On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Arun M arun@gnu.org.in wrote:
Dear Friends,
In order to strengthen our campaigns to migrate schools in India to free software we must understand current situation. This mail is a request for volunteers from around the country to document current situation.
We need to collect information from every state and document it is a public wiki. I suggest following format for collection of data. Feel free to modify.
State Name
Organisation setting the curriculum
Contact Details
Website
Curriculum details
5.a. Does curriculum includes IT/CS - Yes/No 5.b. Is IT/CS a compulsory subject - Yes/No 5.c. Does the curriculum specify any particular software - 5.d Is IT/CS an optional subject ? - Yes/No
- IT/CS Syllabus
6.a. Does the syllabus specify software - Yes/No 6.b. Is it based on - Free Software/Proprietary Software/Both/
- Other information
7.a. Is there an external agency for IT training - Yes/No 7.b. Is there any training being provided to teachers -
Arun, also see the work we collectively done on FCI wikia : A review of Proprietary mentions in Syllabus all over the country
http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Syllabus_Review