[UgaBYTES] UPOU and AIJC bag telecentre.org Curriculum Commons Grant

[Maria Teresa Magadia Camba]

UPOU, AIJC bag telecentre.org  Curriculum Commons Grant 

 

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) and the Asian
Institute of Journalism and Communications (AIJC),  active members of the
Philippine Community eCenter Network and the CeC Academy,  are among
thirteen institutions chosen as recipients of the telecentre.org  Curriculum
Commons Grant.

 

The grant  is intended for improving the quality and standard of grassroots
knowledge workers commonly referred to as telecenter (locally branded as
Community eCenter or CeC) managers.The grant was announced during the
inaugural address of D. Purandeswari, India's Minister of State for Higher
Education, at the eINDIA 2008 Conference held last July 29 to 31 in Pragati
Maidan, New Delhi.

 

According to Dr. Basheerhamad Shadrach, Lead Program Officer for the
telecentre.org academy initiative, the grant announcement made by the
Honorable Minister was well received by telecenter organizations across the
world, with more than thirty proposals coming from four continents
submitted. 

 

The entries were shortlisted for final selection by an expert committee
composed of Ms. Karishma Kiri of Microsoft; Ms. Maria Teresa Camba of the
Commission on ICT (CICT), the Philippines; Mr. Kiringai Kamau of VACID
Africa; and Dr. Shadrach himself. 

The telecentre.org academy, an initiative that seeks to address the growing
capacity needs of grassroots telecenter managers worldwide, is in the
process of developing a 'curriculum commons site' as an online repository
and library of curriculum and training material, and the courses that will
be developed under the grant shall be made available for use of national
academies worldwide. At present, there are ten national academies including
the Philippines'. 

AIJC's proposed curriculum deals with Knowledge Management (KM) for
Community Development while UPOU's proposal is on Training of Trainers on
ICT-Based Extension Management and Delivery.

 

Members of the Philippine CeC Network (PhilCeCNet) have extended
congratulations to both UPOU and AIJC. The success of UPOU and AIJC is
considered a victory not just of the two institutions but also of the entire
PhilCeCNet and the telecentre.org-Philippine CeC Academy (tPCA), with AIJC
and UPOU being active members of both the network and the academy as well as
staunch advocates of the national CeC programme. 

 

CICT Commissioner and NCC Director General Angelo Timoteo M. Diaz de Rivera
likewise expressed jubilance over the news, "Congratulations to AIJC and
UPOU for the great work! This not only brings recognition to us but also
ensures that the Academy will have access to a pool of curriculum for our
CeC knowledge workers. Congratulations, too, to telecentre.org for coming up
with this brilliant initiative."  

 

 

 

 

MARIA TERESA M. CAMBA

Director For Field Operations

National Computer Center

Commission on Information & Communications     Technology

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