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 […]
Dr. Shakila Shamsu, Former OSD (NEP), Dept. of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Gov. of India Prof. Sudharshan Seneviratne, Former High Commissioner of Sri Lanka Shri Wajahat Habibulla, Former Chief Information Commissioner of India
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 […]
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 combination of broadband, cheaper laptops and iPad-style tablet computers is putting online teaching services into the mainstream. We can learn a lot with South Korea in this context. The country is one of the world’s highest-rated education systems, aims to consolidate its position by digitising its entire curriculum. By 2015, it […]
ICTpost Governance Bureau When the focus on e-Governance started in the late nineties in India, the Internet connectivity was abysmally poor. In rural India, there was practically no such connectivity. Therefore a significant amount of e-Governance focus was on connectivity and especially on setting up rural Internet kiosks, a shared access center, where the rural […]
ICTpost Education Bureau Private education is big business in India. KPMG pegs the industry at nearly $50 billion and projects it to reach $115 billion by 2018. But growth rates are not uniform across the primary, secondary and tertiary education sectors. The allure of so-called B-schools outside the top tier is fading as the economy […]
ICTpost News Network? New Delhi: Feb 4, 2016 BJP veteran Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. Devi Shetty and Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State for AYUSH came together on Feb 3 for the launch of “State of healthcare Reforms in India”, the well documented experience of the father of India’s eHealth revolution […]
ICTpost Education Bureau Only one Indian business school featured in a recent global ranking list that ranked 100 international business schools worldwide. The Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad was ranked 60th in the list compiled by the Economist, slipping 12 spots from last year and 21 places from its 2013 ranking. India’s tiny Asian […]
ICTpost Education Bureau The advancement in ICT has resulted in the emergence of virtual classrooms. Imparting education through virtual classrooms is a new concept that is becoming popular not only in traditional educational institutions, but also in training centers with vocational courses. It has ensured access to learning from qualified staff members, transcending the geographical […]
