Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Call for volunteers: Syllabus change drive

The more I talk to my friends in industry and the free and open source
software communities, the more I am convinced that one of the most
important things we can do is to get open source software a part of the
syllabus.

One of the first things we need to make this happen is to rid the
syllabus of its proprietary bias. If you or your friends come across
examples where the syllabus mandates proprietary software, please report
it at the Syllabus Change page (thanks to Anivar for setting this up):

http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Syllabus_Review

Wherever possible, add links to the syllabus and descriptions of the
proprietary bias in the syllabus. We will take this issue up with the
education ministry and all the major political parties in India.

Let us ensure that the next generation of Indian students grow up as an
open source generation!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Lets fight today, that tommorrow our next generation is not a helpless group of slaves!.
Freedom to study how a program(that they study to use) works is the least that a student can get.And Now They are ALREADY Forbidden to do that..

Kudos to Venky sir for this great initiative..