MainstreamingICTs

26.07.2005 IT enabled education should be encouraged. The education issue should be accepted as a national challenge. Government alone cannot accept this challenge and address it”, says Shri Bhalchandra Mungekar in an interview with Manish Kumar of OneWorld South Asia.

26.07.2005 "I think that there is a role for ICT, but have we explored the extent to which that can be harnessed in education? I don’t think that there is enough discussion between education and the ICT sector”, tells Erma Manoncourt in an interview with Anupama Ramakrishnan of OneWorld South Asia.

26.07.2005 As a country, we are beginning to explore the ways in which to bring all children to school At the same time we are also exploring ways in which to bridge the digital divide.Combing the two efforts will help to accelerate India’s progress towards education for all.

13.07.2005 Our end objective in the use of technology is to enhance learning in elementary schools. We believe that we can ignite the desire in the child to learn. We believe that a learning child will be the foundation for establishing a just, equitable and humane society.

08.07.2005 Learning and knowledge are our common wealth. Fortunately that wealth is not a fixed quantity that creates winners and losers when we share it. The only limitation on the expansion of knowledge and learning is the inadequacy of traditional means for sharing it.