India, being the fastest growing cellular market, has slipped one position to 40th rank in the global Network Readiness Index for 2005-06, according the report published by World Economic Forum (WEF). India was ranked 39th in last year’s report.
The UNESCO has expressed willingness to support the IT dissemination project of the State of Kerala in India, ‘Akshaya’, which is focusing on women empowerment.
The Government of Jamaica is planning to give an opportunity to physically disabled persons in the country to learn valuable computer skills, so that they can reap best results by making use of it. This is being facilitated through the government’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Training for Persons with Disabilities Programme, which is currently being run by the National Youth Service (NYS).
China wants to give a big boost to its education sector with the help of Information and Communication Technologies -based (ICTs) distance education and e-Learning.
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has welcomed the Federal Government
A special teachers award is constituted by the Ministry of Education and Sports in Ghana for encouraging software development for various subjects this year.
An online forum, AGORA to support women’s contribution towards scientific progress has been launched by UNESCO and cosmetics company L’Oreal.
Viviane Reding, the Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media, proposes a new impetus for the European ICT research and innovation agenda in Vienna last week.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by the Government of Egypt recently with 12 companies in the Oracle Consortium to provide ICT hardware, software, digital content and teacher development to secondary schools.
In the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP), government aims to develop a knowledge-based economy to create a competitive and resilient workforce with high moral values.
