Gujarat ( INDIA ) introduce open source at 12th standard syllabus with @ 50% weightage.

[ElectroMech]

Dear All,

I thought let me share you the efforts of people like us and success 
story , the introduction of open source mainly LINUX is now part of 
official syllabus of Gujarat 12th standard computer subject.

Here are some Q/A with Mr. Harshal Arolkar.

      Behalf of VGLUG I got chance to have small Q/A with Mr. Harshal
      Arolkar ( He is a part of committee and  played lead role in
      designing the text book for Gujarat 12 th standard Computer
      subject ). Due to their team efforts now open source is a part of
      computer subject in 12th standard in Gujarat. */


      Don't you thing this is a great moment for all who are promoting
      Linux and opens ource and a major step in Gujarat for Open source
      movement ??


Excited !!! well here are the questions the answers are at

http://www.vglug.info/q-with-mr-harshal-arolkar-gujarat-education-board-1...

      Although after some conversation I added few more questions.


      Many many Thanks to Mr. Harshal Arolkar.



-- 
Nilesh Vaghela
ElectroMech
Redhat Channel Partner and Training Partner
Ahmedabad: 404,Maulik Arcad,Nr. Mansi cross Road,Satellite Rd
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Gujarat ( INDIA ) introduce open source at 12th standard syllabus with @ 50% w

[Saahil Hakimuddin]

jkhatri <khatri.jatin(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:




>  Nilesh J. Vaghela wrote:
>  Dear
>  All, 



>  I thought let me share you the efforts of people like us and success
>  story , the introduction of open source mainly LINUX is now part of
>  official syllabus of Gujarat 12th standard computer subject. 



>  Here are some Q/A with Mr. Harshal Arolkar. 



>  Behalf of VGLUG I got chance to have small Q/A with Mr. Harshal

>  Arolkar ( He is a part of committee and played lead role in 

>  designing the text book for Gujarat 12 th standard Computer 

>  subject ). Due to their team efforts now open source is a part of

>  computer subject in 12th standard in Gujarat. */ 





>  Don't you thing this is a great moment for all who are promoting

>  Linux and opens ource and a major step in Gujarat for Open source

>  movement ?? 





>  Excited !!! well here are the questions the answers are at 



> http://www.vglug.info/q-with-mr-harshal-arolkar-gujarat-education-board-1...



>  Although after some conversation I added few more questions. 





>  Many many Thanks to Mr. Harshal Arolkar. 








>  wow.... thats great thing .... nice to see that Linux/opensource is
>  now in school syllabus 


>  Regards & TC 

This, in fact, can be regarded as one of the major steps forward towards  
increasing awareness about Open Source philosophy. Most of us, here, know  
how difficult it is to convince students in their university level  
education to make use of Open Source technologies, and gain manifold  
advantages in their daily productivity. Introducing Linux in school  
syllabus will, hopefully, tend to make the job easier for students pursuing  
careers in any technological field. Kudos to your efforts, Nilesh. :-)

Regards,
Saahil

Gujarat ( INDIA ) introduce open source at 12th standard syllabus with @ 50% w

[Ankur Sinha]

On Fri, 2009-05-22 at 09:18 +0000, saahil.in(a)gmail.com wrote:

>  This, in fact, can be regarded as one of the major steps forward
>  towards increasing awareness about Open Source philosophy. Most of us,
>  here, know how difficult it is to convince students in their
>  university level education to make use of Open Source technologies,
>  and gain manifold advantages in their daily productivity. Introducing
>  Linux in school syllabus will, hopefully, tend to make the job easier
>  for students pursuing careers in any technological field. Kudos to
>  your efforts, Nilesh. :-)
>  
>  Regards, 
>  Saahil
>  -- 
+1 to that.. Nilesh, could you give a brief outline of how you went
about doing this?? We could pick ideas from there to implement in our
regions too..

-- 
regards,

Ankur