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Uganda govt asks Japan to establish university
Uganda’s Education Minister Namirembe Bitamazire has appealed to the Japanese government to help Uganda transform Nakawa Vocational Training Institute into a university.
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Time for government officials in India to go back to school
In an ostensible effort to groom civil servants, the governmentin India is planning to set up a National Centre of Governance that will train bureaucrats in public administration, management, public relations and customer relations. The school...
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India to introduce bill to regulate entry of foreign education providers
The Ministry of Human Resource Development in India is all prepared to introduce a controversial legislation
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University of Manchester launches Msc programme in ICT4D
The University of Manchester is launching a new one-year MSc programme to address the training needs associated with recent massive expansion in Information and Communication Technologies for development (ICT4D) projects.
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ICT growth Advice from Intel
Thai Prime Minister and Abhisit Vejjajiva from Intel met and latter urge that the Thai government gives more attention to the improvement of information and communications technology (ICT) education.
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President tells IBM to develop tablet PCs
President of India APJ Abdul Kalam has asked IBM to join the global knowledge platform by developing low cost tablet PCs and computers based on nano technology. He pointed out that students should be able to...
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ADB helps Central Asia to integrate ICT in basic education
Government officials from Central Asia are meeting to discuss how to increase effectiveness of programs and projects in information and communications technology (ICT) in the region, as well as share experiences and lessons learned. They are...
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India joins the 100 million mobile club
India has become the fifth country in the world to have more than 100 million mobile subscribers. While China has the highest number of mobile users with 404 million subscribers, India crossed the 100-million milestone at...
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Nasscom online test rollout from November
National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) is planning a nationwide rollout of the NAC (Nasscom Assessment of Competence), a national assessment and certification programme modelled on the lines of GRE, from November this year.
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UNESCO chairs to open in Azeri varsities
Azeri Ministry of Education is going to start the ‘Opening UNESCO chairs in higher education institutions’ programme.
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Mobile lab in India to help science education
A project to take a lab to those not fortunate enough to work with sophisticated equipment has taken shape in the form of