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Intel launches e-Learning facility in Abuja

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Nigerian educational system has taken a giant leap forward with the launch of Intel classroom e-Learning facility in Jabi near Abuja.

The facility designed by Intel, the global semiconductor design and engineering giant will enable the school to make Information Communication and Technology (ICT) an everyday teaching and learning tool. Intel Corporation launched the project as part of the World Ahead Program in Nigeria, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education and Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Targeted on people in developing communities, the World Ahead program extends Intel's efforts to advance progress in accessibility, connectivity, and education. Following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Intel signed with the Education Ministry to further the cause of integrating modern information and communication technologies into the country's education, the initiative strategies, Intel's World Ahead programme will help provide wireless-enabled digital classrooms to students. The e-learning facility offers a complete solution with integrated software and hardware, delivering an end-to-end solution for education involving students, parents, teachers and schools in a student-friendly form that will enhance the learning experience at an affordable price with minimal IT infrastructure.

Singapore institutes to take in more Indian students

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Singapore Education is looking at hosting an international student population of 1,50,000 by 2015, up from the current level of 70,000-plus.

India is one of its key source markets along with Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and China. For this, the Singapore Tourism Board, the promotion agency for Singapore Education, is engaging in a variety of activities including organising education exhibitions, conducting public seminars, training education counsellors and advertising and publicity. The number of Indian students pursuing their education in Singapore has seen a 21% growth in 2005 over 2004.

In order to ensure easier access to information on Singapore Education for Indian students, the network of Singapore Education specialists (SES) accredited in India will also grow. Students from India tend to go in for their MBAs as well as courses in engineering, IT, sciences and business. There's also an emerging interest in hospitality and design.

ICT test to be passed in Nigeria to become teachers

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The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has directed that teachers can only be registered if they are able to pass a professional qualifying examination where ICT will be a key part which they must pass in order to be registered.

The Director of Operations, TRCN, Dr. Steve Njoku said that registered teachers will be issued with practising licenses which they will be required to renew periodically as done in other professions. He described the Internet as 'The Super Highway'.  The TRCN director of operations mentioned that teachers and students are in a race which has become dramatic because the pupils seem to be leading the teachers in e-Capabilities. Njoku disclosed that TRCN is establishing practising ICT centres, two in each of the geo-political areas of the country. Each centre will have a minimum of 100 computers and Internet connectivity and will be open to registered teachers to practise free of charge. Teachers trained in ICT can be used to train others.

ICT centre by December in 102 Unity Schools in Nigeria

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A fund has been approved for building  physical structure for ICT Centres in all the 102 Unity Schools in Nigeria, to be equipped with multi-billion Naira ICT facilities.

The fund amount is N1.32 billion and all will be commissioned by December this year as stated by the Executive   Secretary of the Petreleum Technolgy Development Fund (PTDF),  Alh. Adamu Maina Waziri. Waziri has mentioned that the future of Nigerian children is tied to their proficiency in ICT,  called on state government to emulate the standards set by the Fund. He announced that PTDF is also embarking on the same initiative in 20 Colleges of Education and 24 universities spread across the six zones of the country.

Akshara maps Indian schools

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Karnataka Learning Partnership (KLP), an Akshara Foundation and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan initiative, has launched a Google-powered GIS map of Indian city Bangalore covering 1400 Government schools.

KLP had undertaken a project to improve the learning outcome among primary school children in all government schools in Karnataka. In the first phase, the programme has covered 1400 government schools in Bangalore. Simple baseline test was conducted in all the schools for students between second standard to seventh standard. It was found that out of 1,83,000 students, 46 per cent of the students were unable to read fluently. The entire information captured in the GIS map is available on the website karnatakalearningpartnership.org.

The map gives details of number of students, teachers in each school, the statistics and charts on the percentage of students who can read and who cannot read. It gives the percentage of students literacy level in each school from zero level (where the child can barely identify 25 per cent of the alphabet) to Paragraph level (here the student can read the entire paragraph). It also gives information on performance by gender, class performance, performance by medium of instruction. KLP is the space created by the Foundation along with SSS to create awareness about the literacy status among children. The GIS mapping gives a complete picture of the literacy status among the children between second to seventh standard students. Now Akshara Foundation has taken up Accelerated Reading Programme to improve reading ability of students in each school.

Microsoft in partnership in Gujarat

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Microsoft India and the Government of Gujarat have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at providing University students and faculty in the state easier access to Information Technology.

This agreement will allow students in Gujarat develop skills on next-generation Microsoft tools and technologies, including .NET, thereby improving their career prospects. As per the agreement, Microsoft and the Government of Gujarat will work together on several e-governance projects, thereby leveraging IT for programs that impact the common man. Under the partnership, Microsoft will provide training to students in the pre-final or final year of the Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science and IT stream) and MCA programs, leveraging the BISAG (Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applicatons and Geoinformatics) SATCOM (satellite communications) facility. The faculty in these institutions will also, thereby, get an opportunity to collaborate with experts from across the world, besides getting access to Microsoft s premium technology events. Meanwhile, the MoU with the Government of Gujarat is seen as yet another step in Microsoft's long term and sustained efforts to develop and add value to the academic community in the country.

e-Learning course on telecommunications services in UK

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Research and Markets has announced the addition of e-Learning Course: Telecommunications Services to their offering.

'Telecoms Services' of Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c42917) is aimed at people, perhaps new to telecoms inc. sales and marketing personnel who need an appreciation of the capabilities of modern telecoms services. This course will enable a trainee to describe the services provided by modern telecommunications networks. This course is accredited by e-skills UK. e-skills accreditation of courses is recognised by all major telecoms employers in the UK and beyond. e-skills UK is the national, industry representative body responsible for addressing the IT and telecoms skills needs of employers in UK.

Internet-ready Access Centres

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Internet-ready Access Centres costing more than RM70mil in total are being set up in 1,500 schools around Malaysia.

Access Centres would be similar in concept to cybercafes, although its usage would focus on learning and to allow students to work on their assignments. It is different from the existing computer labs which is used to teach certain subjects. The centres will be a separate room from the labs, as the labs will be needed to conduct lessons.

Under the first phase, 1,500 schools would be provided with 15,000 personal computers and 1,500 printers as well as the necessary furniture and infrastructure. Another 12,900 computers would be provided to 1,290 schools next year. With the Access Centres, the ratio of computers to students in schools would be decreased allowing students to be more exposed to information and communication technologies (ICT). To date 84 primary and secondary schools in the rural areas of Sabah and Johor have been equipped with Access Centres.

IMPERIA, a Centre for Advanced Learning, launched by NIIT

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NIIT ties up with IIMs for Management Courses to launch IMPERIA, a Centre for Advanced Learning, created exclusively for working professionals.

At the core of NIIT Imperia's educational delivery methodology is state-of-the-art synchronous learning technology. It creates remote classrooms linked LIVE to teachers in the institutions. Classes take place at specially-designed NIIT Imperia Education Centres. Classrooms are configured to optimally utilise Synchronous Learning technology for a 'live' student experience. As of now NIIT Imperia offers General Management and Functional Management programmes of duration ranging from 4 months to 1 year. All programmes are in academic partnership with prestigious educational institutions that are leaders in their field. While direct one-to-one interaction is ensured through individual ICT-systems for each student, classroom interactions and ambience are facilitated by clusters of student-stations, and camera and projection systems that span the full classroom. In addition to these specially-designed classrooms, Education Centres provide Lecture Rooms for presentations, Breakout Rooms for case-discussions and collaborative assignments, Library and Reading Room equipped with Internet kiosks, and a hangout area where refreshments are available.

IBM project for girl students

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IBM India's five-day camp called IBM EXITE (Exploring Interests in Technology and Engineering), which began on September 29, is aimed at the need to have more women in science and technology.

EXITE camps attempt to attract teenage girls into the world of technical education so that they would consider pursuing technical careers. As part of this year's programme, 31 girls of class IX have been selected from two schools in Delhi. They will work in teams with IBM employee volunteers on innovation projects. The participants will get a chance to present their innovations to local IBM volunteers and executives, who will provide feedback.

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