‘Plagiarism’ online threatening quality of British degrees

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August 8, 2006

The practice of online sites selling essays and completed assignments to students has reached a 200-million-pound business in UK which is threatening quality of British education.

The issue has reached such proportions that the House of Commons education select committee has decided to hold a special session later this year to investigate it. A 'plagiarism summit' in October has been scheduled by Vice-chancellors of British universities. New online sites are appearing almost every week and many sites report incomes in millions as students prefer to buy their assignments. According to an investigation made by Robert Clarke and Thomas Lancaster of the University of Central England, Internet cheating and selling tailored essays has assumed the dimensions of international trade, the trend has been termed by them as 'contract cheating'. Such sites claim that their work is mainly intended as a 'guide' to students, but they actuallt encourage plagiarism.

SAP India ties up with IIMB for e-Governance tools

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August 7, 2006

SAP India and the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore have entered into an MoU to work together in areas of public sector and e-Governance in India. < ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Under this MoU, SAP would support IIMB's Centre for Enterprise Resource Planning, whilst IIMB's faculty would collaborate with SAP in the creation, sharing and dissemination of knowledge on e-Governance. After signing the MoU the Professor and Dean of IIMB, Mr Shyamal Roy, said SAP would supply study and teaching materials to CERP, which provided a stepping stone for e-Governance. IIMB was actively working towards creating a platform for cost effective implementation of e-Governance, which could usher in competitiveness and good governance. The SAP CEO and Chairman of Executive Board, Mr Henning Kagermann, said the world IT business was estimated at $1,000 billion, of which the share of the governments was 25 per cent but still remained largely untapped. The MoU was not a business proposition, but a tie-up to solve the constraints being faced by the Governments and PSUs which would lead to better service to citizens, he said. The President and CEO of SAP India, Mr Alan Sedghi, said the major focus of the tie-up was to create flexible platform to disseminate knowledge in education system. Many governments in Asia, including Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and some North Asian countries, had successfully adopted the SAP e-Governance platforms.

IIT Kharagpur to launch Bio-energy centre

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August 7, 2006

Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur launched India's first bio-energy centre on Tuesday for undertaking research, teaching and technological implementation of conventional and non-conventional energy. It was mentioned that the P.K. Sinha Centre for Bio-Energy aimed to create an industry consortium to engage in industrial research. It is with support of IIT alumnus Prabhakant Sinha, who pledged INR 10 crore for the centre, that the centre has come into existence.

Sinha, Founder and Co-Chairman of ZS Associates, told that once the industry consortium came into being, the captains of the industry will pay regular fees and share knowledge through regular seminars and conferences. The centre is to support in reduction of the carbon footprint and enhancing the income of villagers and rural communities. The centre has already collaborated with University of California, Berkeley, for research partnership.

Four EDUSAT-based education channels for schools in Kerala

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August 4, 2006

The Education Department of Kerala (India) has launched four separate EDUSAT-based education channels for primary, secondary, high school and higher secondary classes in order to broaden the reach of IT (Information Technology) education in the State. < ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Education Minister M. A. Baby, while delivering the presidential address at the launch of the second educational channel under VICTERS (Virtual Classroom Technology on EDUSAT for Rural Schools) programme run by the IT@School project and the first anniversary celebrations of the VICTERS programme, requested the assistance of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in setting up two more EDUSAT-based channels in Kerala. The Education Department has been able to reach IT-enabled education to 54,000 teachers and 25 lakh students through the EDUSAT project. The department will focus on setting up district-level resource centres to aid the spread of IT-enabled education in the State. The EDUSAT-based educational channels will also be used to expose the children of Kerala to educational and cultural values. In his inaugural address, Chief Minister V. S. Achuthanandan said the possibilities of IT as a learning tool should be fully used in schools. Under the VICTERS programme, students will soon be able to watch educational content from their homes. Along with reaching the EDUSAT programme to all schools, the Government would also seek to bring the Internet to all schools by linking them to the State Wide Area Network, which would soon be set up in Kerala, he said.

Global Scholar-EducationWorld announce the Winners of Young Achievers Awards 2009

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August 4, 2006

GlobalScholar (USA), one of the world's largest online learning portals and EducationWorld, an education news and analysis magazine, announced winners of the Young Achievers Awards 2009. The awards aim was to acknowledge and inspire young achievers (between 12- 25 years of age) across India, in four fields of endeavour – Science, Maths and Technology, Arts and Music, Social Work and Sports. The winners were announced at the unique celebratory convocation held in Mumbai. Each winner received cash prize and exciting gifts, along with their trophies at the Young Achievers Awards 2009 ceremony in Mumbai. Winners included Chelsey D'Souza for Arts and Music; Rekha for Sports; Anirudh Anand Bapat for Science; and Jaimeet Gandhok for Social Work.

The Guest of Honor Dr. Indu Shahani, Hon. Sheriff of Mumbai said, 'Awards always help students to improve their efficiency and performance beyond the classroom. I am really pleased and proud to be associated with these young achievers, who will serve as inspiration to all children and youth countrywide. ' The scrutiny of applications/nominations was carried out by a panel of six esteemed judges comprising of Hari Verma, VP, Operations, GlobalScholar; Neena Paul, Assistant VP, IL&FS ETS; Dilip Thakore, Editor, EducationWorld, Bangalore; Dr. D.P.N. Prasad, Chairman, Leprosy Mission Trust India and Dr. Vijayam Ravi, Chairman & MD, Academy of Global Education Services private ltd. and Satya Divi, Managing Director, Education First. The panel of judges stated that it was hard to shortlist the winners as there is immense talent amongst today's youth with great ideas and passion to excel.

New Zealand: Emerging as favorite destination of Indian students

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August 4, 2006

New Zealand appears to have become the favorite destination for those looking for higher studies as the flow of Indian students to the country has increased manifolds in the last four years. 'In 2005, the strength of Indian students studying in New Zealand was 2000 which has increased to 6000 in 2009,' told New Zealand Trade Commissioner Cliff Fuller. He said besides offering wide choice of courses to foreign students, New Zealand grants one year job search visa and two years work permit to students. In addition to it, eligible students can also apply to work up to 20 hours in a week, he informed.

To woo more students from India, New Zealand is organising an education fair here in which 25 educational institutions are participating. He informed, 'Our key objective for holding this fair is to offer an opportunity to interested students to interact directly with representatives of institutions and understand prospects and feasibility of joining them.'

Ministry of Education in Azerbaijan and Microsoft signs a Memorandum of Understanding for co-operation in education

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August 4, 2006

Azerbaijani Ministry of Education and Microsoft world corporation signed the memorandum of understanding in Baku on program “Cooperation in Education”. Minister of Education Misir Mardanov said that the memorandum covers 2010-2013. Over this period work will be done in the sphere of application of ICT in education. Presently, more than 500 schools of the country are connected to the Internet and we plan to finish this work next year,” minister said.

The memorandum was signed by M. Mardanov, leader of program “Cooperation in education” in Central and Western Europe of Microsoft company Theodore Milev and Director of Baku Microsoft office Teymur Akhundov. The memorandum seeks cooperation in three directions: “Innovative teachers”, “Innovative students” and “Innovative schools”.

Malaysia

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August 4, 2006

Experts from Malaysia and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) will jointly review the national education system in line with global changes. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin told that the move would provide a more balanced assessment of the country's education system. He stressed that the review would cover only the implementation process and not policy which had been accepted by the people. Muhyiddin told that education must move in tandem with, if possible ahead of, what's happening around the world.

It was described by Muhyiddin that the review did not mean there were weaknesses in the education system which had achieved success over the years.

Muhyiddin said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has been invited to address the 35th Unesco General Conference's first plenary session on Oct 6. This would be the first time in Malaysia's 51-year history with Unesco that its Prime Minister would address the world body's opening plenary session as such invitations are usually reserved for heads of states. He said it was a historic milestone for Malaysia as Unesco has never invited a head of government to give a keynote speech at its first plenary session. Muhyiddin met Elysee Palace secretary-general Claude Gueant and French Education Minister Luc Chatel before attending a dinner with the Malaysian community in France.

Nagaland village to see IGNOU community college

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August 3, 2006

The university has started work for setting up a Centre of Community Education and skills training in the Chuchuiymlang village of Mokokchung district, Nagaland under the Community College Scheme. Required land for the proposed centre, also envisioned as an IGNOU Centre of Excellence, has been allotted to IGNOU free of cost by the villagers under the aegis of Nagaland Gandhi Ashram (NGA). The IGNOU Centre of Excellence proposes to begin with Social work programmes, such as Master in Social Work (MSW), to ensure steady grooming of social workers for Indian communities. Gradually other vocational education and training programmes will be started. While the university will carry out all activities related to academic functioning of the Centre, the NGA will continue to remain the principal facilitator. Recently a three-member IGNOU team discussed with the villagers on wide-ranging issues.

Addressing the villagers, officer incharge of the team, Dr Jayashree Kurup, Deputy Director for Educational Development of North East Region Unit (EDNERU), told that the decision for setting up the proposed Centre of Excellence in the village was part of the university's Silver Jubilee Year development activities aiming to spread real-life education. Such education will empower people and ensure them better livelihood.

Intel Education Award for Roots School System Director

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August 3, 2006

Roots School System (RSS) Director Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq has received the prestigious annual ''Intel Education Award' for the second consecutive year. He received this honour in acknowledgement of his tremendous support for the Intel Education initiative through the integration of ICT within the Roots School System's curriculum and developing collaborative learning environment at the school through joint Intel and RSS training initiatives, promoting 21st century skills and developing a collaborative learning environment.

The Intel Education Awards Ceremony 2008-09 was held in collaboration with the Intel Education Initiative and Ministry of Education, where Muhammad Juman Jan Jamro, Additional Secretary Education, was the chief guest on the event. Expressing his sentiments upon receiving the award, Faisal Mushtaq remarked, “Roots School System's Department of Information Communication Technology is committed to ensure that our students are provided excellent education that encourages integrated virtual teaching and learning, thus promoting ICT, as a common denominator to bridge the digital divide.”

He said that the building of lifelong skills is part of the Roots experience, adding that RSS remains keenly aware of its responsibility to prepare its students to become digital citizens and future technology leaders. Roots and Intel Corporation Pakistan signed a memorandum of understanding in March 2009, for the harmonisation of innovative teaching approaches through K-12 curriculum development and teachers training initiatives.

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