[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Integration of ICT into the school curriculum is now increasingly being recognised as a critical area of focus to convert technology into workable tools for basic learning in the formative years of an individual.
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
How do teachers, administrators and policy makers feel about their experiences with technology?
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In recent years, countries including India have responded to the global need to constantly upgrade the ICT skills and adaptability of human trends with more knowledge expansion that can support an accelerated spread of new technologies in the whole system.
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, India announced the establishment of 60,000 Common Service Centres (CSCs) in rural India by the end of the financial year.
The Government of India plans to issue e-passports to diplomats from next month and to the citizens from the September 2010 onwards.
The Government of Orissa (India) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with three private operators to roll out 8558 Common Service Centres (CSCs) in the state. Those centres will be developed on build-own-operate (BOO) model for first five years.
In the upcoming Lok Sabha next year, Bharatiya Janata Party is planning to use technologies such as free and open-source software, which will bring video conferencing, Internet telephony and unified communication to approximately four million party workers by the year 2011.
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
ICT can improve the quality of teaching, learning and management in schools and so help raise standards. When the quality teaching and learning is done creatively and collaboratively, it works wonder for the education community in terms of their capacity building.
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The National Informatics Centre (NIC), Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India organised a national seminar,
