs, universities and the government in building and operating affordable computers based on the VIA pc1000 mainboard and Puppy Linux. The workshop systems would be exhibited at the
The Education Ministry through the Smart Education Partnership (SEP) will conduct the 2006 National Teachers Convention on ICT with the collaboration of TIME Engineering Berhad, Microsoft (M) Sdn Bhd, Intel Electronics (M) Sdn Bhd and Prestariang Technology Sdn Bhd. < ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
The three-day convention will conduct at the Putra World Trade Centre, entitled 'From Teacher to Teacher: Towards An ICT Culture in Education” on 30 November. The aim of the conference is to promote ICT initiatives to the teachers and enhance the participation of the ministry's partners in efforts to develop the use of ICT in education. Through the seminar, about 500 teachers from 50 schools nationwide will be exposed to the technology and the new methods in teaching and learning. The convention would be divided into a seminar entitled “Sharing Best Practices” and an exhibition entitled “Transforming Education Through Technology”. It is expected that the convention will help teachers for implementing ICT as a part of the education culture.
The Secretary of Department of Education (DepEd) of Philippines, Jesli Lapus reiterated the urgency of ICT in basic education in his keynote speech during the First National Philippine Education Roadmap Conference (PERC) at the Hotel Philippine Plaza in Pasay City.
The PERC is aligned with DepEd's efforts to build an ICT-enabled educational system. It will produce a skilled student-body and power economic development for the Philippines. The conference was jointly organised by the Philippine Computer Society (PCS), Philippine Society of IT Educators (PSITE), Philippine State Universities and Colleges Computer Education and Systems Society (PSUCCESS), and Pasay-Makati Educators and Administrators of Skills Training Association (PAMEASTA) and supported by Microsoft Phils. The conference identified challenges faced by various education sectors, enabled participating groups to share best practices in technology integration and highlighted the importance of technology in furthering education. Other speakers in the conference were Technical Education and Skills Development Authority-Sectoral TVET deputy director general Milagros Dawa-Hernandez, PSUCCESS president Dr. Ofelia Carague, Microsoft Phils. Corporate Affairs director Mark Yambot, Microsoft Phils. Asia Pacific-CATM Enterprise Technology strategist John Phillips and Microsoft Phils. Academic Program manager Michelle Casio.
The regional centre of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in Kochi (India) has proposed a State-level computer literacy programme in Kerala.
The programme is proposed for 50 senior secondary schools. In first phase, the project will be implemented in five districts and the schools identified for the project will act as admission-cum-information centres of the university. IGNOU has already started negotiations with the State Government of Kerala for providing MCA programme to high school teachers who are engaged as resource persons in IT@School project. These and other proposals came up for discussion during the visit of IGNOU Vice-Chancellor V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai on November 19, 2006. Prof. Pillai stated that the regional centres would offer new IT courses for students and a detailed study of the requirements in IT sector would be made before launching the programme. The regional centre would set up placement centres, these will help the candidates to secure a job before passing out of the university.
The State Minister for Human Resource Development, D. Purandeswari has suggested that other countries can learn from
The Minster has also elaborated on the innovative resource mobilisation of Indian Government for achieving the aim of EFA, while referring to the educational programmes and the Prarambhik Siksha Kosh. The Minister also spoke about the special intervention, regarding the Indian girls in terms of free uniform, text books and special schools. According to her, the Global Monitoring Report (GMR) 2007 claims that Indian children below were involved in the armed conflict.
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The ICT state minister Alintuma Nsambu announced this plan at the Media Node ICT journalists' workshop. According to him, these laboratories would encourage ICT programmes. About 54 schools were already equipped with computer laboratories. It is expected the scheme will take place by next year.
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Currently he is re-writing the country's national ICT strategic plan, which can be used to enhance
In Rivers State, the government has flagged-off the training of 500 junior and senior secondary school teachers across the state on ICT skill.
The four-day intensive computer training/workshop opened on November 21, 2006, at the NIIT Quality Computer Education Centre, Kaduna Street in Port Harcourt. The State Commissioner of Education, Dr Ngozi Odu said that the decision to hold the workshop was informed by the central role computer studies play in the education system. She explained that two teachers each were selected among the 245 schools in the state, while 20 teachers were selected from private schools within Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor local government areas.
Prof BL Sharma has been appointed as the new VC of Rajasthan University. He was previously the Vice Chancellor for Gujarat's Bhavnagar University. He was appointed by acting Rajasthan Governor Shivraj Patil. Prof Sharma is to hold this position for three years. Prof Sharma, 55, who was earlier head of Human Rights Law Department in Law Faculty of Saurashtra University, Rajkot, has been the Bhavnagar University Vice-Chancellor since July last year. With a teaching experience spanning 27 years, he has been associated with several committees of the University Grants Commission.
