On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Jitendra kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here are some of the outcomes of today's meeting. > > The primary objective of today's meeting was the formation of 'Pressure > group' for curriculum change. > The meeting was attended by representatives from MPP, Pravin Dai from > Brihaspati Vidya Sadan, representatives from HLCIT, ENRD and myself on > behalf of FOSS Nepal. > > It was realized that we need the participation of more schools and need to > identify those who will have major role in influencing this change. Pravin > Dai has agreed to take this lead for lobbying with schools. And we need to > consult more people who are directly involved in setting up syllabus of > computer besides the officials of CDC. > > You may be aware that HLCIT has included the promotation of FOSS in their > calendar this year. And they plan to give this a continuity. In a sense, > they are reviewing their IT policy to prioritize FOSS. In the first phase of > pressure generation, it was decided to ask HLCIT, Ministry of Sci. & Tech. , > Ministry of Edu. and PABSON for writing a letter to CDC to restructure the > syllabus so that it reflects the national IT policy - FOSS. > > HLCIT has already given consent on sending a letter to CDC. PABSON will be > contacted by Pravin dai. We will soon try to get in touch with ministers for > the same in the first phase. > > And besides that, it was realized that we start outlining the changes in the > syllabus parallely. > > Guys, FOSS Nepal has very very important role to play in this aspect. Lets > gear up, lets form a team for deciding the changes and outlining the content > for the syllabus.
Jitendra, thanks for the quick update. It would be great if you could also update it on the wiki: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Computer_Curriculum_in_Schools Keep the momentum going! Thanks, Subir --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
