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NIIT ventures into financial service training

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NIIT has ventured into financial services training with the launch of the Institute of Finance, Banking and Insurance (IFBI). < ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

 

NIIT has set up the institute in partnership with ICICI Bank to cater to the needs of the banking, insurance and financial services sectors in India and overseas.  IFBI will commence admissions in October 2006. It will start with a six-month, full-time programme, the post-graduate diploma in banking operations (PGDBO), that will focus on grooming entry-level professionals for the banking industry. IFBI will also offer training programmes for the entry-level professionals in the banking sector. The training programmes will be offered from IFBI education centres set up in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Calcutta.

 

Educational institutions in India can run community radio

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The Group of Ministers (GoM), which has been assigned the task of ironing out differences within the Union Cabinet on amendments to the community radio regime, has cleared the changes proposed by the Union Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry in India. This includes the contentious issue of allowing advertisements on such radio stations.

Headed by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, the GoM was set up in October 2005 after some members in the Cabinet expressed reservations about the proposal to allow limited advertising on community radio stations. The I&B Ministry had suggested that the stations be allowed to generate revenue through advertisements and sponsored programmes, those backed by Central and State Governments and of public interest.

As against the existing policy wherein no advertising is allowed on such stations, the Ministry wants five minutes an hour of transmission to be dedicated to localised advertising so that such stations can generate revenue to meet running costs. Besides advertising, one of the major changes proposed by the I&B Ministry pertains to allowing educational institutions, other than those within the government set-up, and non-profit organisations to run community radio stations. Other changes include increasing the licence period from three to five years and having an inter-ministerial committee headed by the I&B Secretary as a single-window clearance system for government-run educational institutions. In the case of non-government applicants, the Ministry has said that if the necessary clearances do not come from the Ministries concerned – Home, Communications and Human Resource Development in the case of private educational institutions – within three months, it would be deemed that they have no objection and the inter-ministerial committee would clear the application.

While the country has a capacity to let out 50,000 frequencies for community radio, the Ministry has set its eyes on letting out 4,000 frequencies over the next four years by having a more liberal regime. It also envisages graded punishment for violations instead of the current threat of revocation/termination/suspension of licences.

NEPAD scores ICT education of students in Africa low

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The New  Partnership for African's Development (NEPAD) has scored the level of students experience with ICT and their proficiency in using them very low in Africa.

In the first monitoring and evaluation report using feedback from the  participating schools it has been disclosed that more than 55% of the students drawn within Africa, including Nigeria, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Republic of  Congo, Egypt, Gabon, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, and Uganda who are participating in the first phase, had  no experience at all in using computers. The report has also mentioned that African typical school environment do not provide much opportunity for student's access to computers and related ICTs and also do not provide training to  use them. The aim of the NEPAD e-Schools Initiative is to equip all secondary schools in Africa with ICT equipment including computers, radio and television sets, phones and  fax machines, communication equipment, scanners, digital cameras, copiers etc. It is necessary that each participating country formally establish a National Implementing Agency for NEPAD e-Schools that will bear  responsibility for all operational aspects of the initiative” implementation as stated by the project Coordinator Content with the NEPAD e-Schools initiative, Sandy Malapile .

Website brings little difference in the lives of villagers

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    Nata, a village in Botswana, has made a history this year by creating its own website in the country.

     

    This website initiative that started off introducing Nata village to the rest of the world has made a difference in the lives of the ordinary residents. Melody Jenkins, the technical adviser for the Nata website said that since the launch, visitors to the website had made generous contributions that had helped residents of the village. She said that so far they had raised more than P45,000 through the website. Some of the money would be used to fund projects aimed at improving the lives of those infected by HIV/AIDS in the village. She revealed that the website acted as a cultural exchange platform and they always put up pictures that reflect the traditional Setswana activities in the village. Seloma Tiro the chairman of the board of trustees said that the establishment of the website was significantly contributing to the lives of the residents. He added that people's lives were changing everyday and they were confident that the website would continue making a positive contribution. He said money raised from the website had been used to buy food for children and the destitute.

    ICT training for Ghana journalists

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    The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) is to undertake a capacity building in Information Communication Technology (ICT) for Journalists in the country.< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

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    Education Ministry gears up to modernise education process

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    Minister of Education and Youth (Jamaica), Maxine Henry Wilson, has informed that plans to modernise operations at the Ministry was in full gear, with some 400 desktop and laptop computers recently acquired. Cabinet, approved the award of a $25.5 million contract to Management Control.

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    Systems Limited for the supply of the equipment. Mrs. Henry Wilson said that the acquisition of the equipment would improve operations in the Education Ministry, noting that a complementary Information and Communication Technology (ICT) training programme was now in place.

     

    New high-tech gadget for inter connectivity of schools

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    ICRISAT displayed an array of hi-tech gadgets in exploring the use of ICTs as way for imparting quality education in schools at `Techbar' a conference of the Association of International Schools of India at Hyderabad. < ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

    It is expected to make technological revolution in class room environment. The consortium of IT giants, including Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Intel and Pacsoft, unveiled a new concept titled `Connected Learning Community' in which schools can be connected with each other in the country and outside.

    School ties up with Airtel to launch website

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    Kaligi Ranganathan Montford School, Tamil Nadu, will be launching a common website for all branches, namely Perambur, Ayanavaram and Kolathur, on October 2.

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    The website kaligischools.ac.in will be launched by Parithi Illamvazuthi, Minister of Information and Publicity. The school will also introduce services `SMS'Gram', `Exam results on the Net' and `Computerisation of 21,000 library books'. Through the SMS'Gram important school functions, circulars, absenteeism, matters relating to discipline, holidays and other important events will be SMSed to the parents. The school has tied up with Airtel to provide the new facility. Quarterly exam results will be posted on the Internet. All students from standards VI to XII can look at their results and marks on the school website. The school library has 21,000 books, 2,100 reference titles and 76 magazines and periodicals on different subjects.

    UNESCO organises ICT conference in Fiji to integrate IT in schools

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    UNESCO is organising an ICT education conference for the betterment of the Pacific region in the Information, Communication and Technology sector. < ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

     

    The Director for UNESCO in the Pacific, Visae Pongi, believes that if Fiji and the rest of the region were to compete in the global market then ICT has to be implemented in the education sector. Pongi said the aim of the conference was to effectively integrate IT into the school curriculum so as to ensure that it was taught from any early age. He said the region was still lagging behind when it comes to IT and while Fiji was better off than most countries, there was still a long way to go.

     

    UK: ICT savvy school gets award

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    A borough school at the forefront of using Information and Communications Technology has received a prestigious award in UK. < ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

     

    Balsall Common Primary School have gained the ICT Mark by the British Education Communications and Technology Agency (Becta), the Government funded body responsible for promoting the use of ICT in Britain's schools and colleges. The award recognises the school's success in developing the strategic use of ICT in both administration and across the curriculum. The ICT Mark assessment report highlighted the fact that assistant head teacher Christian Hilton and ICT leader Jenny Mitchell had been pivotal to the way in which ICT has developed in the school, which is described as clearly 'e-Aspirational'.

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