On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Arjuna Rao Chavala <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Pranesh Prakash <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Dear Guru, >> >> Guru गुरु [2012-06-14 21:45]: >> > I thought Assam had implemented Ubuntu GNU/Linux fully in their >> > schools?? >> > Anyone has more information? >> >> Thanks for this! Have you already sent an RTI asking for the MoU? We've >> drafted one, and will be sending it out tomorrow if you haven't already. >> >> > Adopting proprietary software is also against the spirit of the recent >> > National Policy on ICTs in school education, which in the section on >> > software asks for FOSS to be preferred... >> > >> > Excerpt >> > >> > (http://www.itforchange.net/sites/default/files/ITfC/revised_policy%20document%20ofICT.pdf >> > available on http://itforchange.net/CABE_Sub-Committee_NPISE_Jun2012) >> > "6.3.1 A software environment favouring a pedagogy of learning which >> > promotes active learning, participatory and collaborative practices and >> > sharing of knowledge is essential to nurture a creative society. Free >> > and >> > Open Source Software – operating system and software applications will >> > be >> > preferred in order to expand the range of learning, creation and >> > sharing." >> >> Most excellent observation. >> >> Given that this is the State division of a Central programme, we should >> send a representation to the MHRD. Would you like to take the lead on >> this, and circulate a letter (quoting the policy infraction) which the >> FOSS >> community could sign on to? > > > Assam government was one of the first to include support for FOSS in its IT > policy( > http://assamgovt.nic.in/pdf/ITPOLICY-2009-Final-Gazette-Style.pdf). You may > like to refer to the same as well. >
As a community we need to be alert and keep on watching the moves by the Govt agencies, at every place including Kerala. the nexus between the Govt and Industry (aka Mafia) is so strong that reversals may happen at the blink of an eye lid. Let us open this campaign, and this time let us list the events in TN, Punjab and Assam, so that people can see the pattern. -- GN _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
