Can something similar be done in Punjab. I know there are plenty of ppl from Punjab especially from teaching community in this list.
Punjab Technical University has tailored its curriculum as per M$ software. We have FCPIT tailored around MS Office and DOS and Windows only. See: http://ptu.ac.in/1st%20year.htm
It could be OpenOffice and save colleges from expensive software and proprietary software.
And Windows Programming But for that i have been using DevC++ and gcc+cygwin successfully and not Visual Studio which would be a dead project soon. Any way the syllabus for Windows programming is a little outdated.
and plenty of other subjects which i have not taught.
BTW also for schools DIT http://www.dtepunjab.nic.in/ or may be http://www.dtepunjab.org/ has a project under which school students would be taught MS Word/ Windows and fiends.
Sincerely
Ajay Pal Singh Atwal Lecturer Dept. CSE & IT
"Mr. Basheer said the leadership Kerala State Teachers' Association (KSTA) had initially fully endorsed the Government decision to hold the examination using Microsoft software, but had later backtracked on its word. The Government is ready to use Linux from the coming year. But it is too late to attempt anything of the kind at this point of time." (Full story at http://www.hindu.com/2005/02/09/stories/2005020904990500.htm )
Micro$oft is getting a new taste of treatment from the teaching community in this well bounded territory. This time the 'holy nexus' is getting more clearly exposed. Very soon the $oft Inc will get a matching response from the local bodies of the State. IKM, pls watch out - your own partymen will catch you by your neck. CK Raju