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[This article was published in the May 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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Building knowledge society with open and distance learning
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In spite of our significant efforts and achievements in the post-independent era in India even now one-third of the adult population is illiterate, only 12% of the school eligible age children complete 10th standard, and only 10% of the university eligible age group gets enrolled in our 18600 colleges and 360 Universities. Can conventional methods cope up this scale of educational challenges?
Prime Minister of India launches ‘Village Resource Centre’
Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh, today launched the ‘Village Resource Centre’, a single window facility to provide number of services for rural population emphasising the importance of modern science and technology in removing mass poverty .
Mission 2007 to establish knowledge centres in 6,00,000 villages
Mission 2007 to establish knowledge centres in 6,00,000 villages of India as envisioned by M.S.Swaminathan, chairman of the MSSR Foundation (MSSRF)and Mission chairperson.
Microsoft launches Rural Innovation Fund to empower local software vendors
Microsoft India, in partnership with IDRC
Telecentres! Are they really in the centre of ICT4D?
Accessibility of telecommunications and digital world requires infrastructure development, but also keeping in mind that the poor are often the […]
