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ICTs The Only Way to Move Forward

[<strong>This article was published in the January 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) </strong>]<br /><br />Indians from all communities want to send their children for education now, which is great, since such desire seems to be picking up ground at the recent times.

Indians from all communities want to send their children for education now, which is great, since such desire seems to be picking up ground at the recent times. The HRD Minister, Shri Arjun Singh is working on generating more wills and interests for education, more resources and, given the enormity of the task, finding ways to work along with several other segments and partners to not only maintain the integrity of Indian institutions and universities, but be able to match the enormous challenges with a plan to create our own world class education system. We don’t have enough colleges, especially those at the higher end of the spectrum. We also need to upgrade our secondary and primary schools, upgrade the entire education system. The HRD Minister also feels, there are several challenges all around, in the education sector. But the solution lies in advancing with the new age technologies.


‘And Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is the only way with which we can move forward in achieving our educational plans and goals’, the Minister hopes.

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