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  • MY: Embrace ICT, Riot tells teachers

    Teachers should be proficient in the use of information and communication technologies, as ICT is now intertwined with almost all facets of life, including education.

    Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Richard Riot Jaem, who gave this advice, said it was also important for teachers to keep abreast with global happenings or else they might be left behind by their students.

  • MY: Fadillah: ICT a necessity in education

    The use of information and communication technology (ICT) in the education system can help to produce a creative and innovative workforce.

    Deputy Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Fadillah Yusof said the Government had provided infrastructure such as school networks, computer labs and software to support the move of introducing creativity and innovation in the curriculum.

    He said ICT was no longer a choice but a necessity, especially for students who could utilise the Internet to carry out research and produce reports.

  • MY: InfoSTI Pilot Project Helps Enhance ICT Skill Among Rural Residents

    The Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry's InfoSTI pilot project receives encouraging response and has helped to enhance skill in information and communication technology (ICT) among rural residents.

    Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Johnity Ongkili said this was reflected through the participation of local residents in the project that was carried out in Kota Marudu, Sabah, and Petrajaya, Sarawak, since 2009.

  • MY: Leave no senior citizens behind in digital age

    Kudos to the government and all stakeholders for ensuring that no students are left behind, “All in favour of making digital learning a success” (The Star, March 8).

    However, there is a group that is definitely at risk of being completely left behind. I am referring to our warga emas, especially those in their 70s and above. If we do not reach out to them, they will not be able to participate actively when the economy starts to pick up again.

  • MY: Ministry: ICT key consideration in education overhaul

    Wider use of information and communication technology (ICT) in the classroom will be a major consideration when the Government revamps the national education system.

    “We do not want our students to be left behind.

    “The use of ICT is crucial in our efforts to become a knowledge-based society and high-income nation,” said Deputy Education Minister Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi.

  • MY: Revolutionising digital education

    Malaysia’s Education Ministry has paved the way for the nation’s digital transformation through the recently approved National Digital Education Policy.

    With 31% of the country’s 34 million people comprising schoolgoing children and youths aged five to 24, the effort to review the current digital state of the population is a timely move.

  • MY: Sarawak: Pakan: Adoption programme narrows digital gap

    The adoption of SMK Pakan in Pakan district under the ‘Telekom Malaysia (TM) School Adoption Programme’ proved to be a perfect choice for TM to realise its objective of bridging the digital divide in rural areas.

    Deputy Minister of Information, Communication and Culture Datuk Joseph Salang said the school now has become a centre for information and communication technology (ICT) knowledge and applications not only for the district but also for other surrounding areas.

    “It started with the basic ICT training which was provided for students and teachers and subsequently extended to the community members.

  • MY: Setia Haruman Embarks On Up-skilling Of Graduates To Boost Cyberjaya's Attractiveness

    An intensive internship programme is now underway in Cyberjaya after a series of dialogues between several multinational corporations (MNCs) operating here and Setia Haruman Sdn Bhd (SHSB), the master developer of the country's leading ICT hub, following assertions that there could be a 'mismatch' in the knowledge and skills of graduates produced by local universities and what the MNCs require from them in the work environment.

    The low take-up rate in the recruitment of graduates from local universities has prompted Setia Haruman to ensure the sustainability and pre-eminence of Cyberjaya through its own internship programme by up-skilling young graduates for the kind of work demanded by the MNCs.

  • MY: Teachers need to equip themselves — Hasbi

    Teachers need to equip themselves with the relevant technological skills and keep abreast with the development of information technology (ICT to help in the transformation of the nation’s education system towards 2020.

    Limbang Parliamentarian Hasbi Habibollah said such knowledge and skills were vital for them to discharge their duties effectively as the forerunners in the education development.

    He pointed out that they had no valid reason not to enhance their skills as the government had continuously allocated substantial funds to equip schools with ICT facilities for them and their students to enhance their respective disciplines.

  • MY: Teachers reminded to use ICT in teaching

    Teachers in Sabah have been reminded to discard the old techniques of teaching and adopt the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT).

    State education director Jame Alip made the call at the closing of the Third Technology Education Conference at the Federal Building here yesterday.

    Jame appealed to teachers to adopt new techniques to improve and enhance teaching and learning.

  • NA: Country Lags Behind in Information and Communication Technologies

    There is limited knowledge of the potential Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) present in order to drive and to achieve the country's development goals.

    This is according to an official who was part of a three-member delegation from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa to the country last week. The delegation was on a visit to assess the country's state of ICTs.

    Hopestone Kayiska Chavula, the delegation's team leader, made a presentation to reporters and Joel Kaapanda the Minister of Information and Communication Technology about the delegation's findings.

  • NA: Education Should Embrace ICT

    The Chairperson of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Communication Technology (ICT), Dr Moses Amweelo, has stressed the need for the use of ICT in the education sector.

    Amweelo made these remarks last week on Thursday in Omutsegwonime settlement in the Oshikoto Region at the event at which computers and building materials were handed over to the Omutsegwonime Combined School.

  • NA: Free computer courses open opportunities

    In an attempt to reduce unemployment in Namibia, the Jacob Marengo Secondary School’s department of information technology is offering free computer classes.

    According to Edo-Omufo Triumph, Information and Technology (IT) head of department, the programme called ‘certificate in information technology’ was initiated in 2011 to train underprivileged Namibian youth free of charge for six months.

    “No registration or tuition fees,” Triumph, a Nigerian specialist in Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) told The Namibian yesterday.

  • National Policy On ICT Skill Development Is Needed In India

    Education and skills are two different aspects. Education is the preliminary requisite whereas skill is the ultimate requirement. Although a person may be the best in academic aspects but he may not be even average in practical and skill aspects. This is the true cause of problem of Indian manpower. For decade we have been following the academic structure of education with little emphasis upon qualitative professional education. There is an emergent need to frame a national policy on ICT skill development in India. This equally applies to all sorts of other non-ICT educational and professional streams as well.

  • NCR commends Ghanaian women, girls in telecom/ICT sector

    The Network of Communication Reporters (NCR) in commemoration of this year's World Telecommunication Day, has congratulated Ghanaian women who have blazed the trail in telecommunications and ICT development in the country.

    In a statement signed on Thursday by Charles Benoni Okine, Dean of the Network to mark Day, the Network said the achievements of the women called for institutional encouragement of more girls to acquire telecommunication and ICT knowledge for the benefit of the country.

  • Nepal Funds I.C.T Education for Schools

    By improving our education policies, we can become an education hub for the entire South Asian region.”

    In this recent statement given in Kathmandu, Minister of Education (MoE) Madhav Prasad Paudel cast his vision of Nepal’s future. He also added, “The gulf between the rich and the poor is widening due to the current education system. The government should focus on ICT (Information and Communications Technology Education) to narrow down the gap between the rich and the poor.”

    The MoE mandated the ICT in Education five-year Master Plan in March 2013. This ICT in Education Plan hopes to provide the necessary ICT skills to students, increase access to learning material, and encourage the effectiveness and efficiency of education governance.

  • Neue Kompetenzen braucht die Verwaltung der Zukunft

    E-Government ist innerhalb und außerhalb der Verwaltung häufig immer noch nur ein Thema weniger Spezialisten. Auch in den Verwaltungswissenschaften, der dazugehörigen Basisdisziplin zu E-Government, findet das Thema, verglichen mit der Relevanz in der Praxis noch wenig Beachtung. In den letzten Jahren hat sich zwar viel in Sachen E-Government getan, jedoch – so die These – ist das Thema heute in der Breite kaum in der Verwaltung und vielfach auch in der Verwaltungsführung angekommen, geschweige denn verinnerlicht worden. Feststeht jedoch, dass es neuer Kompetenzen bedarf, um E-Government zu realisieren und in den neuen Strukturen zu arbeiten. Unter diesen Kompetenzen werden Fähigkeiten, Fertigkeiten, Einstellungen, Erfahrungen und Wissen verstanden, die über die reine Bedienfähigkeit von IT-Anwendungssystemen hinausreichen. Zwar ist heute generell eine allgemeine Medienkompetenz in der Verwaltung vorhanden, aber es fehlt vielfach an Strategie- und Führungskompetenzen im Sinne einer „eTransformationen“. Allzu oft wird daher auch das Thema E-Government auf technische Fragen reduziert, gern auch auf CIOs oder eGovernment-Beauftragte übertragen, so dass sich Führungskräfte des Themas leicht „entledigen“ können, da es ja jetzt einen „Zuständigen“ gibt. Soll jedoch die Modernisierung im Kontext von E-Government im Sinne einer Transformation gelingen, sind neuartige Organisations- und Arbeitskompetenzen für alle Beschäftigtengruppen (Führungskräfte, Sachbearbeiter, Front-Office-Mitarbeiter etc.) gefragt, die jedoch bisher weder etabliert und noch nicht einmal ermittelt sind.

  • New Leadership Course Prepares African Leaders for Knowledge Society Development

    On Friday, 5th July, in one of the largest African Union Commission (AUC) initiatives in professional development, 213 mid-to-senior level Government and public sector officials from eight African countries graduated from a bespoke leadership course implemented by GESCI (Founded by the UN ICT Task Force) titled African Leadership in ICT (ALICT) and Knowledge Society Development.

    The ALICT course, which attracted several hundred applicants from 12 selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, is a 7 month professional blended learning course (online and face- to- face) designed and delivered by GESCI (Global e-Schools and Communities’ Initiative). The course is tailored specifically to the professional development needs of Africa’s future architects of the Knowledge Society in the fields of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), and ICT policy making and planning.

  • New Nigeria Computer Society president to promote use of ICT tools

    Newly elected President of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Prof. David Adewumi, has reiterated the commitment of the society to ensure more application of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions to meeting the needs of the country.

    Adewunmi, who stated this at his inaugural address recently, thanked the 17th National Executive Council led by the immediate past president, Sir Demola Aladekomo, for the work done within the space of two years.

  • New report examines role of ICT in education

    • Secondary schools in East Africa were the host sites for a one-year study to understand how Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure and training support could improve education
    • In one year, teachers reported significant increase in skill and comfort with using ICT for educational purposes
    • Study makes recommendations in key intervention areas for successful, sustainable integration of ICT in schools for the purposes of improved learning outcomes

    A collaborative action research (CAR) study funded by Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC), and managed independently by a team of multidisciplinary experts from the Earth Institute at Columbia University, Columbia University Teachers College, University of Nairobi in Kenya, and Kampala University in Uganda, finds significant potential for improved teaching and learning with ICT tools. Specifically, the findings are only such when the tools are appropriately designed and adequately supported with infrastructure and ongoing professional development for teachers.

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