Reg. No. G-2/RNP/GOA/32/2015-2017 RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410 Panaji, 19th November, 2015 (Kartika 28, 1937) SERIES I No. 34 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY NOTE There is one Extraordinary issue to the Official Gazette, Series I No. 33 dated 12-11-2015, namely, Extraordinary dated 17-11-2015 from pages 1117 to 1118 regarding The Goa Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015— Not. No. 8/8/2015-LA from Department of Law & Judiciary (Legal Affairs Division). INDEX Department Notification Subject Pages 1. Education, Art & Culture Not.- DE/Plg./Comp. Cell/ Cyberage Student Scheme 2014-15. 1119 Director /15-16/170 2. Elections Not.- 8-4-2013/ELEC/941 Amendment to Election Symbols and 1122 Chief Electoral Officer insertion of Parties. 3. a. Finance Not.- DA/Admn/11-12/2015- Recruitment Examination —Training and 1146 Dir. & ex officio Jt. Secy. -2016/92 Final Examination of the Accountants. b. —do— Not.- DA/Admn/11-12/2015- Guidelines for purpose of recruitment to the 1149 -2016/93 post of Accountants. 4. Personnel Not.- 1/5/2011-PER/3738 RR.— Department of Sainik Welfare. 1152 Additional Secretary 5. Public Health Not.- 42/6/2013-I/PHD Given effect to the provisions of Goa Medicare 1154 Under Secretary Service Personnel and Medicare Service Insti- tutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage or loss to property Act, 2013. GOVERNMENT OF GOA Cyberage Student Scheme 2014-2015 Department of Education, Art & Culture Introduction.— With the explosion and Directorate of Education penetration of Information Technology in every — field of development and progress, knowledge Notification of computers and their use to access and DE/Plg./Comp. Cell/15-16/170 understand the vast repository of knowledge The Cyberage Student Scheme 2014-15 is resources available both over the Internet and approved by the Government of Goa and is on local media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs hereby published for the information of general has become an inevitable part of education public. and knowledge acquisition. The same shall come into force from the date of publication in the Official Gazette. No doubt the computers in the schools have The scheme is for the students of Std. XI of helped meet its limited objectives, but are the Academic Year 2014-15 who are presently insufficient to exploit the vast resources in the Std. XII for the Academic Year 2015-16. available elsewhere, in this present techno- However, it may be noted that the scheme logical advanced world, particularly over the is an ongoing scheme and is implemented by Internet, to drive in Computer Aided Learning the Government of Goa, Directorate of (CAL) and to acquire the desired skill-sets for Education, since 2001. employment/self-employment. 1119 Suggestions are welcome on e-mail: dir–[email protected] OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 34 19TH NOVEMBER, 2015 Objective of the Scheme.— The objective of continue their IT related studies or to seek the Cyberage Student Scheme is to equip employment or get self-employment or use IT students with individual portable computer as an effective tool for pursuing whichever systems/laptops with requisite features and career they have chosen. software as tools to— To achieve its objective, the Cyberage (i) Enhance not only learning and Student Scheme shall emphasize on the knowledge acquisition through the following: Internet, but also through other portable (1) Provision for the supply of one (01) entry media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs. level portable computer system, popularly (ii) Exploit fully the teaching infrastru- known as “Notebook” or “Laptop” computer cture in schools. system equipped with at least mid-level Processors, DVD-ROM Drive, Wi-Fi (iii) Empower students to acquire desired connectivity, multi-media speakers and skill-sets for employment/self-employment. 14-inch (or more) screen-size alongwith In order to achieve this, the Government of requisite Preloaded Open Standards Goa is pleased to introduce Cyberage Student Supported Operating System backed by Scheme as outlined below: premium/comprehensive technical support for at least one (01) year from reputed software 1. Short title and commencement.— (1) This companies such as Windows OS. scheme shall be called Cyberage Student Scheme. (2) The technical specifications should at the minimum have the features as detailed in (2) It shall be deemed to have come into Point No. (1) above and the detailed force from the Academic Year 2014-2015. configuration of the system shall be decided However, due to administrative reasons the as per the recommendations of the Technical same will be implemented during 2015-16. Committee specially constituted by the 2. Scope of the scheme.— The Cyberage Directorate of Education for the purpose of Student Scheme shall cover Std. XI students the scheme or as recommended/approved by studying in the Hr. Sec. schools, (now in Std. the Department of Information Technology or XII) during Academic Year 2015-16, which is M/s. InfoTech Corporation of Goa Ltd. (ITG). a crucial period of their education when the The methodology for implementation of the students would be required to decide about scheme and the procurement process including their future studies and career. tendering, distribution and implementation of the scheme shall be done through the nodal Today dexterity in Information Technology agency M/s. ITG under the guidelines and is of immense importance in progressing in supervision of the Directorate of Education any kind of career. Hence, there is a need to on the same lines as done during the earlier provide extensive exposure to the students years. studying in Std. XI in the I.T. related skills both in hardware as well as software, at the 3. Eligibility & Application Process under school level. To provide this exposure to the the scheme.— (1) All regular student(s) students and to enable them to access the enrolled in Std. XII in Arts, Commerce, Science vast knowledge repositories available over & Vocational streams, across the State, in the Internet and through various portable State Government and Government Aided media and to fully exploit the teaching Higher Secondary Schools, will be eligible to infrastructure available in schools, the apply under this scheme for the Academic students are to be equipped with portable Year 2015-2016. computer systems. (2) The students of Un-Aided Institutions/ These devices will further help students /Hr. Sec. Schools who are presently studying even after passing out+2 stage either to in Std. XII. Students of CBSE/Other Board(s)/ 1120 OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 34 19TH NOVEMBER, 2015 /Kendriya Vidyalayas etc. and students of (2) The equipment supplied shall carry a Night Hr. Sec. School(s) i.e. Don Bosco Night warranty for a period of one year. Maintenance Hr. Sec. School will also benefit from the beyond the warranty period shall be the scheme. responsibility of the beneficiary. (3) However, the information provided in (3) The Government shall not be liable for this regard if found to be false shall entail any compensation/damages for any illegal disciplinary action against the student(s) and use of the said equipment or violation of any the school, as envisaged and the student shall provision of law in force, by the student or be barred from appearing in the examina- the user of the said equipment. Such use shall lead to cancellation of the registration and tion(s). Also, the enrolment of the said student attachment of the equipment by the from the respective school(s) shall be Government. cancelled. (4) All required expenses for operation of the (4) The students shall submit the system shall be borne by the student/parents. application in prescribed format along with a ‘Concurrence’ of the parent/guardian complete (5) System upgradation or swapping of the in all respect. The Concurrence so submitted portable computer system for a higher by the Parents/Guardian will in turn be configuration may be carried out during the certified by the Principal/Head of the two-year period with prior approval from the Institution of the concerned Higher Secondary respective Principal of the Higher Secondary School. The Affidavit on the Stamp Paper is School/Head of Institution. No separate no longer required. permission would be required for this purpose from the Education Department. (5) The eligible student should submit an (6) Any violation of the conditions of this application alongwith a non-refundable scheme by the beneficiary students or his/ Registration Fee as decided by the /her parents will lead to disciplinary action Government as deposit. The fee once under Goa Education Act, 1984 and Rules made deposited will not be refunded in any case thereunder without prejudice to monetary by the Government. recovery pertaining to the computer system. (6) The application form duly approved by (7) This scheme does not confer a right the Head of the Institution(s) recommending on any applicant for obtaining a computer the supply of portable computer system/laptop system and the benefits applicable under the to the students shall be accompanied by a said scheme against an application. The concurrence of the parents for registration Government reserves the right to reject under the scheme/an undertaking accepting any application/registration without assigning the conditions of the scheme laid therein. any reason. In case, the student leaves studies before appearing for Std. XII exams, (7) Students/Parents/Guardian shall give a the portable computer system shall be valid receipt of the portable computer system returned to the Directorate of Education or received, to the Education Department, after sub-ordinate/affiliated Department/Office obtaining the portable computer system through which the scheme is implemented. through the respective Head of the Institute (8) Most importantly, only those student(s) wherein their child/ward is studying.