Varsities to have common website

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, APRIL 10. The Tamil Nadu Government today announced fresh proposals for expanding the vistas of E-education. The State Council for Higher Education would launch a common website for all the Universities in the State, while the Anna University in Chennai is to offer five PG courses through the Internet from July.

The web-based PG courses to be offered by the Anna University will be in the disciplines of computer science, applied electronics, power systems, structural engineering and refrigeration and air conditioning.

While computer science as a subject in government schools will be introduced for class Nine and Ten as well from 2000-01, the Education Minister, Mr. K. Anbazhagan, moving the demands for grants for his department in the Assembly, said the remaining higher secondary schools, uncovered by the programme launched last year, will also teach computer science from 2000- 01.

The Anna University had also introduced the ``credit banking policy'', he said. This facilitated students to credit courses with the institutions recognised by the varsity and accumulate them for award of degree/diploma.

The Government would also ensure that undergraduate students in Arts and Science colleges got a minimum of 150-hours of computer training before they completed their first degree, This would help students apply computer knowledge in their specialisations later.

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