How to assess learning outside the classroom

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 […]

Big Data means Big Opportunity to Reform Indian Education

ICTpost Education Bureau One of the many arenas where officials could benefit from big data deployment is higher education. With their large volumes of student information, including enrollment, academic and disciplinary records, universities have the datasets needed to benefit from a targeted analytics project. The primary goal of big data analytics is to help companies […]

Passion for Change: An Interview with Pradeep Chopra

“If Digital Marketing were not available to startups, we would not have seen multi billion dollar startups such as FlipKart, Snapdeal emerging from India.” These are words of Pradeep Chopra. ICTpost covers successful individuals who lead in education, skills, government, business and culture. Behind every leader is a formidable skill set. One of particular significance […]

Why Skill India?

New Delhi: August 28, 2015 Skill India seeks to give all Indians, the opportunity to aspire and achieve a better future for themselves and their families. A combination of demographic, economic and social factors makes skill development an urgent policy priority for India.The challenge is immense. 54% of India’s population is below 25 years of […]

India needs right to quality education with equity and access

New Delhi: June 22, 2015 India has long had a legacy of weak schooling for its young, even as it has promoted high-quality government-financed universities. But if in the past a largely poor and agrarian nation could afford to leave millions of its people illiterate, that is no longer the case. Not only has the […]

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