Full Coverage: Education

30.09.2005 Nicholas Negroponte, chairman and founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Labs, has been outlining designs for a sub-$100 PC.

30.09.2005 A Village Knowledge Centre by name, Vivekanand Gramin Gyan Kendra was opened at the Dhandhar village near Pilani on Sunday 25th September 2005.

29.09.2005 The University Grants Commission (UGC) likely to release a draft of the Right to Information policy guideline for universities to follow as part of the implementation of the recently enacted Right to Information Act, 2005

29.09.2005 A seminar entitled “Towards the Incorporation of Vocational Technical Education in the Future Secondary School Curriculum” in Brunei Darussalam has highlighted the “vital role” of incorporating vocational and technological education in the school curriculum.

29.09.2005 The proportion of illiterates in Tibet increased by more than 10 per cent in 2003, to 55 per cent, according to new figures.

28.09.2005 Federally funded programs used in over a dozen U.S. states to teach students to abstain from sex until marriage are riddled with messages of fear, shame, gender stereotypes, and medical misinformation, according to non-profit organization that monitors U.S. sexual education curricula.

28.09.2005 'Mobility' is increasingly becoming a key word in artistic practice, cultural management and policy. Yet, like all 'jargon', it means many things to many people. Cultural management trainers, teachers and practitioners need to equip their students and collaborators with the necessary understanding, facts and tools to be able to work in our increasingly global, mobile environment. Corina Suteu will deliver a training of trainers session designed to equip teachers and coordinators with the material they need to explain 'mobility' in the cultural field. Studies, bibliography, readers, internet tools, policy developmentsÂ… All you need to know!

28.09.2005 Ravinder Kaur says in The Indian Express that the government has come out with a slew of measures to improve women’s conditions — a bill against domestic violence, reform of property rights for Hindu women and, most recently, enabling measures for the girl child. All these are welcome and much-needed interventions to improve the lives of women. But the government may also consider leaving family planning to the family.

28.09.2005 From 24 October to 2 December 2005 the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) will hold an internet discussion forum on open course content. The forum will explore the concept of open course content, its context, current initiatives, and issues and implications of its use.

28.09.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Sep 27 (OneWorld) - Multibillion-dollar White House plans to aid recovery from Hurricane Katrina have spawned complaints by a broad array of civil rights, economic justice, and environmental groups even as congressional investigators look into possible corruption.

27.09.2005 A programme to boost information technology in schools will be launched by President Kibaki in Isiolo,Nairobi.

27.09.2005 The UNESCO “ICT in Education Toolkit Training Workshop”, held between 5 and 10 September 2005 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, successfully introduced a newly-developed policy-makers’ toolkit, which is designed to assist in improving decision-making with regard to the integration of ICT in education.

27.09.2005 At he Second International Conference on Innovations 2005 (IIT 05) in IT, Shaikh Nayhan,Minister of Education and Chancellor of the UAE University said the theme of this yearÂ’s conference will focus on the advance of Information Technology and that the region will invest heavily in this endeavour.

26.09.2005 The Albanian StudentsÂ’ Council asked the Government of the new Prime Minister Berisha to to secure that all students that won accommodation in the open competition at the beggining of September will actually get a bet at some of the student dormitories. In accordance with the Communique of Bergen, the student accomomodation is an obligation of the Government, and ASG demands that the government complies with it in accordance to the standards.

26.09.2005 Young people and childen in the U.K. are being encouraged to take on the role of internet trainer to help their grandparents get online.

26.09.2005 A new project managed by AfriAfya and supported by Exchange is using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to communicate about health and development.This health communication project engages the knowledge of marginalised people in Kenya. The main emphasis is on analysing what information can be exchanged to improve the communities' situations.

26.09.2005 Muslim institutions should offer education through distance learning as it is the most economical way to reach out to large segments of poor students and women, said Syed Iqbal Hasnain, Vice-Chancellor of Calicut University.

23.09.2005 On September 8, 2005, the EU/UNDP funded project “Enhancement of Living Standards in Karakalpakstan” organized a roundtable on micro financing and community participation.

23.09.2005 The drudging routine of learning is set to change for school children with Etisalat all set to launch a unique educational web site that promises to convert learning into a fun activity in the UAE.

23.09.2005 Microsoft Corporation India Private Limited today announced a strategy aimed at supporting the Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India, in its efforts to address the issue of the digital divide in India.