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India: Bihar plans school radio project
The Bihar (India) Government has proposed a community radio project for schools. In this regard, the state government has selected 11 highschools of Patna and Nalanda.
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India: IBM completes largest live e-Learning programme in Karnataka
IBM has successfully delivered its third phase of EDU-SAT satellite based education programme comprising of over 100 hours of live lectures transmitted to over 120 Schools in Karnataka (India).
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Intel to provide 1,000 PCs to schools of Bangladesh
Intel Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bangladesh Ministry of Education for supplying 1,000 personal computers to schools in the country’s 64 districts as part of its plan to introduce information technology...
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UN: Hundreds of teachers to be trained in southern Sudan through Japanese grant
The Government of Japan is providing $8.7 million to the United Nations refugee agency. With the help of this grant, hundreds of teachers to be formally trained in southern Sudan in the next three years.
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India: Online database of Orissa kids launched
Orissa (India) based firm Cybertech Software Multimedia Pvt Ltd ( CSM) has created a single data base of 10.68 million children in the entire Orissa state for sharing with other departments in a first of its...
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India: State Govt to upgrade quality of teaching in ITIs
The Jharkhand Cabinet has decided to introduce public-private partnership to upgrade the quality of teaching in the industrial training institutes (ITIs).
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UNESCO cites RP for use of ICT in education
The Philippines through the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) has won a commendation from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for a project to digitise non-formal education in the country.
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FICCI proposes single regulatory body for technical education
In order to deliver higher education in the country, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) has proposed an overhaul of regulatory framework for technical education.
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Kerala to be the First e-Literate State in India
Chief Minister of Kerala V S Achuthanandan said Kerala will be declared as India’s first e-Literate state by the end of the year. The State Government launched an ambitious project called Akshaya in 2003 to address...
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Ceylinco Nena Sarana empowers Sri Lankan students with e-Learning facilties
Ceylinco Consolidated has launched an ambitious project to empower student in Sri Lanka to build their lives through e-Learning material. Under this new project, Ceylinco Nena Sarana, (www.ceylinconenasarana.org), 500 of the country’s most deserving school will...
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Education push to cost INR 48,000 billlion
In order to implement the Right to Education Bill, 2008, the Government of India has allocated an additional INR 48,000 billion over four years. Currently, the draft bill is being circulated in the government and the...