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 Digital India has been envisioned as an ambitious umbrella programme to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. Prime Minister has introduced initiatives such as e-education, e-basta, Nand Ghar which will impart education using technologies including smartphones, mobile apps and internet services in far-flung areas where it may not […]
By Dhirendra Pratap Singh 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 […]
ICTpost Education Bureau In today’s day and age, the role of Information and Communication and Technology (ICT) is seen as an integral part of education and development. Previous use of ICT in education was limited to a means of teaching computer literacy. Now, with the prominence on lower costs without compromising quality, ICT take on […]
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 Media Action Bureau Thanks to the rise of in-classroom technology, the focus in education tends to be on student engagement and how to improve learning. It becomes easy to forget the importance of great teachers. Startups, entrepreneurs, businesses (and the rest) need to remember that technology doesn’t have to put teachers in jeopardy; it […]
Dr. Sandhya Chintala ,Vice President -NASSCOM
New Delhi: November 6, 2015 While only 73 per cent literacy has been achieved as per Census 2011, there has been marked improvement in female literacy. Male literacy at 80.9 per cent is still higher than female literacy at 64.6 per cent but the latter has increased by 10.9 percentage points compared to 5.6 percentage […]
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 […]
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 […]
