On 23rd January 2009, Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat formally launched the e-Gram Vishwagram Project, offering broadband connectivity to all -13693 -Gram Panchayats of the state from the Haripura village. It has also helped 10,000 rural entrepreneurs in getting employment.
[This article was published in the December 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC), South Korea, has won the top award conferred by the e-Challenges Conference and Exhibition to a helpful e-Government systems held in Stockholm, Sweden, recently.
Yee Moh Chai, State Minister of Resource Development and Information Technology Datuk, Malaysia, said that the broadband penetration rate in Sabah is one of the country’s lowest, at 11.9 per 100 household…
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In a multilingual country like India, where rural population constitutes a majority segment, the growth of IT usage gets restricted due to lack of language computing or the knowledge of it. Hence in order to overcome this hurdle, the Government of Kerela, announced Malayalam computing initiative, whereby it tries to bridge the technology-language divide and helps in its smooth operating by the people.
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Learning expectations in the 21st Century are evolving. In addition to traditional subject content in disciplines taught in higher education, students are increasingly expected to demonstrate mastery of information and communications technology.
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Digital Green is a project to raise the incomes of smallholder farmers in South Asia and Africa by the production and
dissemination of locally relevant agricultural information through participatory video and mediated instruction.
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Despite great advancement in information and commun-ication technology, its use in facilitating quality and accessible teaching experience has been very minimal in the commonwealth countries of Asia and South East Asia.
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In spite of our significant efforts and achievements in the post-independent era in India even now one-third of the adult population is illiterate, only 12% of the school eligible age children complete 10th standard, and only 10% of the university eligible age group gets enrolled in our 18600 colleges and 360 Universities. Can conventional methods cope up this scale of educational challenges?
[This article was published in the April 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Microsoft was founded on the belief that technology can empower people and organisations to pursue their dreams and realise their full potential.
