[Fsf-friends] Could this affect education?

[Frederick Noronha (FN)]

http://www.thehindu.com/edu/2005/09/26/stories/2005092600150200.htm
Microsoft award for teachers  

Microsoft Corporation India Private Limited has announced the second
round of its "Innovative Teachers Leadership" awards 2005.

Instituted last year, under its flagship India education programme
"Project Shiksha," these awards seek to honour school teachers who
innovatively use IT in their teaching techniques. The entries for the
award are currently open to both Government and private school teachers
and will close on September 30, 2005. 

The top five entrants will be selected by a panel of judges. They will
then attend a three-day regional seminar in Seoul, South Korea. 

The winner, from the region will then attend the global seminar in the
U.S.