Corporate Updates
Kapil Sibal and Intel give away Excellence in Education awards
Kapil Sibal and R Sivakumar presented the
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Corporate Updates
600 schools in Bihar to get computer access through Ncomputing
In an announcement made by NComputing it was mentioned that it was selected to provide desktop computer access to 600 government schools as part a computer literacy initiative launched by the Bihar government.
News
UNICEF ambassador Priyanka emphasises girls education
Sharing her priorities, bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra mentioned that her top priority will be to promote the education of the young and underprivileged girls in slums and villages.
News
Asian Science Camp to be hosted by India
An Asian Science Camp is being hosted and organised by India, where scientists and students from across the world will participate, for the first time from Aug 17-19.
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IGNOU quiz witnesses participation of 92 teams at Bangalore
Indira Gandhi Open University (IGNOU) hosted a quiz contest at Bangalore with a total of 92 teams of two members, each participating in the first-ever multi-city inter-school general quiz contest.
Policy Matters
Sibal says vocationalisation to be brought into Secondary Education
Secondary education is to be made inclusive of vocational education. In order to do so, it is proposed that training curriculum be flexible to be able to address skill sets of vocations peculiar to a region.
Policy Matters
Boosting support to states, Obama signs a bill
On Tuesday, US President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a 26-billion-dollar bill in order to extend support to states, to prevent teacher layoffs and make their Medicaid payments.
K-12
DCPCR says neighborhood should be the only criteria for nursery admission
The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) mentions that the only criteria that should be considered for nursery admissions for children is the proximity of the school to the home.
K-12
CCE assessment in other schools with new CBSE Programme
A new programme has been brought into action by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to asses whether the schools have been successful in implementing the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE).
Higher Education
Delhi Technological University goes live through Freedocast
Freedocast, a high quality live broadcasting platform by Global Takeoff Inc, today announced successful completion of first ever broadcast of Delhi Technological University
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Schneider Electric to set up
M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology (MSRIT), run by the Gokula foundation and the global electrical major Schneider Electric have joined hands to promote ‘technical excellence’ in the field of electrical, electronics, software and control engineering.
Magazine
ICT-Enabled Education as a Right to Education: An Imperative
[This article was pulished in the August 2010 issue of the digitalLEARNING Magazine (http://www.digitalLEARNING.in)] This paper argues that Information Communication Technology (ICT) enabled education should be an integral part of the Right to Education Act (2009)...