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Flow chart for change
The face of computing and IT education is changing so fast that the restructuring of courses and curricula presents a big challenge to educationists. The recent ComputingCurricula 2004 draft report brought out by the Association for Computing Machin ery (ACM) charts out the ground covered by current computing disciplines.


Rebooting curricula
The country's curriculum planners in IT and computing subjects have not been able keep up with trends and mould courses that sharply focus on new areas of study. Will the ACM report help academics envision a new course regime?
GUIDANCE PLUS
Do you have the aptitude?
Aptitude tests sometimes play a key role in the selection of candidates for jobs. What do they mean?
Aiming for AIIMS
The competition is very fierce for the limited number of MBBS seats at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, because of the unique status of the institution. And the entrance examination is somewhat different from the usual ones of its kind.
Blaze of a job
For those who would like to `play' with fire educationally, here is an introduction to some of the top courses in fire engineering in the country.
Q & A
Master's degree in archaeology
Q. I am a history student. I want to pursue MA in archaeology. I would like to know about the colleges and institutions offering this course and also the career opportunities in this field. - Deepa, ...
The old CAT returns
Notification for Cusat's Common Admission Test will come in the last week of February. The examination will take place on May 21 and 22. Unlike last year, there will be examination centres across the country.
YOUNGACHIEVERS
A whiz-kid's tryst with Linux
What do people do when they hear that doing a particular thing is very difficult? Most of them try to avoid it. But some people meet the challenge headlong. Sarath Lakshman a Standard X student of the Jawaharlal Nehru Government Higher Secondary ...
In English, with confidence
It was rich experience for 40-odd students who participated in a 10-day enrichment programme on English skills organised by the Foundation for Academic Excellence and Access in Kochi.
News scan
In the backdrop of the tsunami disaster, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to incorporate information about the natural phenomenon in its school textbooks. Beginning next academic session, information on tsunami ...
`Getting into Yale is all about merit'
YALE GRADUATES who have made a difference include Bill Clinton, several Nobel laureates, one of the most recent winner being John Fenn for Chemistry in 2002, and entertainer Jodie Foster. The University recently connected with India by tying up ...
The science of oceans
Despite the natural disaster that struck the Asian coasts last month, mankind has vastly benefited from the oceans. Oceanography offers good career opportunities for those in love with the sea and its wonders.


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