[PLUG] Fwd: [india-gii] Microsoft taking over Maharashtra's future

[Vivek Khurana]

Anyone aware of this ?

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From: Arun Mehta <arun.mehta at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:09 AM
Subject: [india-gii] Microsoft taking over Maharashtra's future
To: india-gii at lists.cpsr.org


Is the Mumbai/Pune open source community doing anything about this? I
am sure, that with government resources involved, we can ask that not
just Windows be taught, to the thousands of teachers Microsoft is
training each year...
Arun
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ms-to-build-it-skills-in-maha-schools/367428/

MS to build IT skills in Maha schools
BS Reporter / Mumbai August 19, 2009, 0:17 IST

The government of Maharashtra today signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft India to enhance information and
communication technology adoption in schools and build job readiness
skills of the future workforce in the state.

Under the agreement, Microsoft will over the next two years train
6,000 teachers, as well as 100,000 pre-service teachers. The MoU is an
extension of an existing relationship between Microsoft and the state
government, under which Microsoft India has set up information
technology academies at Pune, Nagpur and Aurangabad and trained over
92,000 teachers.

Additionally, the software giant will also help build last-mile
capacity among educators. One educator from each cluster in the state
will be required to undergo a 10-day training module in a classroom
setup. Microsoft will conduct over 200 sessions at the district level
over the next two years for training 6,000 resources in as many
clusters.
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