FYI In India CBSE Syllabus has included an 'Optional Paper', Class XII (16 year olds) of GIS. https://www.cbsesyllabus.in/vocational-syllabus/geospatial-technology-740-class-xii-syllabus
On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 11:38 AM, Suchith Anand < suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote: > > Dear colleagues, > > > Some years ago one of the Nottingham University staff asked me a question > when we were talking that I still remember “Is GIS special if everyone > becomes GIS Professional? “ I was bit taken back by the question esp. as it > came from an educator and I replied “There is nothing special about GIS if > it is for few rich people only but if it the learning opportunities for GIS > are made available for everyone it is truly special ... “. > > > I was very lucky to get the opportunity to learn GIS. I still remember the > struggles I faced to just get access to learning GIS (over two decades > back!) as very few universities had GIS that time in India. I spend > nearly two years going around different universities and places knocking so > many doors to just to get access to GIS . My dream that time was to get > opportunity to do my final year undergraduate project using GIS. > Unfortunately in spite of all my best efforts I failed that time . But > that experiences made me realise years later when I did get opportunity > to learn GIS that now I need to everything in my abilities to keep the > doors of GIS education open to all and no student anywhere should go > through what I went through. > > > When GeoForAll was started , I faced lot of ridicule and opposition from > some but I also got lot and lot of amazing support and help from so many > amazing colleagues at Nottingham and globally. Thanks to all our amazing > colleagues, we have truly made GIS education opportunities open to all. > Please share our resources with all > <https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/please-share-geoforall-teaching-research-resources-colleagues-students/> > https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/please-share- > geoforall-teaching-research-resources-colleagues-students/ > > > I am requesting all colleagues to keep the doors of education opportunities > open for all. For me, Openness is not just about open source or open data > … It is about the Open mindsets to help make education opportunities > inclusive to students from all economic and social backgrounds. So *“Is > GIS special? “* I leave it to you to decide… > > > Best wishes, > > > Suchith > > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and > attachment. > > Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not > necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. Email > communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored > where permitted by law. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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