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The government of Ghana is committed to the deployment of requisite tools and strategies to achieve the broad goal of every Ghanaian learner to be able to use ICTSs confidently and creatively by 2015 because of the present information society and the global knowledge economy.< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

To this end, the Government will equip students, teachers and educationists with the needed skills and knowledge necessary for this digital age by rolling out two key strategic plans on ICTs in educational institutions. Under the two key strategic plans to roll-out ICTs in educational institutions, a Ghana-schools and Communities Initiative or GeSCI supported in part by Global eSchools and Communities Initiative of the UN ICT Task Force and the NEPAD e-Schools Initiative of the African Union (AU) will be co-ordinated by the e-Africa Commission

WebEx partners Indiss to provide online technical training courses

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September 21, 2006

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WebEx Communications, a provider of online meeting applications in the world and India, has inked a partnership with Indicom Software and Services (Indiss), a Chennai-based e-Learning company, to provide Indian universities with online technical training courses.

A joint solution, based on the WebEx Training Centre, will provide hands-on experience for students across universities in India, starting with Tamil Nadu. The joint offering will also allow universities to conduct online tests. Indiss will be conducting four pilots with identified universities. With the WebEx-based solution, universities will achieve economies of scale and will be able to tap potential students in remote areas as well, without having a significant bearing on investments. Speaking on this partnership with WebEX, K.B. Sridhar, CEO of Indiss, said, with the WebEx model, major universities in India would now be able to tap students across remote locations while overcoming physical infrastructure barriers.

Use of ICT as a tool for learning is critical: NUC

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September 21, 2006

National Universities Commission (NUC) says less than 20 per cent of the nation's universities have access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT). < ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

NUC pointed out that the critical point here is not the acquisition of hard wares and ICT skills for their own sake but the use of ICT as a tool for learning. ICT is needed for revitalising the education system. With wider access, there would be a shift from mere teaching to a rich learning environment, NUC said. It noted that most learning was actually informal and that without ICT people remained independent learners and were hardly able to reach their full potential.

US$200,000 fund for THA to purchase 100 laptop computers

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September 21, 2006

The JB Fernandes Memorial Trust Fund has contributed US$200,000 to the Tobago House of Assembly to purchase more than 100 laptop computers for distribution to principals and teachers of primary and secondary schools including special education in Tobago during 2006 and 2007. < ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

The Trust has also contributed to the Centre of Excellence in Teacher Training (CETT) in the Division of Education, and has provided US$30,000 to the Family First Foundation Nurturing Centre to enhance the nutrition of children living with HIV/AIDS and survivors of gender-based violence. The US$200,000 contribution would allow the Assembly to introduce ICT in schools through the Young Scholars Programme whose goal was to explore the relationships between ICT, education, media education, and economic and social development and to suggest how the policy makers and school administrators of the Division of Education can best connect technology and education reform to sustain, equitable economic growth.

e-Learning industries go for UCC

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September 20, 2006

The fever of user created contents (UCC) is growing in the e-Learning industry. In the middle of growing popularity of UCC as a new service model of a portal, online education sites are plunging into services related to UCC.< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

e-Learning sites have been willing to share personal know-how for study for long time and companies are lately making efforts to find out a profit model based on good movie contents. According to the relevant industry, e-Learning companies that specialise in online MBA, public service examination, entrance examination including Hunet, Eduwell, and Maesugn Mimac decided to foster the movie UCC as a strategic service and began the before process for it.

Open Source Software for Schools Knowledge Bank

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September 19, 2006

SCHOOL TRACK
Open source software for schools
School environment requires several kinds of software, which can be the grade and timetable tracking software for teachers, ducational software for classes or the security software. More important is to make educational resources more effective, efficient, and ubiquitous by enhancing communication, and haring resources, for which this space is advocating the use of some open source and free software, open texts and lessons, and open curricula for the advancement of education and enrichment of school environment.

software open source of all kinds of is a broader index freshmeat.net/ http:/ Freshmeat ( index of educational free software. ) maintains an w.ofset.org/freeduc/ http:// FSET’s Freeduc ( project. and form a mmunity around each needed to spread their free software network and software resources helps developers offering stable software and to host new projects. It both a good place to look for free software development foundry. It’s ) savannah.gnu.org http:// Savannah ( hosts the ) /www.gnu.org/ http:/ Foundation ( The Free Software Knoppix GNU/Linux distribution. customization of the popular is a schooloriented ) ebsite in Polish pl/mos/ – http://www.simpst. Linux-EduCD Desktop Environment. based on KDE, the K educational software aims to create free ) Project edu.kde.org/ http:// The KDE Edutainment ( schools. terminal server package designed for an easy to install, Linux-based K12 Linux Terminal Server Project is ) – the http://k12os.org/ K12LTSP ( packages. system focused on educational distribution of the Linux operating ) is a bluelinux.org&rel _key=linux com/showparking. php4?domain= tp://www.sedoparking. BlueEDU ( audience of children under 10. available software, ith a target software reviewing and rating ) promotes free www.linuxforkids.org/ http:// The LinuxForKids site/project ( operating ystem. with the Debian GNU/Linux software packaged for use ) has educationrelated devel/debian-jr/ www.debian.org/ http:// project ( The Debian Jr. open source software. is a directory of school-related seul/) http://richtech.ca/ Application Index ( The SEUL/edu Educational

Learning Curve
PDAs to mould the personality of high school children
Handheld devices are oosting interest and results in education among the school children in UK. The initiatives to provide schoolchildren with constant access to information hrough PDAs are coming with proven results. The handheld device is an nvaluable means of supporting personalised learning and has become a uzzword for ensuring the school children not to be treated like homogeneous groups of pupils but more like individuals, with different needs and interests. Some of the free software is so good and powerful that children can handle themselves. However, the devices are considered ideal for secondary schools rather than primary schools

Schools to be digitalised in Nairobi
A plan worth Sh18 billion has been made to equip schools and other education nstitutions with computers is launched in Nairobi. The National Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Strategy for Education and Training plan aims at all educational institutions to be equipped with digital technology equipment in the next five years. It is also meant to ensure that the technology is fully integrated in all academic programmes and school management as well as Ministry of Education departments. It is also meant to ensure that the echnology is fully integrated in all academic programmes and school anagement as well as Ministry of Education departments. The plan is jointly prepared by the ministry and the Kenya ICT Trust Fund, which brings together more than 20 government agencies and private firms. Kenya has 20,000 rimary and 4,302 secondary schools, 641 of them private. The ratio of omputers to students in public universities stands at one to 45 while in econdary schools; it stands at one to 120 students.

Government of Liberia introduces computer program in Public Schools

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September 15, 2006

The Government of Liberia has introduced computer skills training program in several public high schools across the country aiming at making high school graduates computer-literate.

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The disclosure was made by education Minister, Dr. Joseph Korto, at the launch of a ten-day 'Training of Trainers' (TOT) workshop initiated by the Ministry of Education and implemented by WEN Production. According to Dr. Korto, the computer skills training program for public senior high schools would take affect at the start of the 2006/2007 academic school year involving nine senior high public schools in nine counties. Also speaking at the launch, UNESCO Country Representative, Dr. Ahmed Ferij, assured the Liberian Government of his organisation's fullest support in making the computer program a success in the country. The UNESCO Country Representative noted that Liberia was lacking behind in the computer age, which was adding value to the growth and development of any nation. He then called on high school students to welcome the new initiative to chart their own destiny after graduating from high schools, colleges and universities.

MTN commissions Schoolsconnect to bridge digital divide in Nigeria

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September 14, 2006

MTN Foundation is going to commission two key projects in Cross River State, the SchoolsConnect and Partners Against AIDS in the Community (PAAC) in Calabar and Akpabuyo respectively.< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

The SchoolsConnect project, a partnership between MTN Foundation and SchoolNet Nigeria, propels the ICT revolution in the nation's secondary schools with the provision of 21 units of computer and a server, VSAT and Internet connectivity as well as training for teachers and technicians who will use the equipment in beneficiary schools. The MTNF PAAC project, on the other hand, is a bold foray into the healthcare delivery sector that tackles the challenges of counselling and testing for HIV/AIDS through the provision of conducive Voluntary Counselling and Testing centres. Executive Director of the MTN Foundation, Mrs. Amina Oyagbola said the two projects were a living testimony of the good intention of the MTN Foundation to make direct positive impact on the lives of Nigerians. She explained that the SchoolsConnect programme, was designed to bridge the knowledge and digital divide by equipping selected schools across the country with computers and V-SAT technology as well as training teachers so they could teach the students.

NIIT, IIMs team up

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September 13, 2006

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Image launches curriculum on e-Learning and mobile gaming in Kerala

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The Chennai-based Image Infotainment Ltd has launched its new curriculum on e-Learning and mobile gaming in Kerala. < ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

The course has been introduced after three years of extensive research on the mobile gaming and e-Learning segments. Its aim is to create more career opportunities to college students, especially BE and MCA students, said Mr R. Madan, Director (Operations). The course combines visual artistry with programming techniques and focuses on the techniques and methodologies associated with designing the visual aspects used in the mobile gaming and e-Learning industries, he added. According to Mr Madan, the unprecedented growth in the mobile subscriber base in India has provided the opportunity for Indian game developers to develop world-class mobile games. Quoting from a Nasscom study, he said that the mobile gaming industry in India is projected to increase from Rs 20 crore now to Rs 260 crore by 2010. Established in 1996, Image has 30 centres throughout in India. The Kerala operations started six years ago; there are centres in Kochi, Kottayam, Thrissur and Thiruvananthapuram. The company is also looking for channel partners in opening centres in Kollam, Kozhikode and Kannur.

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