College Level Training Programme in General Informatics

Notification

59/KSHEC/SW&T/2010-11. 27-07-2010

Financial Assistance to Colleges

The Kerala State Higher Education Council proposes to extend financial assistance for holding 3
day training programme for college teachers in General Informatics as per the following terms and
conditions.

1. There shall be a minimum of 25 and maximum of 30 teacher trainees for a programme.

2. The teacher trainees may be drawn from the host college and other colleges within a radius of 10
kilometres.
3. The training shall be imparted as per schedule and syllabus available at
www.kshec.kerala.gov.in (Appendix 1)
4. The host college shall provide infrastructure, including computer facilities for the trainees free of
charge.
5. The Higher Education Council shall reimburse the expenses for conducting the programme
subject to a maximum of Rs.30,000/- as per terms and conditions applicable to various heads of
expenditure.
6. The colleges interested in holding the programme may apply online to the Higher Education
Council in the prescribed format available at www.kshec.kerala.gov.in (Appendix 2)
7. The last date for the submission of online application is 30th November, 2010.
8. The training programme shall be conducted only on the basis of prior sanction intimated by the
Higher Education Council and completed before 20th December, 2010.
9. Application for reimbursement of expenditure along with relevant report, list of participants,
statement of expenditure audited by a Chartered Accountant and utilization certificate should be
submitted to the Council before 1st January, 2011 in the format available at
www.kshec.kerala.gov.in (Appendix 3)
10. Reimbursement will be effected by the Council within one month of submission of claims fully
supported by relevant details and documents as above.

Member Secretary

Copy to : All Principal, Arts & Science Colleges, Kerala

For more details Please contact : Prof. Geetha G., Research Officer, KSHEC Tel: 094472 89493
 APPENDIX I

Programme Schedule and Syllabus

Day I

9.30 am : Registration
10.00am -1.pm Session I : Features of the modern personal computer and peripherals,
Computer Networks, Internet, Wireless Technologies, Cellular
wireless networks Mobile phone technology, ATM technology,
License, Guarantee, Warranty, Overview of operating systems and
major application softwares
2pm -4.30 pm Session II : Lab Work -Familiarization of Operating systems,
Office packages, Browsers
Day II
10am- 11.30am Session III : Data, Information and Knowledge, knowledge management,
Internet access methods-,Dial-up, DSL, Cable, ISDN, WI-FI,
Internet as a knowledge repository, academic search
techniques, creating cyber presence, case study of academic
websites.
11.45am – 1.15pm Session IV : Lab - Email, Search techniques, Academic web sites, Blogs, Web
pages
2pm – 3.30pm Session V : Introduction of IT in teaching and learning, case study of
educational software, academic services- INFLIBNET,
NICNET,BRNET, IT application in medicine and healthcare.
3.45pm – 4.30pm Session VI : IT & Society issues and concerns,- digital divide, IT &
development, IT industry -new opportunities and threats software
piracy, e-wastes and green computing, Impact of IT on language
& culture-localization issues- Unicode-IT and regional
languages.
Day III
10am-11.30am Session VII : E-governance applications, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality,
Biocomputing, IT applications in business, commerce, IT
applications in industry, law, crime detection, publishing,
communication, resource management, weather forecasting,
education film and media
11.45am – 1.00pm Session VIII : Cyber security, privacy issues, cyber laws, cyber addictions,
cyber ethics, cyber crime, cyber threats, information overload,
Basic concepts of IPR, copyrights and patents, plagiarism, Open
access publishing models, Free software movement.
2pm -4pm Session IX : Lab – Free Software, Comparison of Proprietary and free office
packages
Reference:
1. Alan Evans, Leslie Lamport et.al. Information Technology in Action, Pearson
2. V Rajaraman, Introduction to Information Technology, Prentice Hall
3. Alexis Leon & Mathews Leon, Computers Today, Leon Vikas.
4. Peter Norton, Introduction to Computers, 6e (Indian Adapted Edition)
 Appendix II

THE KERALA STATE HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL

College Level Training Programme in General Informatics

APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Name and addresses of Organizing College :

Principals’ Phone No. & email :

Name of the Coordinator :

Phone No. & email of the Coordinator :

Proposed Date & Venue of the Programme :

Number of Participants :

No. of Computers available for the :

Conduct of the Programme

Financial aid required :

Declaration

I undertake to hold the Training Programme as per the Schedule and Syllabus supplied
by the Higher Education Council and submit a report on the proceedings, list of participants audited
statement of expenditure and utilization certificate within two weeks of the conduct of the programme. I
also undertake to abide by the rules and other conditions prescribed by the grantee.

Place:
Date: Signature of the Coordinator

Signature & seal of the Principal

of the organizing college
 Appendix III

College Level Training Programme in General Informatics

STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE

Name of the Organizing College ______________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

Date ____________________ Venue : __________________________________

Name of Coordinator : _________________________________________________

Max.Amount
Sl.No Head of Account Actual Expenses Remarks
Rs
1 Remuneration to resource persons 9,000
TA to resource persons
2 3,000
Local hospitality 9,000
3
Stationery and Miscellaneous including
4 audit fee
7,000
Electricity charges, Computer
Maintenance 2,000
5
TOTAL
30,000

Name & Signature of Coordinator

Signature & seal of Principal

of the organizing college

Certificate of the Auditor/Auditors

I/We have audited the above expenditure account of the General Informatics
training programme conducted from _________2010 to _________ 2010 by
_______________________________________________________ college. From my/our
examination, it is found that an amount of Rs. ______ /- has been spent for the
conduct of the programmes in accordance with terms and conditions stipulated by
the Kerala State Higher Education Council, the funding agency of the programme.

Place: Signature
Date: Seal
 UTILIZATION CERTIFICATE

Certified that an amount of Rs.______ was expended by ----------------------------- -----

---------------------------College for the conduct of three day Training Programme in

General Informatics for college teachers. The amount was utilized only for the

purpose for which it was sanctioned, without exceeding limits under various heads,

as shown in the statement of expenditure. The report of the programme, list of

participants and statement of expenditure audited by a Chartered Accountant are

also enclosed.

Place :
Date :
Name & Signature of Coordinator

Signature & seal of Principal

of the organizing college