The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will be training teachers in its schools for its new “smart classrooms”. “The teachers will be imparted in-house training on use, operations, pedagogy and about the digital content of various subjects of smart classes to all teachers teaching class VI to XII,” a senior NDMC …

In a bid to translate the government’s focus on smart cities into action, Ashoka University’s Centre for Entrepreneurship in association with the Dalmia Bharat Group and Microsoft Accelerator announced application calls for the second cohort of its AIM Smart City Accelerator programme. The joint initiative is aimed at nurturing innovative and …

Women should focus on education as degrees would only get them employment, MLC and Chairperson of Andhra Pradesh Women Commission Nannapaneni Rajakumari said on Tuesday. Addressing students at a symposium on ‘Strategies of women progress in view of smart cities’ at Mrs. A.V.N. College, organised jointly by the Department of Telugu …

Classrooms in New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) schools will soon be going “smart” with computers, projectors and e-learning content being put in place ahead of the upcoming academic session. Of the 51 schools under the NDMC, 30 will get 444 smart classrooms before the July session, NDMC chairperson Naresh Kumar …

With a commitment to transform education through technology, the Government of Meghalaya recently launched the ‘Smart Classroom’ program, in collaboration with Microsoft India, at Pine Mount School. The State Government partnered with Microsoft India for this project to effectively implement technology in education and creating an environment where students and …

SIT is a higher education institution, with multiple campuses throughout the South Island of New Zealand. Approximately 13,000 students in New Zealand and around the globe use SIT’s facilities, with many of them studying online via “SIT2LRN”, SIT’s distance learning service.In 2012, SIT began the process of upgrading their network …

Huawei recently announced the launch of its new Research & Development campus situated in Bangalore. Huawei is proud to dedicate this state-of-the art R&D campus to India as a part of its commitment to contribute to Indian government’s flag-ship agenda “Make in India”.The new R&D center is the first by …

Cisco Systems would help Andhra Pradesh in developing Visakhapatnam as a smart city and it is also keen on working with the state government in the areas of education and healthcare.Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu held a video call with top executives of the American networking giant today, an official …

IBM and EMLYON recently announced a program to develop a ‘Smart Business School’ higher education environment that is capable of delivering personalized, on-demand business education on a global basis via the IBM Cloud. EMLYON will work with IBM to place educational innovation and digital entrepreneurship at the heart of its …

Mohammed Bin Rashid Smart Learning Program recently announced the introduction of several major educational initiatives for schools across the United Arab Emirates. The new developments and pilot programs aimed to benefit students, teachers and parents demonstrate the Program’s continuous improvement and innovative spirit that lies at the core of its …