On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Kumaran R <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > > I'm a school student myself studying in CBSE, 11th Std., As far as I > can remember, I was taught VB and Flash in my 6th and 7th std. too, but then > I never payed much attention to it, because I was playing with Eclipse and > Blender at my home. Also, the marks are not included for promotion (if > that's the main criteria). I don't think CBSE mandates the curriculum for CS > below class 9 (have to check it up). > its not been mandated by the board .. its the school mandating computer as a subject. > > > I would like to say that CBSE has changed its senior secondary > curriculum to comply with Open standards. They have 2 streams - namely CS > (Computer Science) and IP (Informatics Practices). CS deals with C++ and IP > deals with the front-end and back-end connectivity. Previously, CBSE had > used VB and Oracle for the IP stream. But now, I'm learning Netbeans w/ JAVA > and MySQL. glad to know about it. > But then again, the SWING API which we're learning now in Netbeans has > become obsolete. Both the products are owned by a single company, namely > Oracle, which has earned the wrath of many Open source enthusiasts. The > C++ that is being taught in schools, is by using the old Turbo C++ ide. It's > high time they change it to gcc. As far as my text book is concerned it goes > like this: "Now click the start button, go to programs menu and choose MySQL > command prompt." Some of my friends whom I've asked to switch, have asked > me, "Will C++ work in Linux?" :-( heartbreaking > Although CBSE has mandated that the curriculum has to > be based on open standards, what is the use of having an entire open stack > of applications to learn, when your base Operating System is closed and > proprietary? > Its high time that we bell the cat !! > > > With Regards, > --Kumaran R > > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > -- Anuvrat Parashar 3rd Year Undergraduate, CSE ASET, Noida www.bhanuvrat.blogspot.com/p/about.html _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
