[Fsf-friends] Free Software and School Education

[Anivar Aravind]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Arun M <arun at gnu.org.in> wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
>  In order to strengthen our campaigns to migrate schools in India to
> free software we must understand current situation. This mail is a
> request for volunteers from around the country to document current
> situation.
>
> We need to collect information from every state and document it is a
> public wiki. I suggest following format for collection of data. Feel
> free to modify.
>
>
> 1. State Name
> 2. Organisation setting the curriculum
> 3. Contact Details
> 4. Website
>
> 5. Curriculum details
> 5.a. Does curriculum includes IT/CS - Yes/No
> 5.b. Is IT/CS a compulsory subject - Yes/No
> 5.c. Does the curriculum specify any particular software -
> 5.d Is IT/CS an optional subject  ? - Yes/No
>
> 6. IT/CS Syllabus
> 6.a. Does the syllabus specify software  - Yes/No
> 6.b. Is it based on - Free Software/Proprietary Software/Both/
>
> 7. Other information
> 7.a. Is there an external agency for IT training - Yes/No
> 7.b. Is there any training being provided to teachers -
>

Arun, also see the work we collectively done on FCI wikia  : A review
of Proprietary mentions in Syllabus all over the country

http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Syllabus_Review


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