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One Laptop Per Child to cost more
The “US$100 laptop” that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have dreamt about for international schoolchildren is becoming a slightly more distant concept.
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Amity to launch educational TV in India
Amity University announced to launch a 24-hour education channel. The network would be called Youth TV .
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Room To Read set to open 1,600 libraries in India
John Wood, founder and CEO of the non-profit Room To Read libraries announced opening of 1,600 libraries by this year. The libraries will add to those already are operational in schools in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka...
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IIT, Mumbai among 7 other Indian institutes becomes the topper
IIT, Mumbai secured the first position among the educational institutes in the Indian subcontinent in the Webometrics Ranking of world universities released by Cybermetrics Lab, a unit of the National Research Council, which is located in...
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Sign language in virtual worlds makes life easier for deaf people: IBM
Researchers at IBM Technology called SiSi (Say It Sign It), has developed a technology that translates spoken or written words into British Sign Language (BSL).
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NIOS launches online payment system in India
The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has currently introduced an online payment system to ensure better support services to learners. NIOS that is why has signed an agreement with the ICICI Bank for installation of...
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Hughes, Comat offer virtual classrooms to rural CET candidates
Hughes Communication India Ltd and Comat have launched new initiative called CET Karnataka for rural Common Entrance Test (CET) candidates, so that they can get live virtual classes through satellite linked Nemmadi centres in their villages.
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ICRI ties up with UK university
The Institute of Clinical Research India (ICRI) has decided to set up its campuses in the US and UK in collaboration with Cranfield University, a UK-based leading research-led institution
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ANGRAU to ink MoU with Malaysian institute
The Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) will soon enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila, for mutual cooperation in the field of academics, and research and it...
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AMSI Teams with Nortel to Boost school WiFi broadband mobility and multimedia capabilities
Academia Management Solutions International (AMSI) has partnered with Nortel to improve its broadband mobility and multimedia capabilities with an IP network across its International School of Arts and Sciences (ISAS) campus.
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Survey for monitoring of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in India
The Social and Research Institute, a unit of International Marketing Research Bureau (SRI-IMRB) had conducted a survey in July-August, 2005 with the aim of assessing the number of out-of-school children across the country.
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NCC selects 109 schools for USPF’s Digital Lifestyle project
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has selected 109 primary and secondary schools for beneficiaries of the first phase of the ‘Schools, University Access Programme to Digital Lifestyle’ project of the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF).