This presentations describes the initiative taken for IT/ICT implementation in Education sector in India. Courtesy: http://www.ifour-consultancy.com

1. Education through IT/ICT in
India

2. IT Trends in education

3. Application of IT in Education
• Digitization of Books (E-Text Books)
• Content Delivery using IT/ICT
• Open Education Resources
• Virtual Technical University
• Mobility
• Social Learning

4. IT/ICT Policy in Education
• National policy on Education framed in 1986, and modified in 1992

5. Policy – Vision and Mission
• Vision
– The IT/ICT policy in Education aims at preparing youth
to participate actively in the
establishment, sustenance and growth of a knowledge
society leading to all round socio-economic
development of the nation and enhanced global
competitiveness.
• Mission
– Device, catalyze, support and sustain IT/ICT and
enabled activities and processes in order to improve
Access, Equity and Quality.

6. Policy Goals
• Creating an environment in the states to develop IT/ICT
knowledgeable community
• Creating an IT/ICT literate community who can
deploy, utilize, benefit from IT/ICT and contribute to nation
building
• Create an environment of Collaboration, Cooperation and
Sharing, conducive to the creation of demand for an
optimal utilization of and optimum returns on the
potentials of IT/ICT in school/higher education
• Promote universal, equitable, open and free access to
state-of-the-art IT/ICT enabled tools and resources to all
students and teachers
• Promote development of localized quality content and
enable students and teachers to partner in the
development and critical use of shared digital resources

7. Policy goals contd.
• Promote research, evaluation and experimentation in
IT/ICT tools and enabled practices in order to
inform, guide and critically utilize the potentials of
IT/ICT in education
• Motivate and enable wider participation of all sections
of society in strengthening education through
appropriate utilization of IT/ICT.
• Promote development of professional networks of
teachers, continuing education of teachers;
guidance, counseling and academic support to
students

8. State Govt role in policy
• The States has a two fold task:
– Define norms, standards, guidelines and
frameworks to enable various aspects of the
program
– Facilitate and monitor the implementation of
various aspects of the program

9. State Govt role in policy contd.
• A programme of action, an appropriate road map and a feasible time line
• Guidelines based on national standards and norms for
infrastructure, implementation processes at various levels, capacity
building programmes, monitoring and evaluation criteria, targets, etc.
• Framework for
procurement, development, selection, evaluation, deployment in
repositories, and use of digital content
• Facilitation of wide spread participation of all stake holders, including
community and private partners in various aspects of the ICT program
• Development, deployment and maintenance of infrastructure and digital
repositories
• Development and phased implementation of an appropriate capacity
building framework
• Mobilization of resources including from private and community sources
• Development of an appropriate legal and regulatory framework
• Monitor and evaluate the implementation

10. IT Initiatives
• The National Mission on Education through
Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT)
• Creation of e-content for 996 courses in Phase-II in
Engineering, Sciences, Technology, Humanities and
Management has been undertaken by IIT Madras
• Consortium for Educational Communication has been
tasked with creation of e-content for 87 undergraduate
courses
• UGC has cleared a proposal to publish e-content for 77
post-graduate courses

11. IT Initiatives contd.
• National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), a
joint initiative of the IITs and IISc provides E-learning through online
Web and Video courses in Engineering, Science and Humanities
• The National Knowledge Network (NKN) and Connected Digital has
launched an initiative to cover 1,000 institutions besides providing
digital campuses, video-conference classrooms, wireless
hotspots, laptops/desktops to all students of professional/ science
courses and Wi-Fi connectivity in hostels.
• IIT-Bombay has started the program of CDEEP (Centre for Distance
Engineering Education Program) as emulated classroom interaction
through the use of real time interactive satellite technology (Centre
for Distance Engineering Education Program, India, 2007).

12. IT Initiatives contd.
• The launch of EDUSAT brought satellite connectivity to large parts of rural
India.
• Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is leveraging
satellite, television, and Internet technologies to offer online courses.
• Private sector participation like HP’s Technology for Teaching Grant has
transformed the ICT infrastructure in institutes like Anna University and
Jadavpur University.
• In 2007, the Distance Education Council (DEC) allowed all allowed all
premier institutes in the country to offer online courses.
• IIT-Kanpur has developed Brihaspati, an open source e-learning platform.

13. Govt IT Initiatives
• 2004: Edusat
– Launched in Sept 2004
– First dedicated education satellite
– receive Direct to Home quality broadcasts of educational
programs using any television set and a low-cost receiver
• 2002 – 2007: The Tenth Plan
– The Tenth Plan outlined goals of improving access and reducing
disparities with the Common School System, as well as:
• renewal of curricula with emphasis on vocationalisation and
employment-oriented courses;
• expansion and diversification of the Open Learning System;
• reorganization of teacher training and greater use of ICT

14. Govt IT Initiatives contd.
• 2002: Vidya Vahini
– Vidya Vahini to provide for IT and IT-enabled
education in 60,000 schools in India over three
years (India has about 1.1 million schools), as part
of a Rs6,000 crore (USD 1.2 billion) project.
• 2006: Broadband connectivity in all secondary
schools
– Issue order to have broadband in all schools

15. Govt IT Initiatives contd.
• 2007: Digital Library and Information Network
– Based on recommendations made by different
state open universities and distance education
institutions(DEIs), the Indira Gandhi National
Open University's (IGNOU) board of management
has approved the National Open and Distance
Learners Library and Information Network
(NODLINET) initiative.

16. Govt IT Initiatives contd.
• Internet and continuing education programme
– Online learning material
– Online academic counseling
– Online assignments/projects /dissertation
guidance
– Online collaboration

17. Govt IT Initiative contd.
• Project T4
– Launched in Sept 2002
– Launched in
Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Madhya
Pradesh
– Offers interactive radio instruction (IRI) and
educational television for mathematics, science
and English as a second language and is designed
to reach some of the hardest to reach populations
– Telecast videos, IRI and educational programs
through EDUSAT

18. Govt IT Initiative contd.
• UNESCO: Gesci (Global e-Schools and
Communities Initiative)
– At the international level, the United Nations has
generated the “Global school and Communities
Initiative”(Gesci), a special campaign to promote the
use of technology in education. Gesci will also work
with the Indian ministries of Information Technology
and Education facilitating policy support, technical
assistance and global resources for the initiative.

19. Govt Initiative contd.
• 2004: Bridges to the Future Initiative
– Partnership between the International Literacy
Institute (ILI) at the University of
Pennsylvania(USA), Byrraju Foundation, IIIT, and
other agencies in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
– The program aimed at providing literacy programs
in the local language to out-of-school youth and
primary school students, using computer
infrastructure in schools after hours.

20. Govt Initiative contd.
• 2005: Indo-US Collaboration
– A collaboration between over 20 American
universities and Amrita University, ISRO and the
Department of Science and Technology (DST) to
enhance higher education and research in India
through the Edusat e-learning network
– use Edusat to deliver classes taught by US faculty
to hundreds of collegesand universities
throughout India

21. Govt Initiative contd.
• Mission 2007: Every Village a Knowledge
Centre
– establish 600,000 Village Resource Centres by
August 15, 2007
– BSNL is planning to connect 80,000 villages of
India through wireless broadband

22. PPP for ICT in Education
• HEADSTART in Madhya Pradesh (2003) with provider of
Linux technologies, Red Hat India.(Sharma, November
19, 2002; Government of MP Website)
• Project Shiksha (2004) with Microsoft in West
Bengal, Karnataka, Andaman and Nicobar
Islands, Lakshwadeep, and Tamil Nadu. (Microsoft India
Website)
• The Intel Teach Program (February 2000) to train
classroom teachers in over 35 cities nationwide to use
technology to improve teaching and learning. (Intel
Teach Website)

23. IT adoption in India - Challenges
• India faces the challenge of low technology
• low people readiness
• linguistic and cultural barriers

24. Benefits

25. References
• National policy on Education through IT/ICT
• National Program on Technology enhanced
learning (NPTEL) – IIT Madras website
• www.ifour-consultancy.com