[Fsf-friends] CBSE and AICTE promoting MicroSoft (from india-e-gov list) (fwd)

[CK Raju]

On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 19:24, Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote:
> Take the case of basic education.
> The CBSE syllabus officially wants the students to learn and use M$ products. 
> for facts goto www.cbse.nic.in and check for syllabus of computer science, 
> information practices.
> Similar is the case with AICTE.
> Hats off to our country, we really know how to splurge money for the wrong 
> reason.

The trick of the trade doesn't stop here. The global promoters of
proprietary technologies have already permeated deep into the
educational systems. From a just concluded national seminar on
ICT-Quality Mantra for Education, at St Thomas Training College,
Kottayam on 01-02 Aug 03, we had the privilege of listening to the
regional co-ordinator of IT education programme, on details of the
methodology to be adopted for training the 4.5 million teachers of HS
and +2 of our country.

That was really great intervention. I just asked him one question. On
whether he knew actually how much money would fly out from our country,
if one teacher is able to help in selling one PC.

I think while this programme goes on, perhaps it would be more wise, if
someone would take training sessions on how to cope up with life of
slavery or how to survive in the event of a civil war.

CK Raju
Thrissur