By Dr. Sam Pitroda Education is empowering and redefining. For hundreds of millions of the young in India, education is also about discipline, development, curiosity, creativity and a path to breaking the cycle of ignorance and poverty leading to employment and prosperity. I know this because as a poor kid from a tribal village in […]
ICTpost Education Bureau Web 2.0 websites and educational apps are good tools in education. The problem is that they all fall short when it comes to talking about technology skills. Identifying and teaching transferable technology skills are crucial for students to not only be college and career ready, but also to prepare them to lead […]
ICTpost Education Bureau India has one of the largest education systems in the world with a network of more than 1 million schools and 18,000 higher education institutions. More than half of the country’s 1.2 billion population falls in the target market for education and related services.In India, e-learning courses could be made more popular […]
Professor N.V.VargheseDirector, Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education
ICTpost Education Bureau Lots of countries around the world have been, and are, engaged in efforts to connect all of their schools to the Internet and for those schools that are already connected, to connect them faster. No other technology has grown as rapidly throughout history. By 2021, 4 billion people will be connected to […]
ICTpost Education Bureau A cursory glance at the school ICT programmes There is no single or universal formula when it comes to applying ICT in education nor a piece of advice that can be directly applied without considering each country’s priorities, long term budgetary prospects and commitment. Crafting a new future for, and with, the […]
ICTpost Education Bureau How to define e-Learning: The convergence of the Internet and Learning, or Internet-enabled learning?; The use of network technologies to create, foster, deliver and facilitate learning, anytime and anywhere; The delivery of individualised, comprehensive, dynamic learning content in real time, aiding the development of communities of knowledge, linking learners and practitioners with […]
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). […]
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 […]
