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The sixth edition of Indias largest ICT expo and conference, was held from 4-6 August 2010 at
Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC). The event was hosted by the Government of
Andhra Pradesh and organised by Elets Technomedia and CSDMS, along with the Department of
IT (GoI), Ministry of Panchayati Raj (GoI), Ministry of Labour & Employment (GoI), UIDAI, Directorate
General of Employment & Training, NeGP, and IGNOU. The three-day event was attended by over
5,000 stakeholders from across the development and government sector, including elected members
of state Assemblies and the Parliament, senior level bureaucrats, policy makers, academia, NGOs
and industry associations.
he chief guest Dr K Rosaiah, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, lighting the
amp at the inauguration of eINDIA2010. Standing L-R: K Ratna Prabha, PS,
T , GoAP; Dr Asraf Abdel Wahab, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Administrative
Development, Egypt; Lt. Gen. (Retd) Bhopinder Singh, Lt Governor, Andaman
Nicobar; R Chandrashekhar, Secretary, DIT, GoI; Komathireddy Venkat Reddy,
Minister, IT & Communications, GoAP
Sridhar Babu, Minister, Higher Education, Andhra Pradesh and J Krishna Rao,
Minister for Food, Civil Supplies, Legal Metrology & Consumer Affairs, Andhra
radesh talking to the exhibitors
Prof VN Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancel-
lor, Indira Gandhi National Open University
Subhash C Khuntia, Joint Secretary,Department of School Education, India
Dr Rajneesh Arora, Vice Chancellor,
Punjab Technical University
R Reghunathan, Former Chief
Secretary, Delhi & Advisor, NKC
C R Biswal, Principal Secretary, Higher
Education, Andhra Pradesh
Prof V K Pathak, Vice Chancellor,
Uttarakhand Open University
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R) D Sridhar Babu, Minister, Higher Education, AP &
adendla Manohar, Dy Speaker, AP Legislative Assembly
(L-R) Dr M P Narayanan & J Krishna Rao, Minister for Food,
Civil Supplies, Legal Metrology & Consumer Affairs, AP
gatha Sangma, Minister of State for Rural Development, Government of Indiaong with Dr M P Narayanan, President, CSDMS (centre) and Dr Ravi Gupta, Edi-r-in-Chief, Elets Technomedia (left) launching the special issue of eGov magazine.
eINDIA Award winners along with Dr M P Narayanan, President, CSDMS and Dr Ravi
Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, Elets Technomedia
nibh ero cor si. Guerciduipis dolobore ent
A Raja, Union Minister for Communications and
Information Technology, Government of India
Agatha Sangma, Minister of State for Rural
Development, Government of India
dissi dance performance by members of Smitalay
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42 NEW FACULTY MEMBERS JOIN DTU
There has been a recent recruitment of about 42 new faculty members at DelhiTechnological University (DTU) as lecturers with the commencement of the newacademic session. Out of these almost 23 faculty members are PhD degree holders.
NIIT LAUNCHES GNIIT FORENGINEERS IN DELHI
NIIT, leading Global Talent Development Corporationand Asias largest IT trainer, today, launched the industryendorsed multiple track GNIIT for Engineers in Delhi. G.
Raghavan, President-Global Individual Learning Solutions,NIIT, announced the launch of the program. GNIIT forEngineers is aimed at enhancing employability of engineeringgraduates by bridging the skill gap.
NATIONALNEWS
IIT BOMBAY AND USUNIVERSITY PARTNER FOREXCHANGEPROGRAMME
Brown University from theUnited States and IndianInstitute of Technology
(IIT) Bombay are planningto sign an agreement tostart a student exchangeprogramme in October2010. Representatives ofthe university are currentlyin India to explore thepossibility of tie-ups witheducational institutions.
ALL MEDICAL COLLEGESTO HAVE SINGLEENTRANCE EXAM
It was recently conveyed to theSupreme Court on Friday, that theMedical Council of India (MCI) hastaken a decision to introduce onecommon entrance test for all medicalcourses in India has been acceptedby the Union Ministry and would beintroduced from the next year, that
is, 2011.
CCE ASSESSMENT IN OTHERSCHOOLS WITH NEW CBSEPROGRAMME
A new programmehas been broughtinto action by theCentral Boardof SecondaryE d u c a t i o n(CBSE) to
asses whetherthe schools havebeen successful in implementingthe Continuous and ComprehensiveEvaluation (CCE). According to thecircular issued by CBSE across India,the school principals have been askedto act as peer assessors and actas monitors responsible for capacitybuilding and learning by gatheringexperiences from all the schools.
IN LAST FIVE YEARS,
PRESCHOOL FEE HASINCREASED BY 120PERCENT
Through a survey, it has beendiscovered that between 2005 to2010, the branded pre-schoolsacross the country have managed tohike the fee structure to 120 percent.The average fees for the kindergartensegment have gone up from INR1,500 to over 3,500 per month, thesurvey by the Associated Chambers
of Commerce and Industry of India(ASSOCHAM) described.
8 VARSITIES BY ICFAI WITH INR 400 CRORE
Known for its chain of B Schools, the ICFAI Group, is planning to set up eightuniversities in as many states in the next two years with an investment of INR 400crore. It has received the necessary approvals from the governments of Chattisgarh,Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Orissa, Gujarat, Assam, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab,said SK Sharma, director, planning and coordination, ICFAI.
iDISCOVERI RAISING $10M
Supporting schools develop their curriculum, Lighthouse Funds may be leading therace for iDiscoveri. The leading contender for investing into education services firmiDiscoveri Education Pvt Ltd is the private equity firm Lighthouse Funds. iDiscoveri helpsschools develop curriculum through its programme called X-SEED and is also involvedin corporate training. iDiscoveri also provides outdoor programmes for children througha separate company called Youreka and also runs some pre-schools. InvestmentLight house carries in India is channeled through its $125-million India 2020 Fund.Emails sent to Lighthouse Funds and iDiscoveri remained unanswered at the time ofposting this article. BMR Advisors is running the fundraising process. iDiscoveri has
been founded by former worldwide marketing director of Group Danone Ashish Rajpal.The X-seed initiative has expanded to more than 400 schools. It involves services likestudent curriculum, assessment, teacher education and instructional leadership.
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PLENARY SESSIONS
digitalLEARNING INDIA 2010
Report on Plenary SessionsHIGHLIGHTS FROM
THE SESSION
Prof VN Rajasekharan
Pillai, the Track Chair for
digitalLEARNING, chaired
plenary session one. He
told that scaling up is
a challenge for country
like India and catering todiverse large numbers. He
spoke about national level
programmes programmes
to connect various higher
education institutions, NME
ICT (National Mission of
Education through ICT) and
programme on technology
enabled education. Prof VS Ramamurthy
mentioned that at higher education
level the matter is not about access but
quality assurance and there is a reason
to emphasise for excellence. Irina Ghosegave a presentation and expanded upon
Providing IT Literacy as a basic right to
all by 2020. Terry Wason, spoke about
SMART Technologies and the large scale
steps required for implementation of
ICT, which included standardisation and
integration.
PLENARY SESSION II
Access, Equity and Excellence in
Education: Opportunities
for Public Private
PartnershipThe aim of the session
was to invite policy
makers and practioners
to elaborate on the ways
in which private players
can use ICT to enable
dissemination of education;
providing for equity, access
and excellence to present
and future generations of
children.
The Panelists for the
digitalLEARNING India2010 Track, Plenary
Session II consisted of the
Chair, Shri R Regunathan, Chairman,
State Fee Regulatory Committee, Former
Chief Secretary, Government of Delhi and
Advisor, National Knowledge Commission,
Government of India; Asif Saleh,Policy Specialist, Access to Information
Programme, PMOs Bangladesh; Dr
KP Hewagamage, Sr Lecturer, UCSC;
James Vergese, Secretary, Department of
Education, Government of India.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SESSION
Shri R Regunathan, deliberated on need
of flexible learning and the new trends of
globalisation, increased competitiveness,
innovation and research, branding and
accreditation and use of technology.
Dr KP Hewagamage emphasisedthat it would be extremely beneficial
for the society at large there is better
communication between public and
private sectors.
Asif Saleh discussed the areas in which
attention should be given in context of ICT
in education including teaching learning
process, professional development of
teachers and providing ICT literacy to
students. James Vergese said that an
identified area of challenge in field of ICT
in education is excellence. He spoke
on constructivist approach to teachinglearning process, which is prevalent in
Kerela education system.\\
YUKTI PAHWA
The day one of the mega event eINDIA
2010, the largest ICT conference of the
country took place on August 4, 2010
at Hyderabad International Convention
Centre, Hyderabad. The day began with
a gala inauguration ceremony and marked
opening of a three day tech-exhibition
which was open to one and all. The latter
half of the day saw the beginning of threeday track digitalLEARNING INDIA
2010with Plenary Sessions I and II.
PLENARY SESSION I
Envisioning eLEARNING on Global
Platform and Vision 2020: Policies,
Strategies and Relevance for Achieving
Excellence
The aim of this session was to
elaborate, discuss and debate on the
plans for betterment of education system
till 2020, through the utilisation of ICT.
The Panelists for the digitalLEARNINGIndia 2010 Track, Plenary Session
I consisted of the Chair, Prof VN
Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor,
Indira Gandhi National Open University
(IGNOU); Prof VS Ramamurthy, Director,
National Institute of Advanced Studies,
Government of India; Irina Ghose, Director
Education, Microsoft; and Terry Wason,
Country Manager SMART Technologies.
(L-R) Terry Wason, Prof VS Ramamurthy, Prof VN Rajesekharan
Pillai and Irina Ghose
(L-R) Dr KP Hewagamage, Asif Saleh, James Vergese and
R Reghunathan
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BOOSTING SUPPORT TOSTATES, OBAMA SIGNSA BILL
US President Barack Obama,
recently, signed a 26-billion-dollar
bill in order to extend support to
states, to prevent teacher layoffs
and make their Medicaid payments.This happened within hours after the
House of Representatives passed it.
The House, with a count of 247 to 161,
in afternoon gave a green light to the bill
that has been designed to ease the tight
state budget, in between a decline in tax
revenues and worst recession since 1930s. For
the same purpose, the Senate voted 61 to 39 to
approve the measure.
K12 INC. AND GREENFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS PARTNER TO
OPEN VIRTUAL ACADEMY, HERNDON
One of the Americas largest providers of
proprietary curriculum and online school
programmes for students in schools, K12
Inc. has announced on August 18, 2010,
a new partnership with Greenfield Public
Schools to launch Massachusetts first
full-time, statewide online public school.
Within this scheme upto 500 students
in grades from Kindergarten to standard
eight across the Commonwealth, for the
coming school year, will be catered to by
the Massachusetts Virtual Academy atGreenfield.
TEACHERS FROM DEPRIVED SCHOOLS RECEIVE TRAINING BYDREAMOVAL, ZAIN GHANA
A laudable educational initiative has been introduced by
Zain Ghana, as it drives to improve the general standard
of education in the country particularly in the area of
information technology. A child project by DreamOval,
one of the leading providers of internet and Mobile
software solutions creates a platform for the training
of teachers mainly drawn from deprived schools inthe Greater Accra region with an objective of improving
teacher quality and, ultimately academic education.
INTERNATIONALNEWS
PROJECT-BASED LEARNING AND TELE-COLLABORATIONIN CHINESE SCHOOLS BY UNESCO
UNESCO organised a workshop at Bangkok - ICT in Education Programme
- under the Facilitating ICT-Pedagogy Integration Project, took place in
Guangzhou, China from July 27-30, 2010, in collaboration with South China
Normal University and the Educational Information Centre of Guang dong
Province. The Korean Funds-In-Trust funded this Capacity-Building Workshop
on Project-Based Learning and Tele-collaboration and introduced teachers tothe Facilitating ICT-Pedagogy Integration Project, and expanded their horizons
on the use of ICT-enhanced project-based learning and tele-collaboration.
ESYLLABI FOR TEACHERS,SAYS THE NEW DEAL,KENYA
Now new laptops can be bought by
teachers that already contain current
syllabus and training material, as apart of Public Private Partnership
initiative which aims at integrating
e-learning in the education system.
A deal has been struck between
Safaricom, Equity bank, Microsoft,
Intel, Kenya Literature Bureau (KLB)
and Kenya Institute of Education (KIE)
and the Teachers Service Commission
targeting about 240,000 teachers.
CISCO NETWORKINGACADEMY PROGRAMME
NOW IN CAMBODIA
CISCO - the dealer in networking
that transforms how people connect,
communicate and collaborate - willbe expanding the reach of their Cisco
(News - Alert) Networking Academy
programme to Cambodia with its
launch at the University of Manage-
ment and Economics.
According to Cisco, the Cisco Net-
working Academy is a global educa-
tion program that teaches students
how to design, build, troubleshoot,
and secure computer networks for
increased access to career and eco-
nomic opportunities in communitiesaround the world.
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SCHOOL EDUCATION INDIA 2010 REPORT
ICT in School Education
and Policy Matters
implementation has been done, out of the
18000 high schools in the state. Teachers
are given training for updating them withthe ICT element. He finished by insisting
upon improving the quality of service
provided, so that RMSA can be worked
upon with the best.
Dr SS Jena gave a presentation on ICTin open schooling in context of RMSA.
Open schooling is seeing a paradigm
SESSION I
ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN
RASHITRAIYA MADHYAMIK
SHIKSHA ABHIYAN (RMSA)
PROGRAMME: CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES.
The aim of the session was to carry out
deliberations focusing on the provisions
and hindrance in implementation of
the said initiative and role of ICT in itsfacilitation.
The Panelists for Session I consisted of
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SESSION
Dr D Samba Siva began the session
with a welcome address, with a note
on the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. Then he
elaborated upon the RMSA initiative of
the government, for secondary and seniorsecondary education/ high school. He
elaborated that in about 7000 schools ICT
eINDIA 2010 hosted the School Education INDIA 2010, where eminent
dignitaries witnessed deliberation on Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan,
strategising and implementation of policies on usage of ICT, challenges in
developing eLearning and role of ICT in advancing inclusive education. The
track also included discussion rounds on different education models, pedagogy
and andragogy in ICT mediated classrooms, as a part of Principals Conclave.
In about 7000 schools ICT implementation has been done,out of the 18000 high schools in the Andhra Pradesh.Teachers are given training for updating them with theICT element.
Chair: Dr D Samba Siva Rao,
Secretary, School Education,
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Co-Chair: Shri Subhash C Khuntia,
Joint Secretary, Department of School
Education and Literacy, Ministry of
Human Resource Development,
Government of India; Dr SS Jena,
Chairman, National Institute of OpenSchooling, Government of India; Dr
Subir Roy, Technical Adviser, School
education Department, Government
of West Bengal; Amit Gupta, CEO, S
Chand Hartcourt (India) Pvt Ltd.
(L-R) Dr SS Jena, Dr D Samba Siva Rao, Shri SC Khuntia, Dr Subir Roy and Amit Gupta
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with curriculum reforms and classroom
transactions will also be facilitated by ICT,
under umbrella of RMSA.
SESSION II
MOVING TOWARDS DIGITALLY
EQUIPPED SCHOOLS: PRIORITIES
AND CHALLENGES
The aim of the session was to have
secretaries and principals of schools
to discuss the ways to deliberate on
how interactive classroom teaching
learning modules can be developed andimplemented.
The Panelists included
In the beginning of the session,
Seetha Kiran gave a presentation on
digital schools or the smart schools. She
appreciated CBSE for bringing in CCE
into curriculum. She insisted that 21st
Century demands that students have
to be innovative thinkers and then we
have to make them learn, helping them toconstruct knowledge and it is a must for
teachers to have ICT in classrooms. And
Shri S C Khuntia
shift from one time schooling to life
long education, fixed to flexible timing,
instructional based learning to learner
based instruction, and so on. He spoke
about the challenges in the field, course
delivery system, augmentation of learning
resources, PPP and ICT based resource
support for open schooling.
Dr Subir Roy talked about ICT
implementation at schools and use
of computers only, for ICT literacy. Hetold about RMSA in West Bengal with
10,000 secondary schools , grant of
INR 5 lac per school, challenges being
faced, and concluded by talking about
effective elearning systems (to comprise
of interactivity and simulation).
Amit Gupta then spoke about large
Indian market space, requirement of a
policy to let the private players interact at
large with the education system. RMSA
needs to bring not a few but all schools
together under the benefit umbrella. He
concluded by requesting governmentrepresentative Shri SC Khuntia, to
consider giving an actual shape to
PPP models allowing more private
participation and benefit to maximum
number of schools.
Shri SC Khuntia then addressed the
gathering, beginning by speaking about
RMSA, as a logical extension to SSA.
Universalisation of education through
secondary education is a highlighting
factor for RMSA. He emphasised on need
to increase access, equity and quality
the three pillars for RMSA. He spoke
about new ways of learning, that are ICT
enabled and initiatives being taken by
government for the same. For instance,
in KVS and NVS are mostly ICT enabled
now, under the ICT enabled schoolscheme. There is an effort to equip high
school children to cope with future and
it is a must to make teaching-learning
can be enhanced using ICT as leverage.
He spoke about capacity building of
teachers and importance of PPP as being
envisaged under RMSA. Government has
been recently working on Draft National
Curriculum for Teachers and there ICT
is being included in every pre-training
course and also the in-service training
programmes. He also described about
providing online libraries, e-comprehensiveevaluation and assessment, easy
monitoring for the parents regarding
the school progress of children and
scholarships for the children with use
of ICT. Near the end of his address, he
explained that besides scholastic activities
many other educational activities, along
There is an effort to equip high school children to cope with thefuture and it is a must to leverage ICT for teaching-learning.
Chair: K Sadagopan, Deputy
Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya
Samiti (NVS)
Co-Chair: Prof BP Khandelwal,
Former Chairman, Central Board of
Secondary Education; Seetha Kiran,
Principal and Regional Director, DAV
Institutions, South Zone; C Neelap,
Education Officer, Kendriya VidyalayaSangathan, Regional Office, Hyderabad
Terry Wason, Country Manager India,
SMART Technologies.
(L-R) C Neelap, Seetha Kiran, Prof BP Khandelwal, K Sadagopan and Terry Wason
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we can not afford to say that we do nothave ICT enabled schools.
Terry Wason, next spoke highlighting
the role of in-service professional
development and to strengthen teachers
skills. He also explained that social
networking sites should be considered as
learning sites such as teacher tube, a part
of YouTube based site, where teachers
share their learnings. C Neelap put forth
two questions whether you should create
technology or perpetually be acceptable of
people who create technology for school.
He described that it is important to includeICT in teaching so that we can compete
with global standards. He insisted that
the preachers must provide guaranteed
quality knowledge and smiling learning
which makes every student effective user
of technology.
K Sadagopan mentioned that eLearning
is better known as extended or revolving
or everywhere learning. He explained that
future will be better than. The traditional
methods are being challenged today and
ICT implementation, especially in past ten
years, has proved its worth with increasedgraduation rate, more meaning connection
between staff and students and stronger
relationships of academic institutions with
business. He told that quality content
acquired for effective teaching-learningand finally said, we need to bring learning
to people instead of people to learn.
Prof BP Khandelwal, to begin with,
spoke about life long learning. Technology
has arrived, has made learning more
vibrant and things are being turned
into more interactive and attractive
in classroom. He made an important
point that teachers and their value must
never be negated. He mentioned about
importance of values that lie in education
and International Commission Report
for Education adopted by all UNESCOmember countries where emphasis is
on learning the treasure within. He put
forth that with technology there should
be implementation and supplementation,
especially with respect to capacity
building.
SESSION III
DIGITAL STORYTELLING:
ICT MEDIATED LEARNING
AND PRACTICES (SPECIAL
SESSION SPONSORED BY
COMMONWEALTH OFEDUCATIONAL MEDIA CENTRE
FOR ASIA)
The aim of the session was to share
stories related to using radio media for
dissemination of knowledge in schools.
The panel consisted of
HIGHLIGHTS
R Shreedher introduced some
international delegates to speak on
the digital stories for enhancement in
school education. Prof Vasudha Kamat
moderated the session.
Vandana Arimardan talked about
work of CIET, where they have two
audio studios and two video studio from
where daily networking, conferencing and
interactive programmes are broadcasted.
She described that they broadcast
programmes from Gyan Vani and GyanDarshan. They have 12 channels and
thousands of audio clips of historical
importance. Then she elaborated about
the launch of I-Radio, which is a form of
web-casting. For the broadcast towers
are required while I-Radio operates with
help of a cost effective set up and from
there send signals from internet (use of
MTNL Broadband), globally. They work for
the education of children with effective use
of technology.
Prof Kamat added to above that they
also convert text books into to digitalbooks that are available to visually
challenged students.
Khor Kok Yeow talked about Life
Size webcast method at WOU. He
explained about the biggest challenge in
usual webcast is the cost, which is very
expensive. He talked about challenges
available at WOU the bandwidth, audio
and video and Internet for implementation
of I-Radio in Malaysia. Finally, about the
I-Radio implementation he told, It was
a big success when received positive
feedback and comment from different ROand public internet users, knowing that
the audio/video is clear and without lag.
CIET has two audio studios and two video studio from wheredaily networking, conferencing and interactive programmesare broadcasted.
Chair: Dr R Shreedher, Director,
Commonwealth of Educational Media
Centre for Asia;
Moderator: Prof Vasudha Kamat,
Joint Director, CIET, National Councilfor Education, Research and Training
(NCERT); Vandana Arimardan, CIET,
NCERT; Khor Kok Yeow, Wawason
Open University, Penang, Malaysia;
Ahmadzulkarnin Ramli, Open University,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Kalinga
Athulathmudali, Tech Lanka, Colombo,
Sri Lanka; Kadu Baddanage
Buddhika Sampat Darshana, Tel Radio,
Colombo, Sri Lanka; Zeena Abdul
Gafoor, Repulic of Maldives.
(L-R) Dr R Shreedher, Kadu Baddanage Buddhika Sampat Darshana, Kalinga Athulathmudali, Ahmadzulkarnin
Ramli, Zeena Abdul Gafoor, Prof Vasudha Kamat, Vandana Arimardan, Khor Kok Yeow
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there is a station and a studio; and with
help of professional experts broadcasting
of relevant programmes is done but a
major challenge is presence of only a few
producers.
SESSION IV
ROLE OF ELEARNING TO
ENHANCE SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE
OF STUDENTS
The aim of the session was to explore
how multi-media instruments can help in
encouraging children to learn in productiveway, through deliberations amongst the
implementers of learning.
The panelists included-
HIGHLIGHTS
Pameila Khanna began by giving an
introduction of the topic and elaborating
on the use of ICT in enhancing subject
knowledge of students. Simmi Kher
introduced Tony Blair Faith Foundation
that connects schools across globe
with video conferencing. She then gave
presentation on Web2.0. She spokefrom perspective of being teacher and
how motivation can help teachers to use
ICT effectively for classroom teaching.
She gave a few other connotations of
ICT information connecting technology,
information collaboration technology, and
information cultural change technology.
Then Vineet Koka spoke about
the how elearning can help students
efficiently grasp knowledge. For them he
demonstrated example of how a lesson
can be planned with help of technology,
which is easy to be memorised andunderstood by students, on blood clotting.
He explained how technology they provide
can produce uniformity in teaching, cover
absence of a teacher, help students in
practicing on their own, is simple to use
and requires minimum hardware.
James Shanely spoke about use of
interactive whiteboards. He introduced
Ahmadzulkarnin Ramli presented a
case study Digital Story Telling (DST):
The Case of Open University Malaysia
(OUM). At OUM, DST has been seen as
a facilitator of learning both by itself and
in combination with other instructional
elements. He concluded by saying, In
order to stimulate DST development for
education purposes at acceptable cost
and timeline; investing to have an in-house
Learning Materials Development Centre
(CiDT) is the right decision for OUM.
Buddhika gave a presentation onTelradio, a form of internet radio service.
He briefly explained the meaning of digital
story telling as an art of telling stories with
a variety of digital multimedia and DST
workshops that have been conducted in
Sri Lanka. He spoke about applications
of the same in the area of health care,
education, disaster management and
community. The challenges faced by his
institution mainly comprised of script
writing, content dissemination and low
number of DST produced after the
workshops. Kalinga Athulathmudali spokeabout how I-Radio helps in breaking
geographical boundaries in elearning. He
explained the concept of Tech Katha,
and explained that how iRadio is a highly
interactive, on demand way of breaking
language barriers, sharing knowledge and
building communities with self-support.
Zeena Abdul Gafoor gave a presentation
on I-Radio in Maldives. They started this
programme in Maldives about six months
ago. She described the workshops hosted
through I-radio with parents, teachers and
students, to disseminate knowledge to all.To sustain and maintain I-Radio there is
an Education Development Centre, where
Chair: Pameila Khanna, Principal,
CHIREC Public School; Simmi Kher,
India Coordinator, Tony Blair Foundation;
Vineet koka, Vice President, Marketing
& Ops, Designmate (I) Pvt Ltd J a m e s
Shanely, Director Sales, Mimio; Peter
Cahill, Education Media and Publishing
Group International (an affiliate ofHoughton Mifflin Harcourt), VP Business
Development and Strategy, Ireland;
Praveen K Pavuluri, Vice President,
Prapan Solutions Pvt Ltd.
(L-R) Peter Cahill (presenting), Simmi Kher, Pameila Khanna, James Shanely, Vineet Koka and
Praveen K Pavuluri
iRadio is a highly interactive, on demand way of breakinglanguage barriers, sharing knowledge and building
communities with self-support.
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Mimios new suite of interactivewhiteboards. He laid emphasis on
delivering quality and effectiveness through
content loaded within the interactive
white boards. Praveen K Pavuluri talked
about integrating technology in primary
education. He spoke about the add-
on technology education services, his
company provides to schools and state
governments, especially after school, to
disadvantaged children. He talked about
empowering schools with technology and
using multimedia for helping students
and teachers to build their respectivecapacities.
Peter Cahill, talked about how before
use for teachers its a must to understand
any elearning technology which has to
be used. The motive of his company is
to empower teachers to create better
learners.
He spoke about quality of teacher
in classroom, appreciating different
activities that teachers indulge in
schools, understand the needs of
teachers, understand student needs
and considering increasing level ofengagements of students.
After each session, there was a
question-answer round, after which all the
speakers were thanked with a token of
appreciation.
SESSION V
STRATEGISING AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF
POLICIES ON USAGE OF ICT IN
LEVERAGING LEARNING
The aim of the session was to invite
stakeholders from government to discusseffective use of ICT tools in School
Education.
The Panelists included -
The session began with address
by K Anwar Sadath. He spoke about
the ICT implementation in school
Chair: K Anwar Sadath, Director, IT@
Schools Project, General Education
Department, Government of Kerela; Dr
Sushmita Mitra, Director, SSS, NIOSS
Selvaraj, Assistant Commissioner, KVS,
Andhra PradeshAmit Khanna, Business
Development Director, N Computing;
Satish Jha, CEO, One Laptop Per
Child (OLPC); Ranjit Singh, CEO,
Genee Solutions India Pvt Ltd; John
Reder, Education Market Development
Manager, DLP Products, Texas
Instruments.
(L-R) Shri K Anwar Sadath, S Selvaraj, Amit Khanna, Satish Jha, Ranjit Singh and John Reder
education in Kerela. He highlighted
points on policy framework, infrastructure
readiness (equipped computer labs with
broadband), capacity building (extensive
teacher training programmes) and content
development and management (inlcuding
multi-faceted approach in schools
including tools such as - Print, TV, Satellite
& Web Media).Dr Sushmita Mitra talked about how
ICT has changed learning into a 24/7
process. She elaborated that technologies
available today and traditional pedagogy
are bound to have some tensions as
they are different in terms of activities
done, type of learning (collaborative vs
instructional), creativity, integration of
theory and practice, and evaluation. She
concluded by saying, Strategy plan ought
to stress on complete integration with
existing structures, processes and critical
issues for a change for future.S Selvaraj presented a comparison
of education at Kendriya Vidhyalayas
before the advent of ICT and in present
situation. He described the ICT facilities
available at schools and how teachers use
the same effectively to teach the class.
He later discussed the research papers
and articles available on ICT use in
schools.
Ranjit Singh to begin with gave
introduction on his company Genee
Solutions. He later elaborated how they
provide educational solutions to supportteachers in making classroom learning
more fruitful.
He explained, with help of demonstration
of the equipments they manufacture, that
Technology has so much more flexibility,
impact and opportunities for student
inclusion.
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Satish Jha talked about One Laptop PerChild, describing state of the present time
education system for children, the barriers
present (including infrastructure, teaching
and content) and the most effective ways
in which the challenges can be met using
transformational OLPC.
Amit Khanna gave a presentation on
proven strategy to reduce ICT acquisition
and maintenance cost in education. He
then described about the way in which
N Computing devices help in creating
affordable, multiple, operational desktops
with help of only a few master computers.
Additionally, this helps in saving electricity,
reduced e-waste and hardware waste,and bringing computing to 1.8 million
students in India.
John Reder made a presentation on 3Dfor Education, the digital display devices.
He elaborated on the 3D revolution,
necessity to acquire good 3D, 3D pilot
programmes and results of the same. The
devices developed by Texas Instruments
are supportive in manner of high value
content they provide, he added.
SESSION VI
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION:
SCHOOL LEADERS CONCLAVE
Right to Education and Role of ICT
The objective of the session was togather recommendations from experts
and principals regarding the role of ICT in
execution of RTE act.
The panelists consisted of -
HIGHLIGHTS
Dr Mohd Ilyas Rizvi talked about
Andhra Pradesh government initiatives.
He mentioned that the government,
even before the RTE act came to be
implemented, had takena call to provide
free education to all students from SC/ST/
OBC and minority groups, from class twoto the higher education courses (including
the professional courses). The fees of
all these students is to be borne by the
state government and they have been
given right to attain free of cost admission
in schools (be it government or private).
Since, the drop out rate of the students
from disadvantaged communities has also
gone down.
Dr Santosh Babu gave a presentation
elaborating on how it is possible to provideworld class educational facilities to all the
people in both urban and rural India. He
talked about the three classes of poor
rich poor, middle class poor and poor
poor and how percolation of resources
are required to the most bottom layer of
the poor.
He talked about importance of state
collector and how dissemination of
resources can be effective if collector is
careful at his end. He also talked about
self help groups, child friendly village and
dissemination of knowledge.
Arun C Mehta mostly discussed the
features of the RTE act. He explainedthat ICT provisions are to be given to
schools. But ICT details and way of
implementation is not available to all, yet.
He also mentioned about the provision to
have a redressal mechanism/ monitoring
mechanism but it will take time to develop
it. Again it is the responsibility of state govt
to develop child helpline/ online feedbakc
mechanism where children and parents
are enabled to register any violation of
the RTE act with government, so that
action can be taken by government.
Finally, he spoke about importance ofhaving professional/ qualified teachers
in schools.
Chair for Session VI: Dr Mohd Ilyas Rizviaddressing the gathering
(L-R) CVenkata Giri, Prof Arun C Mehta and Dr Santosh Babu
Chair: Dr Mohd Ilyas Rizvi, IFS,
Chairman and Managing Director,
Andhra Pradesh State, Minorities
Finance Corporation; Prof Arun
C Mehta, Head Department of
Educational Management Information
System (EMIS), NEUPA; C VenkataGiri, Teacher, Kendriya Vidhayalaya
Sanghathan; Dr Santosh Babu,
Managing Director, Elcot.
Principal D Usha Reddy putting forth her opinionafter the discussion on her table during Session VI
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C Venkata Giri talked about his teaching
experience at school, in sector of ICT, for
over 15 years. He emphasised that unless
a teacher is there to teach, the ICT tools
or any tools are of no use. He insisted
upon supporting teachers to gain the
relevant skills to make classroom teaching
relevant. For a better future of education,
teachers should be prepared to use ICT.Following the above presentations
was a round table discussion between
principals across various tables. The
discussions consisted of points such as
governments role in providing 100% free
education to all students, requirement of
funds for facilitating education of 25%
of the seats that are to be reserved in
private schools, and so on.
SESSION VII
BREAKING BARRIER TOWARDS
ACCESS AND SUCCESS:TECHNOLOGY AS ENABLER IN
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
The aim of the session was to invite the
educationists to discuss how technology
can support seamless education across
various disparities.
The panelists included -
HIGHLIGHTS
Usha D Reddy began the session by
introducing the title and deliberating on the
same. She spoke about the importance of
using technology in a balanced manner
neither over doing it or underplaying itsrole. She described that it is essential for
teachers to be familiar with the technology
and use the resources that are available
with them. Cooperation from private
sector is of equal importance. She finally
spoke about importance censorship
of digital content and bridging the gap
between the economically diverse groups.
Md. Afzal Hossain Sarwar, spoke
about ICT implementation with respect
to teacher training, classroom teaching-
learning, supplementary materials, and
self-learning materials. He talked aboutdifferent kinds of digital content and
reflected on the Bottom-up approach
in teaching, in Bangladesh. He further
elaborated upon empowerment of
teachers, use of multimedia and need of
active leadership for combining the effortsof technologies and human efforts; along
with Business Process Re-engineering.
S Venkatesh talked about Manipal
Education and TutorVista. He talked about
the credentials of the same, elaborating
the methodology (containing canned
teaching, mapping the learning process,
using semantic technology and assessing
Md Afzal Hossain Sarwar
It is essential for teachers to be familiar with the technology anduse the resources that are available with them.
(L-R) S Venkatesh, Hariharun M, Md Afzal Hossain Sarwar, Dr Usha D Reddy and Krishan Khanna
Chair: Usha D Reddy, Principal
Meridian School
Md Afzal Hossain Sarwar, Content
Development Associate, Access toInformation Project, PMO, Bangladesh;
Hariharun M, CEO, Hicommands
Tech India Ltd; Krishna Khanna,
Chairman, i2K; S Venkatesh, Tech
Architect, Edurite.
the impact). He described a view of next
generation classrooms, that would be
solar powered, 3G connectivity, and
projection technologies.Krishan Khanna began by describing
thirty one demos of technology platform
that i2K provides. He talked about the
future education which will see artificial
intelligence, 24/7 learning, one to one
mentoring, change from teacher centric
system to student centric learning system.
He told that every human being has a
different style of learning- so teachers
will have to learn to work with diverse
personalities. He finally spoke about the
interactive, one to one mentoring, artificial
intelligence platform they provide supports11 Indian languages and is low cost .
Hariharun M spoke about the platform
Hicommands company provides in
education sector. He explained how
ICT implementation is usually confined
to use of computers and projectors
in the classrooms. He explained that
his company specialises in emerging
pedagogy and they train teachers to
be comfortable with use of technology.
They support interactive reinforcement,
help teachers customise course to suit
students and be part of learning process.With this the two day track on school
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HIGHER EDUCATION TRACK
Tracking Innovations inHigher Education
respondents from both the public and
private sectors say that technological
innovation will have a major influence on
teaching methodologies over the next five
years. In fact, technology will become a
core differentiator in attracting students
and corporate partners.
The National Programme on Technology
Enhanced Learning [NPTEL] has come along way in opening up education to the
masses through the use of technology.
125 video courses are available on
YouTube and 130 courses on the web.
Global developments in OCW, OKI,
OER, Wikibooks, OCW-2, Open Access
Publishing, Curriki, etc. have facilitated
the process of spreading higher education
through open source. Cloud Computing
and FOSS suites are also available to
reduce cost.Some of the challenges, like the shortage
of quality faculty, need to be addressed
India has the finest of educationists
and academicians who are experts not
only in dissemeination of knowledge
and practice but also in bringing aboutcreative changes in the system to evolve
a knowledge economy that is the best in
the world. The Higher Educationb Track
sought to deliberate on pertinant issues
in policy and practice that will enable
India to usher into an era of inclusive and
innovative higher education.
SYSTEMIC ENHANCEMENT OF
LEARNING & TEACHING IN
INNOVATION, RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT: POLICY AND
PRACTICES
(L-R) Dr Srinivas Pentyala, Prof Srivathsan and CR Biswal
The Higher Education Track brought together education leaders, academicians,
and practitioners to discuss contemporary issues in higher education and to put
together valuable information for addressing key challenges in this field.
Education technology will become a core differentiator inattracting students and corporate partners. The NationalProgramme on Technology Enhanced Learning [NPTEL]has come a long way in opening up education to the masses.
Chair: C R Biswal, Principal Secretary,
Higher Education Department,
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Panelists: Prof Srivathsan,
Pro Vice Chancellor, IGNOU
Dr V Balasubramanyam, Domain
Consultant-Medical, elearning &
Professor, Dept of Anatomy, St
JohnsMedical College; Dr Srinivas
Pentyala, Director of Translational
Research, Stony Brook MedicalCenter, Stony Brook, New York;
Dr Indraneel Ghose, Science &
Technology Analyst, Delegation of
European Union to India; Dr D N
Reddy, Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal
Nehru Technical University; Marc-
Alexis Remond, Director, Government,
Education and Healthcare Solutions
for Polycom Asia Pacific.
The session highlighted that technology
has become vital in order to make
higher education more responsive tostudent needs. According to a recent
survey, nearly two-thirds (63%) of survey
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Discussion forums would facilitate enquiry
based learning and enable sharing of
wider range of learning resources. Wikis
help support collaborative education and
development of new resources. With the
gradual change in the education system
through technology, the role of the teacher
is now shifting towards that of becoming a
key facilitator of learning.
ASSESSMENT, ACCREDITATION &
QUALITY STANDARDS IN HIGHER
EDUCATION: TECHNOLOGY
LEADING THE WAY
According to Prof Rangappa,
technological innovation is now changing
the very way that universities teach and
students learn. Technology has hadand
will continue to havea significant impact
on higher education.
The session highlighted several issues
in higher education. The current GrossEnrollment Ratio in the higher education
in India is 12% in the 18-23 age group,
as compared to a global average of 24%
and 30% in developed countries. There is
a need to improve the quality of education
in colleges. There has been a growing
awareness that universities have been
reduced to admissions and examination
control centres, and that increased
attention has to be given towards quality
research.
Quality and accreditation in higher
education are important parameters to
ensure good standards in teaching and
learning. It identifies the producer and
consumer and hence grants confidence to
both. Accreditation grants recognition by
the consumer and also the product itself.
The quality of education is the basic needof the society. There are number of effective
teaching & learning methodologies in
practice. Technology is the most effective
way to increase the students knowledge.
Nowadays ICT plays emminent role in the
process of integrating technology into the
educational activities.
OPEN UNIVERSITY & DISTANCE
EDUCATION: FLEXIBLE
EDUCATION PRACTICES (SPECIAL
IGNOU SESSION)
The advances in information andcommunication technology provide great
opportunities to enhance teaching and
learning in higher education by both on-
campus and distance education. Even
disabled students who are denied access
to traditional institutions, and all those who
require updating of their knowledge and
life-long education can now be benefited
by the modern facilities of communication.They also provide increased access
to information sources and facilitate
communication among researchers and
teachers and the building of networks of
institutions and scholars.
The potential of open and distance
learning are many. In efforts to meet the
Chair: Dr Darlie O Koshy, Director
General, Institute of Apparel
Management & Apparel Training &
Design Centre ( AEPC)
Panelists: Prof V K Pathak,
Vice Chancellor, Uttrakhand Open
University; Prof Srivathsan, Pro
Vice Chancellor, IGNOU; Prof KS Rangappa, Vice Chancellor &
Chariman, Karnataka State Open
University; Amy Thomas, Learning
Specilalist, Ecole Solutions; Satish
Kaushal, Executive Director, Ernst &
Young Pvt Ltd.
Dr A P Wadegaonkar, Maharashtra KnowledgeCorporation
With the gradual change in the education system throughtechnology, the role of the teacher is now shifting towards that
of becoming a key facilitator of learning.
Moderator: Prof K S Rangappa, Vice
Chancellor & Chariman, Karnataka
State Open University
Panelists: Dr Elizabeth Sherly,
Director, Indian Institute of Information
Technology and Management- Kerala; Dr Rajagopal, Regional Director,
IGNOU; Biju Zachariah, Executive
Vice President, Sales, MeritTrac.
Dr R P Singh, Vice Chancellor, Sharda University
Dr M Roberts Masillamani, Dean Computing
Sciences, Hindustan Institute of Technology
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information in general. This availability ofresearch material and information happens
to both inspire and threaten teachers.
Often the perception is that educators
are not willing to adapt to new technologies
as they feel threatened from the spurt of
information. However, this perception
needs to be changed through adequate
training and bringing about greater
familiarity with education technology for
educators. A very critical role has to be
played by teacher education institutions
in providing the necessary leadership
in adapting pre-service and in-serviceteacher education to deal with the current
demands of society and economy. New
pedagogies and tools for learning have
to be adapted with the aim of enhancing
the teaching-learning process. Moreover,
teacher education institutions must also
give guidance in determining how thenew technologies can best be used in
the context of the culture, needs, and
economic conditions of their country.
MAINTAINING QUALITY
STANDARDS IN ENGINEERING
AND MANAGEMENT EDUCATION:
KEY REQUIREMENTS
Engineering colleges have mushroomed
in India over the past few years. The
session focused on the need to ensure
quality standards and for maintenance ofa monitoring mechanism for engineering
colleges across India. The All India Council
for Technical Education (AICTE) has been
a prominent player in this field, having
set several parameters for technical
education institutes. These parameters are
in essence, the minimum requirements for
any educational institute to be recognised.
However, these guidelines have often
been misrepresented by new educational
institutes to suit requirements and set shop.
There is a need for greater accountability
among colleges to ensure that qualified,trained and industry ready students are
churned out of these institutes.\\
Chair: Dr Rajneesh Arora, Vice
Chancellor, Punjab Technical University
Panelists: Uma Maheswari P,
Assistant Professor, Dept of Media
Sciences, Anna University; Amit
Gupta, CEO, S Chand Harcourt; S
Rajeev, VP Strategic Alliances Everonn
Education Ltd; Amit Ranade,
Manager Maharashtra Knowledge
Corporation.
Chair: Dr Rajeshree Dutta
Kumar, Senior Programme Officer,
digitalLEARNINGPanelists: Padmaja Naraharisetty,
Principal Mentor CIHL, IIIT- Hyderabad;
Peter Mozelius, IT-Pedagogue,
Stockholm University; Prof Shweta
Bhardwaj, Professor, IBS; Dr Rajneesh
Arora, Vice Chancellor, Punjab Technical
University.
new and changing demands for education
and training, open and distance learning
may be seen as an approach that is at
least complementary and under certain
circumstances an appropriate substitute
for the face-to-face methods that still
dominate most educational systems.
Through the open universities and
distance learning initiatives, mechanismsare in place to upgrade skills at regular
intervals and develop new competencies.
Peoples needs of lifelong learning
are constantly expanding. While its
benefits can be evaluated by technical,
social and economic criteria, distance
learning methods also have their own
pedagogical merit, leading to different
ways of conceiving knowledge generation
and acquisition. To the learner, open and
distance learning means more freedom
of access, and thereby a wider range of
opportunities for learning and qualification.The barriers that may be overcome
by distance learning include not only
geographical distance, but also other
confining circumstances, such as personal
constraints, cultural and social barriers
and lack of educational infrastructure.
Distance education is thought to be an
effective way of educating people of all
sections in society.
STRENGTHENING CAPACITIES OF
EDUCATORS: THE ICT WAY
Integration of technology in education
would also mean training and capacity
building of teachers in the same field.
Technology in education is not new, but
modern computer technologies, such as
the Internet, allow new types of teaching
and learning experiences to flourish.
Many new technologies are interactive,
making it easier to create environments
in which students can learn by doing,
receive feedback, and continually refine
their understanding and build new
knowledge. Access to the Internet givesunprecedented opportunities in terms of
the availability of research material and
Dr Elizabeth Sherly, Director, IIITM-K
Prof K S Rangappa, Vice Chancellor &
Chairman, Karnataka State Open University
Dr Rajagopal, Regional Director, IGNOU
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SKILL DEVELOPMENT & VOCATIONAL TRAINING TRACK
Roadmap for Building GloballyCompetitive Workforce
The session on vocational education
and skills development began with
the Jawahar Knowledge Centre (JKC)
Programme for Skill Development and
Training. The aim of the session was to
understand why it is important to create
and sustain an industrial interface with
the Universities for skill development and
vocational training programmes. Thelacunae in formal education is filled in by
developing skill capacities in the range
of non formal streams. Capacity building
supply is linked to employment by the
industrial demand.
Four lakh students graduate out
from the colleges and universities of
the state of Andhra Pradesh. However,
research studies have shown that low
level of awareness of skills required for
industries have resulted in not more than10% of general graduates and 25% of
engineering graduates being considered
With the rising demand for formal skills
and vocational training and education, a
strong need has been felt by stakeholdersto have a platform for deliberating certain
pressing issues pertaining to skills and
vocational training. The industries, not
only from the region, but also from
across the globe, have to address the
challenges, along with the policy makers,
thought leaders and the community. In
this background, the Skill Development &
Vocational Training track focused on few
thematics, namely - skills and information
literacy, PMs National Skills Mission, skills
development and training, certification
and quality assurance across educationsector, role of training centres in providing
youth employability and best practices in
vocational education system.
IMPORTANCE OF INDUSTRY-
UNIVERSITY SYNERGY IN SKILL
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
(INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC
GOVERNANCE SPECIAL SESSION)
Amarnath Reddy (standing) and the panelists at the IEG Special Session on skill development
The increasing demand from the industry for skilled manpower has
accentuated the need to address the gap between the demand and supply of
trained labour force. The sessions in the Skill Development & Vocational Training
Track sought to deliberate on crucial issues relating to the sector.
India remains the only country to provide the world withthe largest youth population. Hence, strengthening skills andvocation sector becomes crucial. Building synergy between
industry and academia has to be accorded high priority.
Chair: Amarnath Reddy, CEO,
Institute for Electronic GovernancePanelists: Matli Chandra Shekhar,
Director, Institute for Electronic
Governance; K V Vishnu Raju,
Chairman, Sri Vishnu Education
Society; Dr Raghava Cherabuddi,
Chairman, CVR College of Engineering;
Ajay Kapoor, Country Manager, Oracle
Academy; Orungati Naresh Kumar,
Symbiosis Technologies; Shalini S,
Head-Learning and Development, Tata
Consultancy Services; Ch Srinagesh,
Campus Connect, Infosys Technologies
Ltd, Hyderabad Development Centre;
L Balasubramania, President, Skills
Business Solutions, NIIT Ltd.
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(L-R) B S Raghupathy, Yuvraj Galade, Sourav
Banerjee, Asfaq Ahmad and Jasvider Singh
manufacturing sectors of textile and
apparel industries.
NATIONAL SKILLS MISSION:
DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES AND THE
ROLE OF INDUSTRY
The session brought out several focal
points, including the need for renewedemphasis on skills development for a
growing economy like India, especially
by involving the private sector. The main
challenge has been to fill the gap between
the demand of the industry and supply
of trained manpower. The National Skills
Mission has set up a target of training 5
crore people by 2022. Involving the private
sector would enhance the skill building
capabilities, since training provided by
them will be relevant and specific to
market requirements.
NSDC has been given the mandate to
facilitate the process of skilling 500 million
people in India by 2022, mainly by fostering
private sector initiatives in skill development
programmes. This will be done through
significant industry involvement for
upgradation of skills to international
standards NSDC will enhance, support and
coordinate private sector initiatives for skill
development through appropriate Public-
Private Partnership models and strivefor significant operational and financial
involvement from the private sector.\\
employable or are employed. There
has been a strong realisation among
the stakeholders towards the need for
an effective synergy between industry,
government and academia. To help
realise this objective, the Andhra Pradesh
government incorporated the Institute
for Electronic Governance (IEG) to train
young engineers to become knowledge
workers.It was highlighted that although the
number of engineering colleges have
been on the rise, the employability of
students and quality of the faculty has
often been a point of debate. Quality
infrastructure in engineering colleges and
faculty competence needs to be checked
to ensure skilled engineers.
Communication skills and other soft
skills including IT prowess are very
important for those youth entering the job
market. Institutes for training in foreign
languages, as well as institutes to trainstudents in English, are fundamentally
important since many of the clients are
from foreign countries, and students
need to be skilled in language skills.
SKILLS AND VOCATIONAL
LITERACY: TECHNOLOGY
ENHANCED EMPLOYMENT
(IGNOU SPECIAL SESSION)
The session brought out certain basic
facts about India in the skill development
framework. Dr Jena pointed out that outof the population aged between 15-29
years, only 2% have formal vocational
training, 8% have non-formal vocational
training, and 93% of workforce are in
the unorganised sector. New entrants to
the workforce every year is 12.8 million.
India has the youngest population in
the world, with median age of 24, in the
year 2000.
The National Policy on Education
provides for vocational stream in the
higher secondary stage. About 5% of
total student strength in higher secondarystage are in vocational stream, while the
target under National Policy is 25%.
According to TVLN Rao, skill and
knowledge are the driving forces for
economic growth and social development.
The economy becomes more productive,
innovate and competitive through
skilled human potential. Darlie Koshy
emphasised that it is essential to merge
vocational skills training with mainstream
education. The education and training
arms of AEPC signed a MoU with Indira
Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)to expand the range of vocational
education for apparel industry. The
initiative has sought to improve skill
base for both the domestic and export
Chair: Dr Darlie O Koshy, Director
General, Institute of Apparel
Management & Apparel Training &Design Centre ( AEPC) Panelists:
Dr S S Jena, Chairman, National
Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS);
TVLN Rao, Deputy Director, Advance
Training Institute for Electronic and
Process Instrumentation, Ministry of
Labour and Employment, Govt of
India; Vivek Agarwal, CEO, Liqvid
Chair: B S Raghupathy, JointDirector, Employment and Training,
Karnataka Panelists: Asfaq
Ahmad, Deputy Director, Advance
Training Institute; Yuvraj Galade,
Vice President, National Skill
Development Corporation; Sourav
Banerjee, Senior Specialist, Education
and Skill Development, USAID;
Jasvider Singh, CEO, Words Worth
The Jawahar Knowledge Center (JKC) has been an innovativeendeavour to upgrade student skills to industry grade and in
promoting the interaction between academia and industry.
Dr S S Jena, Chairman, National Institute of
Open Schooling speaks at the session
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