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145 educational institutes to be trained in ICT
Teachers in 145 business, technical and vocational institutions are to be trained in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs).
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Cambridge centre in London named after Cipla Chairman
A centre has been opened in Christ’s College, University of Cambridge after the name of Dr. Yusuf Hamied, Chairman of Indian pharmaceutical company Cipla.
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Vocational training for Kandhamal youths, courtesy IGNOU
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will provide vocational education and placement to youths from poor families of this tribal district, beginning January.
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India to recieve EU support for skill Development
European Union (EU) will provide vocational education and training in India to the marginalized groups in an attempt to help India increase its skilled workforce.
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IGNOU to train resource persons engaged in distance learning
STRIDE is an Indira Gandhi National Open University wing that intends to develop capacities among resource persons engaged in open and distance learning.
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OLPC ordered from India and Sierra Leone
India has ordered 250,000 laptops from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organization, while a human rights organization will supply 5,000 OLPC machines to Sierra Leone.
Higher Education
International Management Institute Organizes Prahelika 2011
Theme of Prahelika’11 -“Infrastructure financing”: Investing in India’s growth
Higher Education
US varsity to promote Hindi and Urdu Teaching
Indiana University in the US has been given a government grant of US$119,999 to educate middle and high school teachers and students in Hindi and Urdu.
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Mid-day meal make 30 school children ill
Over 30 children of a government-aided school in the Capital fell ill after eating the mid-day meal on Wednesday.
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ICT symposium by IGNOU
The relevance of open educational resources (OER) has been propelled by the ever noticeable presence of information and communication technology (ICT) initiatives in the higher education landscape.
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Live training by Akshaya for online counselling programme
A training programme organised by Akshaya, an Information and Communication Technology dissemination project in the Indian state Kerala, in association with the National Informatics Centre (NIC) on the Internet-based counselling evoked enthusiastic response from students. Nearly...
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Experts describe Indian examination as faulty
Calling the Indian examination system faulty, education experts at a seminar on Tuesday said the system of examination here fails to create questioning minds.