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Society is based on cultural values and norms, therefore it's very important to become aware of both the diversity and the commons of (inter-)cultural information and communication exchange.
Just thinking of the diverse meanings of colors, words, and symbols in various environments ...
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Funding Educational Development: The “who Gets It” Dilemma!
By: Dr. V Ananthakrishnan | January 14, 2007
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| A typical exercise on funding educational development involves a triad i.e., the funding agency, the beneficiary and the intermediary (NGO, National/State government or a Nodal Agency). Even though the most critical factor for success is the beneficiary, they are forgotten in the overall planning and implementation of the programme. The result is one of limited success and little possibility of duplication/mirroring within an area/ country/ region.
The author is leading an ongoing project on creating a multimodal repository of instructional resources for rural schools in Maharashtra. The experiences and lessons learnt during a one-year period have brought to fore a number of issues.
The present paper outlines the possible measures that could be taken to tackle the issues indicated above and come out with implementable solutions, realistic estimates of budgets, achievable results and smooth transitions to integrate methodologies.
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Addressing the Demand for an Information Age Workforce
By: Kade Twist, Benton Foundation | December 4, 2000
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| The economic explosion of the information technology (IT) industry and the dramatic rise of e-commerce has created an enormous demand for workers who can create, apply and use rapidly changing technologies. The Department of Commerce estimates that by 2006 the number of computer engineers and scientists will grow by 114% and the number of systems analysts will increase by 103%. One way to alleviate this tremendous demand for workers is by investing in the relatively untapped resource of women and minorities. |
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