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====How you can help====
====How you can help====


If you come across examples of brand names being mentioned in the syllabus in Primary Education, Secondary Education, Professional Colleges or Others, please bring them to our attention. If you can find a link to the syllabus, add it to the appropriate section and add information on the brand names mentioned in the syllabus. We aim to have a substantial database built up by the end of May 2008. We will take this information to education policy makers and political parties and get the syllabus changed.  
If you come across examples of brand names being mentioned in the syllabus in Primary Education, Secondary Education, Professional Colleges or Others, please bring them to our attention. If you can find a link to the syllabus, add it to the appropriate section and add information on the brand names mentioned in the syllabus.We aim to have a substantial database built up by the end of May 2008. We will take this information to education policy makers and political parties and get the syllabus changed.
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Please join and see the Campaign mailing list [http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/education-discuss-fosscom.in HERE]
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====Getting Started====
 
You can help us by collecting information for the Syllabus Review drive. This drive is intended to identify instances where proprietary software is mentioned in the syllabus. Therefore the best way to get started is to use search strings like:
 
<state name>
primary education
secondary education
Windows
Microsoft
Word
Visual Basic
 
When your search discovers proprietary software mentioned in the syllabus, please do add them to the appropriate section of http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Syllabus_Review.
 
Or if you find it difficult for you to edit the wiki,please add it to the discussions page,or just mail to the mailing list with the details you have,so the list can help you editing the wiki.
 
Thanks for the support and we look forward to your contributions.


===Primary Education===
===Primary Education===
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|colspan="5" align="center" | '''[http://ncert.nic.in/welcome.htm NCERT]'''
|colspan="5" align="center" | '''[http://ncert.nic.in/welcome.htm NCERT]'''
|-
|-
|[http://ncert.nic.in/sites/publication/schoolcurriculum/it_curri_content.htm IT CURRICULUM, NCERT] ||[http://ncert.nic.in/sites/publication/schoolcurriculum/sectionIV.htm IT TOOLS section] says to use Windows operating system and internet explorer(/netscape navigator).Repeated advices about installing anti-virus softwares when only proprietary software systems require such an urgent vigil against viruses. ||Windows operating system and Internet explorer are proprietary softwares.Though NCERT keeps a good status of using standard words than using "powerpoint" for "presentation". ||Windows OS,Internet Explorer
|[http://ncert.nic.in/sites/publication/schoolcurriculum/it_curri_content.htm IT CURRICULUM, NCERT] ||[http://ncert.nic.in/sites/publication/schoolcurriculum/sectionIV.htm IT TOOLS section] says to use Windows operating system and internet explorer. Though NCERT keeps a good status of using standard words, they still prescribe MS Windows OS, MS Word and IE.|| Both students and teachers are to required to know about detecting virus in floppies to start with.Urgent Vigil against Viruses are only required in proprietary platforms. || MS Windows,MS Word,Internet Explorer
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|colspan="5" align="center"|'''[http://www.tn.gov.in/schooleducation/  Department of School Education, Govt. of Tamil Nadu]'''
|-
|[http://dge.tn.gov.in/matricsyllabus/class03/class03CS.pdf CLASS 03 ICT]
||Defining computer Interface with Windows desktop
|rowspan="11"|How came one chapter about GNU/Linux in 9th class ICT?
|rowspan="11"|see Objections
|-
|[http://dge.tn.gov.in/matricsyllabus/class04/class04CS.pdf CLASS 04 ICT]
||GST Typing tutor,MS Power Point ,Star Impress
|-
|[http://dge.tn.gov.in/matricsyllabus/class05/class05CS.pdf CLASS 05 ICT]
||MS Word,Star Writer,Creative Writer
|-
|[http://dge.tn.gov.in/matricsyllabus/class06/class06CS.pdf CLASS 06 ICT]
||Unique features of MS Windows GUI,MS-word,Star Writer,QBASIC,BASIC
|-
|[http://dge.tn.gov.in/matricsyllabus/class07/class07CS.pdf CLASS 07 ICT]
||MS Excel,Star Calc,BASIC,Adobe Flash,GIF Animator,Internet Explorer
|-
|[http://dge.tn.gov.in/matricsyllabus/class08/class08CS.pdf CLASS 08 ICT]
||MS Excel,visicalc,star calc,MS Notepad,Wordpad,Ms Frontpage
|-
|[http://dge.tn.gov.in/matricsyllabus/class09/class09CS.pdf CLASS 09 ICT]
||MS Frontpage,MS Access,MS Visual Basic
|-
|[http://dge.tn.gov.in/matricsyllabus/class10/class10CS.pdf CLASS 10 ICT]
||MS Access,Star base,Visual Basic
|}
|}
===Secondary Education===
===Secondary Education===
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|colspan="5" align="center" | '''[http://rajeduboard.nic.in/ Board of Secondary Education,Rajasthan]'''
|colspan="5" align="center" | '''[http://rajeduboard.nic.in/ Board of Secondary Education,Rajasthan]'''
|-
|-
|[http://rajeduboard.nic.in/1.htm Computer Literacy for secondary and senior secondary students] ||[http://rajeduboard.nic.in/Syllabi/IX.pdf IX]th,[http://rajeduboard.nic.in/Syllabi/X.pdf X]th,[http://rajeduboard.nic.in/Syllabi/XI.Pdf, XI]th and [http://rajeduboard.nic.in/Syllabi/XII.Pdf XII]th standard syllabi includes Computer litercy as one of the subjects,Which teaches them about nothing but MS's platform and softwares leading them to absolute dependency on propreitary software platforms.Starting from defining types of OSes as DOS and Windows in IXth,in Xth it goes to teach the GUI of windows  in advanced windows section and including Internet Explorer in the IT-basics portion.In XI its about IT TOOLS which are Windows,MSOffice and about MSAccess and Propreitary biased SQL without software specification, in XIIth and all these with 40% weightage to practicals including Visual Basic and .||Ultimate education package to create a youth of slaves. || )Windows, 2)OS, 3)MSOffice, 4)DOS, 5)Internet Explorer, 6)Non Standard SQL, 7)Visual Basic
||[http://rajeduboard.nic.in/Syllabi/IX.pdf IXth Class 7th Subject ComputerLiteracy]
||Unit-II:DOS,Unit-III: MS-Windows GUI,Unit -IV:Windows Applications
|rowspan="4"|Ultimate education package to create a youth of slaves
||MSWindows,DOS,MSOFFICE,CDAC fonts
|-
|[http://rajeduboard.nic.in/Syllabi/X.pdf Xth 7th subject Computer Literacy]  
||Unit-II Windows GUI Internet Explorer,Other apps,Unit-IV web tools in Windows
||Windows,and its webtools
|-
|[http://rajeduboard.nic.in/Syllabi/XI.Pdf XIth standards 5th subject Compulsory Computer Science]
||Unit-II IT TOOLS:Windows GUI,MSOffice,UNIT-III IT Application-Practical works on the above tools
||Windows ,MSOffice
|-
|[http://rajeduboard.nic.in/Syllabi/XII.pdf XIIth Standard- Computer science(Application and programming)optional-(subject code 3)]
||Paper-I Unit II-Visual Basic Introduction ,Unit -III Visual Basic Programming,Paper -II:Unit-II:Ms Access,Unit-III:(Non Standard,ORACLE,not explicit) SQL,practicals||Visual Basic,MSAccess,Non Standard SQL
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|colspan="5" align="center"|'''[http://cbse.nic.in/welcome.htm CBSE]'''
|-
|[http://cbse.nic.in/SECONDARY%20CURRICULUM%202010%20%20VOL-1.pdf Secondary Curriculum 2010,INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY(CODE No. 165)]
||CLass-IXth:Unit 2-IT TOOLS-Windows GUI basics,MSOffice and its practical in Unit-3
|rowspan="2"| A Microsoft Course..  
|| Windows,MSOffice
|-
|[http://cbse.nic.in/Senior%20School%20Curriculum%20Book2009.pdf Senior School Curriculum 2009,Informatics Practices (Code 065)]
||XI:
Unit -I Computer System And Business Applications:Windows,Unit 2 Introduction to Programming:Visual Basic,UNIT 3 RDBMS:ORACLE
XII:Unit 2:Visual Basic,Unit 3 RDBMS:PL/SQL
||MS Visual Basic,ORACLE PL/SQL
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|colspan="5" align="center"|'''[http://www.tn.gov.in/schooleducation/  Department of School Education, Govt. of Tamil Nadu]'''
|-
|11th Std Computer Science [http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/Books/11/CompSci-EM/Vol1/Preface.pdf VOL1],[http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/Books/11/CompSci-EM/Vol2/Preface.pdf VOL2]
|| VOL 1:Chapter-6 Computer Communication:Internet with Windows tools
VOL 2:Chapter 1 Introduction to Windows Xp,Chapter 2 Windows Explorer
||Though there is a chapter for (GNU/)Linux in Volume 2,This too is not a bad way towards slavery
||Windows,its net tools,Internet Explorer
|-
|12th std Computer Science [http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/Books/12/CompSci-EM/Vol1/Preface.pdf VOL1],[http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/Books/12/CompSci-EM/Vol1/Preface.pdf VOL2]
|| VOL1:chapter-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9:STAR OFFICE Course
VOL2:Non Standard C++(Turbo C++)
||No Scope for Vendor Neutral Software
|| Star office,Turbo C++
|}
|}


===Others===
===Others===
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!style="background:#ffdead;" | College/University
!style="background:#ffdead;" | College/University
!style="background:#ffdead;" | Course
!style="background:#ffdead;" | Courses
!style="background:#ffdead;" | Papers
!style="background:#ffdead;" | Remarks
!style="background:#ffdead;" | Remarks
!style="background:#ffdead;" | Discussion
|- style="background:#efefef;"  
|- style="background:#efefef;"  
|colspan="5" align="center" |  
 
|colspan="5" align="center" | '''Kerala'''
|-
|rowspan="8"|[http://www.mguniversity.edu/ MG University, Kottayam, Kerala] ||rowspan="7"|[http://www.amaljyothi.com/main/downloadform.asp?file=downloads/cse.pdf Btech,CSE]
|-
|-
|M.G.Govt. Arts College,Mahe, under Pondicherry University||B.A.Malayalam Course has a paper by name Introduction to Malayalam Softwares. It introduces basic concepts of Language Computing and various text editing and Word Processing applications. The OS is Windows,since at the time of framing the syllabus,GNU/Linux distribution with Malayalam support was not available. Currently that syllabus requires an overhauling.
|RT503 - Database Systems ||Case study in Oracle
||Windows operation system and ASCII encoded text editing and Word Processing applications are the softwares||
|-
|-
|MG University, Kottayam, Kerala ||Btech, Computer Science
|RT502 - Operating Systems ||General Structure of MSDOS, Windows 2000.
||Paper :RT503 - Database Systems
|-
Case study in Oracle
|RT704 - Advanced Software environments || Windows API, MFC
|-
|RT706-4 - Windows programming ||!
|-
|R707 - Hardware Lab ||MASM
|-
|RT805-5 - Distributed Computing ||Sun Network file system
|-
|MCA|| ||
Insists students for using Oracle
|-
|rowspan="5"|[http://universityofcalicut.info Calicut University]
||BSc Computer Science
|| ||Visual Basic, Visual C++,MASM,Oracle,adobe Flash,ASP.net.Windows,PowerPoint
|-
|rowspan="4"|Btech,ECE
|-
|EC04-111(P)ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS WORKSHOP-PART B || 9th experiment- "PCB layout using software like ORCARD,CIRCUITMAKER,EDWIN"
|-
|EC04-805(A):SOFT COMPUTING TECHNIQUES || Internal Assignment on  MATLAB
|-
|EC04-806(P):ADVANCED COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING LAB || "Objective:To make students familiar with microwave devices,MATLAB,DSP kits,PSPICE" 


Paper : RT502 - Operating Systems
General Structure of MSDOS, Windows 2000, Linux.


Paper : RT704 - Advanced Software environments
|- style="background:#efefef;"
Windows API, MFC
|colspan="5" align="center" | '''Tamilnadu'''
 
|-
Paper  : RT706-4 - Windows programming !
|rowspan="1"|Bharathiyar University, Distance education
||BCA || ||COBOL,Windows
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|colspan="5" align="center" | '''Maharashtra'''
|-
|rowspan="1"|University of Mumbai
||BSc (IT), MSc(IT) || ||Turbc C,C++,Visual C,Visual Basic in sem 5 Bsc(IT),Use of Emulators (Wipro UWin),WINDOWS
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|colspan="5" align="center" | '''Pondicherry'''
|-
|M.G.Govt. Arts College,Mahe, under Pondicherry University||B.A.Malayalam ||Introduction to Malayalam Softwares ||OS is Windows,since at the time of framing the syllabus,GNU/Linux distribution with Malayalam support was not available. Currently that syllabus requires an overhauling.Windows operation system and ASCII encoded text editing and Word Processing applications are the softwares||


Paper : R707 - Hardware Lab
|- style="background:#efefef;"
MASM
|colspan="5" align="center" | '''Andhra Pradesh'''
 
Paper : RT805-5 - Distributed Computing
Sun Network file system.||
|-
|-
 
|rowspan="2"|Osmania University, Hyderabad, AP||B.E. (Computer Science)
|MG University, Kottayam, Kerala ||MCA||
|| CS 481 : Visual Programming Lab || The Entire course is taught using visual studio in all colleges affiliated to Osmania University and also in the university itself. This course requires proprietary Visual studio on proprietary Windows Operating system thereby limiting the learning curve as both of the softwares are not available for free and not everyone can afford it. The course is mostly taught using visual studio .NET
Insists students for using Oracle||
|-
|-
||B.E. (Computer Science)
|| CS 431 : Distributed Systems Lab || Sounds like a linux based distributed system lab? No, it isn't, this course is a preliminary to the above course for preparing the student getting accustomed to the Microsoft proprietary studio development tools and knowing the basics. The entire course covers the basics of visual studio c++


|Calicut University, Kozhikode, Kerala||B.Sc Computer Science||
Uses Visual Basic, Visual C++, for programing.
uses MASM as assembler.
Uses Oracle as database.
Adobe Flash for flash scripting.
And have ASP.net.
Uses Windows Operating Systems in my College and don't know
how it's in other colleges, but most are using windows Operating systems.
And their office suit for Editing and making presentations.||


|-
|Bharathiyar University, Distance education||BCA||
Studies COBOL, and uses Windows operating systems.
Don't know more details. But I will add it soon.||
|-
| University of Mumbai
| BSc (IT), MSc(IT)
| ''The following list is one that is observed across institutes for conducting practical sessions, but is not '''explicity''' mentioned in the syllabus. The course content for theory classes '''do not''' explicity or implicity refer to the use of these programs.''
* Use of ''only'' Turbo C++ 3.0 (16-bit) compiler to write C / C++ programs (and VC++ later)
* Visual Basic as a mandatory Subject in SEM V (BSc[IT]) denying the merits of other Prototyping software
* Use of Emulators (Wipro UWin) instead of *nix based distributions for practical sessions on *nix based subjects
* Windows based OSes allowing "each one to his own" kinda behaviour for learning / spreading knowledge implying '''lack of standards''' for software across institutions / colleges teaching these courses.
|
|-
|}
|}


===See also===
===See also===
[http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/wiki/FossElectivesSyllabus NRCFOSS's FOSS based syllabus] (to supplement the use of FOSS (or may be vendor neutral software)
[http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/wiki/FossElectivesSyllabus NRCFOSS's FOSS based syllabus] (to supplement the use of FOSS (or may be vendor neutral software)

Revision as of 16:34, 12 May 2008

Syllabus Review of Indian Educational Institutes to filter out Brandings

If we hope to make the next generation of Indian students digitally literate, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is the most logical choice. However, the syllabus in many academic institutions *mandates* proprietary software and mentions them by brand names.

This prevents teachers and students from choosing the software that best suits their needs and budgets. It makes the education system teach products not principles. And the benefits go to the owners of the brand names, not to the country, or the students or the teachers.

To bring the benefits of FOSS to Indian students, one of the first steps we need to take is to remove the proprietary bias from the syllabus.

How you can help

If you come across examples of brand names being mentioned in the syllabus in Primary Education, Secondary Education, Professional Colleges or Others, please bring them to our attention. If you can find a link to the syllabus, add it to the appropriate section and add information on the brand names mentioned in the syllabus.We aim to have a substantial database built up by the end of May 2008. We will take this information to education policy makers and political parties and get the syllabus changed.

Please join and see the Campaign mailing list HERE


Getting Started

You can help us by collecting information for the Syllabus Review drive. This drive is intended to identify instances where proprietary software is mentioned in the syllabus. Therefore the best way to get started is to use search strings like:

<state name> primary education secondary education Windows Microsoft Word Visual Basic

When your search discovers proprietary software mentioned in the syllabus, please do add them to the appropriate section of http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Syllabus_Review.

Or if you find it difficult for you to edit the wiki,please add it to the discussions page,or just mail to the mailing list with the details you have,so the list can help you editing the wiki.

Thanks for the support and we look forward to your contributions.

Primary Education

Subject Objections Remarks Softwares
NCERT
IT CURRICULUM, NCERT IT TOOLS section says to use Windows operating system and internet explorer. Though NCERT keeps a good status of using standard words, they still prescribe MS Windows OS, MS Word and IE. Both students and teachers are to required to know about detecting virus in floppies to start with.Urgent Vigil against Viruses are only required in proprietary platforms. MS Windows,MS Word,Internet Explorer
Department of School Education, Govt. of Tamil Nadu
CLASS 03 ICT Defining computer Interface with Windows desktop How came one chapter about GNU/Linux in 9th class ICT? see Objections
CLASS 04 ICT GST Typing tutor,MS Power Point ,Star Impress
CLASS 05 ICT MS Word,Star Writer,Creative Writer
CLASS 06 ICT Unique features of MS Windows GUI,MS-word,Star Writer,QBASIC,BASIC
CLASS 07 ICT MS Excel,Star Calc,BASIC,Adobe Flash,GIF Animator,Internet Explorer
CLASS 08 ICT MS Excel,visicalc,star calc,MS Notepad,Wordpad,Ms Frontpage
CLASS 09 ICT MS Frontpage,MS Access,MS Visual Basic
CLASS 10 ICT MS Access,Star base,Visual Basic

Secondary Education

Subject Objections Remarks Softwares
Board of Secondary Education,Rajasthan
IXth Class 7th Subject ComputerLiteracy Unit-II:DOS,Unit-III: MS-Windows GUI,Unit -IV:Windows Applications Ultimate education package to create a youth of slaves MSWindows,DOS,MSOFFICE,CDAC fonts
Xth 7th subject Computer Literacy Unit-II Windows GUI Internet Explorer,Other apps,Unit-IV web tools in Windows Windows,and its webtools
XIth standards 5th subject Compulsory Computer Science Unit-II IT TOOLS:Windows GUI,MSOffice,UNIT-III IT Application-Practical works on the above tools Windows ,MSOffice
XIIth Standard- Computer science(Application and programming)optional-(subject code 3) Paper-I Unit II-Visual Basic Introduction ,Unit -III Visual Basic Programming,Paper -II:Unit-II:Ms Access,Unit-III:(Non Standard,ORACLE,not explicit) SQL,practicals Visual Basic,MSAccess,Non Standard SQL
CBSE
Secondary Curriculum 2010,INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY(CODE No. 165) CLass-IXth:Unit 2-IT TOOLS-Windows GUI basics,MSOffice and its practical in Unit-3 A Microsoft Course.. Windows,MSOffice
Senior School Curriculum 2009,Informatics Practices (Code 065) XI:

Unit -I Computer System And Business Applications:Windows,Unit 2 Introduction to Programming:Visual Basic,UNIT 3 RDBMS:ORACLE XII:Unit 2:Visual Basic,Unit 3 RDBMS:PL/SQL

MS Visual Basic,ORACLE PL/SQL
Department of School Education, Govt. of Tamil Nadu
11th Std Computer Science VOL1,VOL2 VOL 1:Chapter-6 Computer Communication:Internet with Windows tools

VOL 2:Chapter 1 Introduction to Windows Xp,Chapter 2 Windows Explorer

Though there is a chapter for (GNU/)Linux in Volume 2,This too is not a bad way towards slavery Windows,its net tools,Internet Explorer
12th std Computer Science VOL1,VOL2 VOL1:chapter-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9:STAR OFFICE Course

VOL2:Non Standard C++(Turbo C++)

No Scope for Vendor Neutral Software Star office,Turbo C++

Others

Colleges & Universities

College/University Courses Papers Remarks
Kerala
MG University, Kottayam, Kerala Btech,CSE
RT503 - Database Systems Case study in Oracle
RT502 - Operating Systems General Structure of MSDOS, Windows 2000.
RT704 - Advanced Software environments Windows API, MFC
RT706-4 - Windows programming !
R707 - Hardware Lab MASM
RT805-5 - Distributed Computing Sun Network file system
MCA

Insists students for using Oracle

Calicut University BSc Computer Science Visual Basic, Visual C++,MASM,Oracle,adobe Flash,ASP.net.Windows,PowerPoint
Btech,ECE
EC04-111(P)ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS WORKSHOP-PART B 9th experiment- "PCB layout using software like ORCARD,CIRCUITMAKER,EDWIN"
EC04-805(A):SOFT COMPUTING TECHNIQUES Internal Assignment on MATLAB
EC04-806(P):ADVANCED COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING LAB "Objective:To make students familiar with microwave devices,MATLAB,DSP kits,PSPICE"


Tamilnadu
Bharathiyar University, Distance education BCA COBOL,Windows
Maharashtra
University of Mumbai BSc (IT), MSc(IT) Turbc C,C++,Visual C,Visual Basic in sem 5 Bsc(IT),Use of Emulators (Wipro UWin),WINDOWS
Pondicherry
M.G.Govt. Arts College,Mahe, under Pondicherry University B.A.Malayalam Introduction to Malayalam Softwares OS is Windows,since at the time of framing the syllabus,GNU/Linux distribution with Malayalam support was not available. Currently that syllabus requires an overhauling.Windows operation system and ASCII encoded text editing and Word Processing applications are the softwares
Andhra Pradesh
Osmania University, Hyderabad, AP B.E. (Computer Science) CS 481 : Visual Programming Lab The Entire course is taught using visual studio in all colleges affiliated to Osmania University and also in the university itself. This course requires proprietary Visual studio on proprietary Windows Operating system thereby limiting the learning curve as both of the softwares are not available for free and not everyone can afford it. The course is mostly taught using visual studio .NET
B.E. (Computer Science) CS 431 : Distributed Systems Lab Sounds like a linux based distributed system lab? No, it isn't, this course is a preliminary to the above course for preparing the student getting accustomed to the Microsoft proprietary studio development tools and knowing the basics. The entire course covers the basics of visual studio c++


See also

NRCFOSS's FOSS based syllabus (to supplement the use of FOSS (or may be vendor neutral software)

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