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Computer education for 10,000 schools in Andhra Pradesh
The State Government of Andhra Pradesh, India is chalking out plans to introduce computer education in 10,000 zilla parishad and Government high schools.
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ICT in fulfilling the educational potentials of students
The Dell ICT in education research surveyed 277 UK primary and secondary schools and found that nearly three quarters (72%) of teachers identify the main reason for using ICT (Information and Communication Technology) is that it...
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ICT for PEACE
13 young researchers under the Toda Institute research programme seek to analyse how Information and Communication Technologies can help promote peace. The project is launched under the general theme `Peace, Education, Art, Culture, and Environment in...
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Open source software training programme to held at Chennai
A five-day southern regional training programme on Open Source Software is going to be held from May 22 to 26 in Chennai.
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Newcastle City Council starts ICT managed service for BSF
Newcastle City Council is going to provide ICT managed service to the Building Schools for the Future programme (BSF) to support over fifteen thousand pupils and nine-hundred teachers, and protect valuable data ranging from the schools...
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US President says learn maths, else Indians will take the job
Learn your math or watch your job go to China or India. With this modern US version of the Indian parents’ nighttime admonition to sleepless kids about Gabbar Singh, president Bush cranked up a new maths...
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Universities battling to capture the worldwide market
An online venture between prestigious British and American universities offering over 2,000 online courses, recently the acclaimed AllLearn e-learning venture between Yale, Stanford and Oxford Universities collapsed. But barely pausing for breath, the University of Oxford...
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Indian students to study in Bangkok
A new chapter was opened in the history of engineering education in the Indian state Karnataka when an international university announced its decision to tie up with Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU). Asian Institute of Technology (AIT),...
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Sun Microsystems partners with Unicon to promote Sakai environment to higher education
Unicon, Inc., the leading independent provider of open source-based enterprise portal, collaboration, learning, and integration technology for higher education institutions, announced a partnership with Sun Microsystems to power the Academus Open Campus portal with a high...
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Distance education through video conferencing in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Civil Service College of Ethiopia is working with the World Bank and other relevant international institutions to upgrade the distance education with the help of video conferencing and Internet, besides the traditional means of...
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Cisco invests USD 275 million in Saudi Arabia
Cisco Systems is investing USD 265 million to expand its operations in Saudi Arabia. The company plans to establish network training centers and sponsor a technology innovation institute to incubate Saudi start-ups. It plans to help...