Raise tech use in education: Universities

The one day conference of Vice Chancellors of central universities has

proposed increased technology usage for education.

Presently, the Ministry of HRD is promoting the use of technology in

higher education. The National Mission of Education through ICT aims at

ensuring high speed broadband connectivity to universities and colleges,

developing e-content in various disciplines and providing access devices

at low cost. About 400 universities and more than 19,000 colleges have

already been provided connectivity under the Mission.

The VCs have recommended increased usage of National Knowledge Network

(NKN) effectively in the central universities. Focus should be on

creating greater awareness about the Information and Communications

Technology (ICT) programmes of the Ministry of Human Resource

Development and the National Knowledge Network (NKN).

The universities should establish education technology cells in each

central university to devise programmes for the maximize usage of the

education technology tools and to focus on content development.

Focus should be on setting up e-class rooms and utilizing

video-conferencing facilities. The universities should

use e-content in regular curriculum transactions and host classroom

teaching videos on the university website for access by other

institutions. The universities should promote technology enabled

interface/interaction between the visitor and the central universities

through regular tele-conferencing and video conferencing facilities.

All these recommendations will be examined in detail by the Ministry of

Human Resource Development for speedy implementation.