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    Baffour-Awuah urges Accountants to be innovative  Aug 25, 2006
    "I encourage you to be innovative and creative, adopt ICT training and computer education to upgrade yourselves to face modern challenges associated with your practice." Mr Baffour-Awuah made the call when addressing the opening session of the 47th Annual Conference of Association of Educational Accountants (AEA) in Sunyani. The theme for the conference was "Contemporary Issues in Educational Delivery". (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    HK win 1 gold, 3 bronzes at world computer contest  Aug 25, 2006
    The spokesman said the EMB and the Hong Kong Association for Computer Education has jointly organized the Hong Kong Olympiad Informatics (HKOI) since 1997. Outstanding winners from HKOI are selected as Hong Kong representatives every year to enter IOI. Enditem. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Liberated DESKTOPS  Aug 23, 2006
    For instance, if you want to bring computer education to 12,500 schools, each having 10 terminals, to install Microsoft Windows would cost the government Rs 40 crore. With free software you pay nothing, and it is as good as proprietary software, says Prof. (Kolkata Newsline)

    Share fare: DPs face Sebi heat  Aug 12, 2006
    In 00, the DSQ group was one of the well-known firms in Tamil Nadu engaged in activities like computer education, biotech, software development and property development. Dinesh Dalmia was one of the promoters of the company. (India Times)

    Developing Nations Step Up The Effort Toward Tech Literacy  Aug 8, 2006
    Computer education at the K-12 level is credited with reducing the high school dropout rate there from 52% to 38. "When students get in touch with computers and learn skills, they learn to think differently," said Mata, another conference participant. (Investors Business Daily)

    Team Helps Save Family Memories  Jul 22, 2006
    This fund will be used to provide Connect And Join magazine subscriptions for military families and to support arts and crafts and computer education programs the organization provides during day camps for National Guard children. "K&Company is all about helping people preserve and share their memories with future generations," Kay Stanley, founder and president of K&Company, said. (DOD DefenseLINK)

    S-G hires new schools chief  Jul 19, 2006
    In other hirings of the night, the board unanimously voted to hire Amanda Scroggs as a high school English teacher; Zachery Dock as the physical education and health teacher for the middle and high schools; Ben Jagger as the business and computer education teacher for the middle and high schools; and Jennifer Lee as the third grade teacher for the 2006-07 school year. Advertisers. (Columbia City Post and Mail, IN)

    City schools approve raises  Jun 26, 2006
    Transfer: Beverly Haveard, T.R. Miller High School special education to T.R. Miller special education and Brewton Middle special education; Carrie Brown, Brewton Middle eighth-grade science to Brewton Middle School reading coach/school intervention specialist; Heather Cook, Brewton Middle seventh-grade computer education to Brewton Middle eighth-grade computer education; Shellie Johnson, T.R. Miller High School Algebra I and Algebra I-A to T.R. Miller Algebra I, I-A and I-B; Lisa Atkinson, T.R.... (Brewton Standard, AL)

    NIACC day camp launches youngsters' imaginations  Jun 22, 2006
    It grows every year, said organizer Mary Nell Fullerton, the computer education coordinator at NIACC.. Each year the college tries to offer something for everyone during the camp, Fullerton said. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)

    Cubans are tangled in Castro's Web revolution  Jun 18, 2006
    At a March ceremony in Havana marking the 15th anniversary of a national computer education center, Castro said Cuba needs to get used to a "new world that keeps changing around us." At the same event he promoted the idea of grooming software developers at the University of Computer Sciences, a campus about 50 miles south of Havana that aims to attract the country's brightest tech students and teachers. That seemingly progressive approach contradicts Cuba's Internet policy, said Damian... (Sun-Sentinel.com)

    Internet Café to serve as computer education center  Jun 15, 2006
    to serve as computer education center 06/15/2006 ... opens in the Old Locker Building, 211 5th St., Suite B, downtown Kalona later this month or in early July, you will find a menu of computer education opportunities ... Lora McKee, Kalona, is opening what she prefers to call a computer education center to serve area residents (of all ages), tourists and small business people. (Kalona News, IA)

    IT cos seek new ground for headhunting  Jun 10, 2006
    While the first 40 prisoners were sponsored by the Thiruvalla-based Believers Forum, scores of other prisoners have decided to foot their computer education by paying from the daily wage of Rs 9 that they earn for prison work. After the basic course, many prisoners are looking forward to a month-long higher level course titled e-vidya, that costs Rs 450. (India Times)

    Zaheera logs on to vegetarianism  Jun 8, 2006
    Zaheera is concerned about her future and has taken computer education very seriously, he said. She has also turned vegetarian, Deshpande said. (India Times, India)

    Dell to add 1,000 local jobs  Jun 3, 2006
    This after-school curriculum provides underserved middle-school students with computer education. After completing the program, students receive a free Dell desktop computer. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)

    Calendar of Events  May 26, 2006
    Camp activities will include computer education, basketball, softball, volleyball, table games, movies and occasional field trips. For more information, contact camp supervisor Timothy Rivers at 230-4013 or 831-4886. (Fayette County Review, TN)

    Why doesn't govt embrace open source?  May 25, 2006
    Though most schools in urban areas and some in rural areas do claim to offer computer education, they are unaware of neutrality and thus end up imparting IT education on a proprietary platform which, over certain time, becomes a habit and convenience. Continued. (India Times)

    MP inauguration 176 million cedis renovated school building  May 20, 2006
    She said her number one priority was to raise the level of education in the constituency since 93education plays a key role in the development of an area and the nation as a whole". Ms Botchwey commended the teachers for their commitment to teaching and learning. She also pledged a personal computer to facilitate computer education and a scholarship to a class six pupil, Miss Regina Tetteh to enable her to complete her junior secondary school education. The Deputy Minister called on the staff,... (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Graduate-Level Online Programs  May 9, 2006
    At the University of Phoenix, online graduate education students can choose from concentrations in administration and supervision, curriculum and instruction, computer education, and much more. At Capella University, cyber business students can specialize in finance or marketing. (KCRA 3, CA)

    Preparing Your Pre-schooler for the Future... PC Kidz USA Announces Their Expansion Into the Charlotte, North Carolina Metro Area  May 2, 2006
    The company will offer computer education classes to preschool and school age children through public and private preschools, as well as through early education programs. (PHOTO: Send2Press. (PR Newswire)

    Hazy picture may prompt Jaya to offer more sops  Apr 27, 2006
    5 lakh youth and computer education in all rural schools have lacked the dramatic touch of the DMK s promises. However, with the chief minister s record for Tsunami and flood relief having been appreciated, she has managed to acquire the image of an able administrator. (Economic Times)

    Reporter's notebook  Apr 23, 2006
    For a nominal price, parents can get after-school programming that now includes ceramics, computer education, and music lessons at the club's Circleville Park location. To introduce the new programs, as well as spread community awareness about the "lesser-known" program for Town of Wallkill and Pine Bush kids, the Boys & Girls Club is holding an open house from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. (Times Herald-Record, NY)

    Boards meet to discuss study  Apr 20, 2006
    In computer education, Warsaw offers six classes, Hamilton three and Nauvoo-Colusa two. Combined, the three districts could offer nine computer-related courses. (Carthage (Hancock County) Journal Pilot, IL)

    IT : corporates with a heart  Apr 7, 2006
    It conducts training programmes and computer education programmes for rural schools. Employees of the company donate their money and time to various causes at the locations where Infosys has a presence. (India Times)

    Protecting kids from predators  Apr 7, 2006
    Criminal Justice Editor John Cutter follows police blotters and court dockets. Political Pulse blog. (Orlando Sentinel)

    Indian sex worker activist  Mar 30, 2006
    So we provide vocational training for older women such as candle making and computer education. We motivate them to start their own small businesses. (BBC News -- Health)

    Attacks on Unpatched IE Flaw Escalate  Mar 28, 2006
    I would like to blame poor Internet and computer education but I wonder sometimes. Posted by: Phil | March 27, 2006 10:49 AM. (Washington Post)

    California Diary:Indo-US forum on economic reformsAddMyLinkImage("/news/7752_1656026,004100180004.htm", "Indo-US forum on economic reforms");  Mar 22, 2006
    Indo-US forum on economic reforms : HindustanTimes. Wednesday, March 22, 2006. (Hindustan Times, India)

    Monitoring a changing industry  Mar 22, 2006
    Last year, Computer Education Services Corp., a national company, closed its local office. "In the dot-com era with the boom in technology, everyone wanted to start a computer school," says Lorraine Blahnik, director of computer training at Central Piedmont. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)

    Meet the DotCommunist  Feb 15, 2006
    Moglen's ad hoc computer education influenced his later intellectual development. "John and I and Richard [Stallman], you see us now -- early fifties/late forty-somethings who grew up in that world when kids were just allowed to create," says Moglen. (Law.com)

    Nitish wants more geeks in Bihar  Jan 23, 2006
    Computer education is as important today as were the paharas (tables) during our school days, said the Chief Minister, addressing a gathering at a naxal-infested village Sikaria in Jehanabad district during the inauguration of Sarkar apke dwar (Government-at-your-doorstep) programme. Someone with ulterior motives misled you to oil lathis, said Nitish, without naming his bete noire. (Deccan Herald)


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