ICTpost Media Action A report by ICTpost says, only 1% of the 15 million differently-abled children in India have access to education. This means a vast majority, millions of children, are missing out on their right to education due to disability. AI has the potential to revolutionize the way disabled children with learning disabilities access […]
By ICTpost AI Academy AI has the power to significantly impact individuals, communities, and society as a whole, and it is imperative to ensure that this impact is positive, ethical, and beneficial for everyone. AI models are trained on data, and that data can contain biases. If not addressed, these biases can lead to discriminatory […]
New Delhi: August 3, 2023 E-governance, or electronic governance, leverages information and communication technologies to enhance the efficiency, accessibility, and transparency of government services.By embracing e-governance, governments can transform their service delivery models, making them more citizen-centric, efficient, and responsive to the evolving needs of society. It’s a crucial step towards building a modern, digital […]
By Dhirendra Pratap Singh With the consensus that has emerged in the country on the need to adopt e-Governance for the convenience of citizens as well as for many other reasons like access, speed, efficiency and so on, the time has now come to start the process of formulating an e-Governance law. Some of the […]
New Delhi: September 20, 2021 India has an excellent opportunity to initiate its efforts in re-formulating an education policy in such a way that the following can be the key areas of focus. It is important that the existing economic and digital divide needs to be bridged. Promoting connectivity and access to Information and Communication […]
New Delhi: 5 July, 2021 The presence of the Internet in students’ lives outside of school, and especially on mobile devices, is allowing for more online and blended learning models in classrooms. That trend is supported by an increasing tolerance and even excitement among teachers for mobile devices as learning tools. As the cost of […]
The ICTpost report titled, Digital Inclusion in Rural India estimates that by December 2021, there will be 35 percent Internet users in rural India. There were 29.83 rural internet subscribers per 100 population in the country till March 2020. An active internet user is one who has accessed internet at least once in the last […]
ICTpost Education Bureau Online schooling, which has taken off in a big way during the COVID-19 pandemic, can help reduce inequalities in educational outcomes if it is well-utilised, the Indian Economic Survey said. Quoting the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2020 Wave-1 (Rural), the Survey pointed out that the percentage of enrolled children from […]
By Samia Melhem, World Bank The concept of a global information society is one of the most discussed and misunderstood Big Ideas of our time. While we’ve made gigantic strides toward connecting the world through information and communication technologies (ICTs), we have not attained that goal. Over the last decade, ICTs have contributed to globalization, […]
Dr. Shakila Shamsu, Former OSD (NEP), Ministery of Higher Education, Gov. of India Some Facts: South Asia (SA)has one fifths of the world population.Has the largest number of people living below poverty line Economic and social development cannot be achieved without optimizing human resources for which education is the critical factor. Illiteracy is one of […]
