UN charter empowers disabled persons to access ICT
To enable persons with disabilities, the United Nations (UN) has adapted one clause that empowers disabled people to access ICT […]
One computer for 25,000 elementary students in Philippines: DepEd
In a survey conducted by Department of Education (DepEd), Philippines, reveals that twenty-five thousand public elementary school students are sharing one computer while the ratio for high school is 111 students per computer.
BSP sharpens e-Government process in Brunei
Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) has made a major contribution to the implementation of e-Government in Brunei by undertaking a detailed review of the programme.
UNDP introduces ICTDAR for Arab region
Eyeing at the weak Information and Communications Technology (ICT) indicators in Arab region, UNDP has introduced a regional initiative namely, ‘Information and Communities Technologies for Development in the Arab Region’ (ICTDAR).
Egyptian students take IT route with mobile IT clubs
Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, in association with the Cisco Networking Academy
UNESCO to launch ‘community of practice’ on local e-Government
UNESCO will launch an international community of practice on local e-Government through its ‘Information for All Programme’.
UK: National database to unmask the unrealised potentials
A pioneering national initiative is launched by Department of Education and Skills Schools Minister Andrew Adonis to help teachers to identify and stretch some of the brightest children whose true potential may in the past have gone unrealised or have been masked by social disadvantage.
Indonesian project wins APEC Digital Opportunity Centre Awards
An Indonesian project developed by the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) in partnership with the UNDP, which aims to promote and expedite the development of ICT applications in poor rural areas, won the APEC Digital Opportunity Centre Awards for ICT best practices for the Bridging the Digital Divide category.
International support for e-Framework initiative
New Zealand
IIIT-A to be India
Allahabad’s Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-A) can boast of being the second rare institution, after the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, as it is selected to house India
