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Work on UNESCO
A groundbreaking international standard for integrating ICTs in teaching, will soon be available as the extensive work on the
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Kotak planning education foray
Mumbai (in India)-based banker Uday Kotak is now eyeing a role for himself in the education sector with plans to set up a foundation for promoting education for under-privileged children.
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UGC bid to retain the best in research, teaching in India
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has embarked on an ambitious project to retain the best talent in the research and teaching of higher education and to promote quality faculty in universities and colleges. The Commission has...
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E-volution of schools in Sydney
A 24-hour school with no traditional classrooms and where students use mobile phones and laptops to learn is being built in Sydney.
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Periyar University library soon be digitised
Periyar University at Salem district of Tamil Nadu in India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre, UGC and ERNET for getting the UGC-Infonet connectivity in a phased manner.
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Nepad e-Schools Project launched officially
Rwanda is the fifth country to launch the project after Uganda, Ghana, Lesotho and Kenya, but is the first country to have completed implementation in all the six schools.
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International ICT congress to serve as venue for sharing info
The government is inviting all stakeholders of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector to participate in the International Congress on ICT: Global Challenge in Education, which will kick off on November 16 at the Waterfront...
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Linux, PDAs, storage, and portable consumer products drive ICT growth
The ICT industry is expected to grow by 6% in 2006, mainly driven by Internet-related investments, Linux servers, digital storage, personal digital assistants and new portable consumer products. But any return to the heady days of...
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Indian University to set up digital library
Periyar University in the Indian State Tamil Nadu will soon join the select band of higher education centres with a digitised library. This knowledge bank will ensure its students and researchers latest information on a variety...
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e-Education package begins in Ghana
Accelon Ghana, a broadband via satellite service provider in Africa, is partnering with Standard Trust Bank Ghana Limited, one of the latest financial institutions in the country, to provide Internet connectivity to basic and secondary schools...
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Information literacy programme in Indian colleges
The Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kerala in India is preparing to place before the Syndicate a proposal for implementing an information literacy programme in colleges affiliated to the university.