Please raise your concerns to Hindustan Times who are giving the awards. Followup with MHRD is necessary for any kind of reply and/or action.
I can help in contacting Mr. P. A. Inamdar (of Poona college and other associate institutes). He is pro FOSS. Regards, -Sudhanwa On Jan 17, 2016 12:02 PM, "Milind Oka" <[email protected]> wrote: > THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS BURNING & YOU ARE DREAMING ABOUT AWARD FOR SOPKEN > TUTORIAL ! > > OPEN LETTER TO PROF KANNAN (IIT , MUMBAI) > > Dear Prof Kannan > > Sir, > > I am really very happy if you get award but .... > > Please read it carefully > ==================================== > (True Copy) > > Government of India > Ministry of Human Resource Development > (School-5 Section) > New Delhi, Shastri Bhavan > Dated : 17.06.2014 > > Subject: National Policy on Information and Communication Technology in > School Education to adopt free and open source software (FOSS) Regarding. > > Sir/Madam, > > 1. The undersigned is directed to refer herewith to a letter received in > the Ministry of Human Resource Development on the subject mentioned above > and to say that attention of MHRD has been called to the National Education > Policy on Information Communication Technology (NPICT) in School Education, > All Central/State SSC/HSC boards have ICT subject in their curriculum and > conduct the Examination on ICT papers. Softwares like Adobe Photoshop, > Adobe Illustrator, M.S. Window, M.S. Office software has been made > mandatory for framing and answering in the examination by Boards and a huge > amount is spent for acquiring proprietary software by the affiliated > schools. This decision of the Boards etc. is not in line with NPICT in > school education. There is a concern that the amount spent on acquiring > proprietary licensed software is recovered from the students, which brings > serious implication on poor and needy students. > > 2. As you are aware that national ICT policy in School Education > underlines a preference to adopt free and open source software-operating > system and software applications in order to expand the range of learning > creation and sharing. The ICT curriculum developed by the NCERT for the > ICT@schools scheme of the MHRD is based on a Free and Open Source > Platform and includes an operating system with pre-installed software for > all application. State Government is advised to adopt the ICT curriculum > and model your syllabi around this curriculum. > > 3. In the light of above you may consider an advisory to be issued to all > educational bodies in the State/UT, to guide and suggest multiple and > generic alternatives for the ICT content and to prefer free and open source > alternatives, making ICT education cost effective and ethical. > > 4. The action taken report may be furnished to the Ministry at the > earliest. > > (Subhendu Das) > Under Secretary (RMSA-1) > > To > Education Secretary (All States/Uts) > > Copy To : > > 1. RMSA State Project Director of all States/Uts > > 2. P. A. Inamdar, Member CABE > > 3. Joint Director, CIET/NCERT > > ================================================== > It is clear that MHRD has violated its own policy deliberately in favor of > Microsoft right from 2012 or perhaps before that. > > Even after their Notification/Memo to all states, go to any school, > college, university and government office and see with open eyes how > Microsoft is worshiped, spending trillions of dollars of foreign currency > and pushing our country in to a danger zone ! > > Following is a written documented evidence of unfortunate (and deliberate) > negligence of Maharashtra State (and most of the other states). > ========================================= > > Taken from RTI reply received to me from MHRD dated 21 Sept 15: > .......... > .......... > With regard to the item no. 3 of the RTI application the CPIO concerned > has informed that no action taken report has been received from the State > of Maharashtra in respect of the Ministry of Human Resource Development > letter dated 17.06.2014. Therefore no copy of action taken report from > State of Maharashtra can be provided. > The appeal has been accordingly disposed off. > > ================================================ > > Do you really think that spoken tutorial is doing something great in FOSS > ???? > > Far more serious thing is that MHRD is funding spoken tutorials clearly > knowing that thousand such spoken tutorials cannot do any harm to > proprietary giants like Microsoft and others unless MHRD removes > proprietary software from school. (Have you forgot Richard Stallman ?) > > Why don't you ask MHRD about NOT following their own policy before > accepting funds from them as your mission is FOSS ??!! > > I have done the following instead of spoken tutorials ( since I am not IIT > Professor but a school teacher) > > ================================================= > > Sir/Madam, Your case is filed in Bombay High Court on 2015-08-06 11:28:58, > Case Stamp Number is PIL/21299/2015 And CIN No is 01006212992015 > > CASE NUMBER PIL/21299/2015 > PETITIONER MILIND S. OKA > V/S > RESPONDENT THE UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE SECRETARY AND ANR > > Prayer Sought : Remove Microsoft and other proprietary softwares from > school curriculum as per the education policy. Government is violating its > own policies and using schools as instruments to promote Proprietary > Software. > > ================================================== > > Sir, I hope you will do the needful for our country. You have far more > knowledge, potential and intelligence than me. Why are you not protesting > OPENLY about this violation ? > > जरी उद्धरणी, व्यय न तिच्या हो साचा > हा व्यर्थ भार विद्येचा. > > (What good is this futile burden of education, if it is not used for the > betterment of my motherland.) > > -- Freedom Fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar > > Waiting eagerly for your reply... > > Regards, > > Milind Oka > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: "HT for Mumbai" Award: Please vote for Prof. Kannan Moudgalya. > Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2016 04:37:03 -0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Greetings from the Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay. > > Prof Kannan Moudgalya, who leads the efforts of the Spoken Tutorial > Project, has been nominated for the Hindustan Times "HT for Mumbai awards" > 2015. > > >From his profile that appeared in Hindustan Times ( > http://spoken-tutorial.org/media/news/772/772.pdf > <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fspoken-tutorial.org%2Fmedia%2Fnews%2F772%2F772.pdf&h=aAQHMhylDAQH89-pawAVygHgaA6MHu2rclq4NKLlOzGlHJg&enc=AZMY_ZQZX-BkQF_7FVWBZYjBkUISK_GOX2HlYVV0zvvQyeDZDI1i21JYl7WnizzQk1H8qClVJywtd7y5K6dg0B8y3NZ3AycdJW82VAQfGYReaDuRw2ywP43P2dY0p_J2y_hpghB8Km2ZvJqweona680y8KoX_9kKeAiUK8aV0lRFQrwnE-c4ZNCOCxH-SV8Uev7v-AfZJbYSucRWn8X7aXzk&s=1>), > you will see that this is a recognition of our IT literacy campaign through > Spoken Tutorials. > > Pls visit this link and vote for him under the individual nominees > category. His victory is the Project's victory. > http://spoken-tutorial.org/ht-for-mumbai-nomination/ > <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fspoken-tutorial.org%2Fht-for-mumbai-nomination%2F&h=_AQHQyGeUAQEQLKwXmU3l1d0v803XrEiQtOtNo4M6_JSfdA&enc=AZMJszDXcE2J6_GOqFct2UNCvdksWx1QEOensIIBuF0lsT5i-X2h4IKb08-POoyud-uAndmCoqta3GGGHIxtFsnmXzTlDSAzsw7aLj46jbK6Khp7KGTXVwIB8EuGyvLZJNJrpx8mV6B2AeH7RtlssMYn8Sm4TZb3kExnGg4COjouFPLKgi4S3vk_5_OP4Z_gfnAJD_P4vsHXlO_2TyUhh-6D&s=1> > > Spread the word and help him and our Project win! > > Last date for voting is 9 Jan 2016. > > Thank you in advance. > > -- > Regards, > Spoken Tutorial Team, > IIT Bombay. > > _______________________________________________ > plug-mail mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail > >
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