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Volume III Issue VII, July 2007
“Education is the sovereign remedy for all economic ills; higher the standard of education and science applied to industrial calling, greater the wealth produced.We must develop the life and capacity of our people by encouraging in them self-help, power of initiative, courage to change and courage to create new things, a spirit of co-operation and a capacity of organisation” - Bharat Rathna Sir M Visvesvaraya “If you give me a choice between money and information, I will choose information.” - Village elder, Senegal “When you get books they are on one topic and they are immediately out of date. With the Internet, you have access to current information on any topic you want.” - Teacher, Uganda
Cover Story
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Transforming Education Through Personalisation of Learning
Research
17
Dan Buckley
Policy Matter
12 ‘Bold Policy Initiatives to Involve Private Sector is Important...’
School Track
Effectiveness of Online Learning Communities to Enhance Student Learning
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Pankaj Gorana
Anu A Gokhale
Higher Education Centre of Excellence in 20 AODL in the Make Interview: Dr M. S. Palanichamy, Vice Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Open University, India
Interview with Robert Garnett Lyngodoh, Minister, Higher and Technical Education, Meghalaya, India
The Foyer
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Corporate Diary
27
Project in Pakistan 14 Think.com Linking Students to the Global Community Rabia Garib
‘KidsRgreen’ Talking Children Beyond Classroom
Leaders’ Speak Capt. Kamaljeet Singh Brar, CEO, Designmate
Speak 29 Leaders’ Vikas Joshi, Founder, Chairman and Managing Director, Harbinger Group
Taking e-Learning Development Agenda beyond Africa
Regulars
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Mark Your Calendar
News
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India Corporate Asia World
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