By François Bonnici, Head-Social Innovation, World Economic Forum Social entrepreneurs solve market and government failures by serving excluded and vulnerable populations, which are most at risk to impacts of COVID-19.Decades of work in the impact sector are at stake during the economic crisis.A new alliance of 40 organizations aims to coordinate response to support social […]
By ICTpost Health IT Bureau The rural health system of India is plagued by serious resource shortfall and underdevelopment of infrastructure leading to deficient health care for a majority of India. The differences in urban-rural health indicators are a harsh reality even today. 42% of India’s children below the age of three are malnourished, which […]
ICTpost Education Bureau Technology is a useful tool to improve the quality and the efficiency of literacy provision. It helps create learning environments ideally suited to the needs and interests of previously unreached populations and offers new learning opportunities. It stimulates learners to be more creative and innovative. Experience with the use of computers and […]
ICTpost Education Bureau The curricular context of ICT integration is implicit in the policy statements in many countries, which is reflected in statements like, ICT should be part of students’ everyday learning (Iceland), application of ICT in the whole learning process (Lithuania), and use of ICT in essential learning areas to enhance learning (New Zealand). […]
McKinsey Global Report Asia’s initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 was partly enabled by technological foundations developed long before the crisis. Over the past decade, the region has developed and deepened its technological capabilities and infrastructure rapidly, accounting for a large share of global growth in technology company revenue start-up funding, spending on […]
ICTpost News Network Judging by the neatly stacked books in this room for 6th-standard students, it is hard to imagine that until recently these children’s families spent their lives hunting and poaching in the jungles, and never went to school. At this boys’ hostel for 75 students in Panna district, Madhya Pradesh, children from the […]
ICTpost Education Bureau Global competition demands transforming current education. With the global economic climate getting more competitive, the? demand for a skilled workforce is increasing, and new technology tools play an increasing role in learning. In addition, there are? increased requirements for technology and media literacy, effective communication collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving. We […]
ICTpost News Network The commuters rely on GPS technology to get themselves where they need to go in the shortest amount of time. During massive storms, these GPS signals can be mangled by storm conditions. Now, scientists have figured out how to measure wind speeds based on these disruptions, according to a new study in […]
By Mr. M. K. Yadava It was in the year 2005 that on the floor of the Assembly, in the budget session, late Shri Tarun Gogoi, then Chief Minister of Assam announced that every student who would come first in the high school examination would be awarded a computer, and an amount of Rs 25.00 […]
ICTpost Energy Bureau Today, people under 25 make up 43 percent of the world’s population in some countries, that number is as high as 70 percent. This amounts to nearly 4 billion young people living on the brink of the greatest technological advances and human progress while also surrounded by intractable public health epidemics, record […]
