Here you will find links to most of the country specific information provided by this site regarding India. You may also want to do a search by clicking on "ICT search" in the sidebar, or a search in one of our databases. Note that most of the projects have a regional impact and therefore are not necessarily listed here.

Information

• Ministry of Human Resource Development
• The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009
• Teachers of India: National Knowledge Commission
• India's Digital Learning: Learning Through ICT's
• India: ICT Use in Education
• ICT use in Primary and Secondary Schools in India
• Examples of ICT use in Non-formal education
• ICT in Schools-India Development Gateway
• ICT in Education for Development Programmes
• Teacher Training Programmes
• Performance Indicators Workshop Presentation    
• Developing and Using Indicators of ICT Use in Education: A Situational Analysis                                                                                                                                                            

Projects

• National Policy on ICT in School Education 2009
  The National Policy on Education 1986, as modified in 1992, stressed upon employing educational technology to improve the quality of education. The policy statement led to two major centrally sponsored schemes, namely, Educational Technology (ET) and Computer Literacy and Studies in Schools (CLASS) paving the way for a more comprehensive centrally sponsored scheme – Information and Communication Technology at Schools.
  
  
• Towards a National Policy on ICT in School Education in India
  The Department of School Education & Literacy (D/SE&L), Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, along with Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI), has initiated a consultative process to formulate the ‘National Policy on ICT in School Education’ to address the needs and challenges of teaching and learning in the 21st century using technology tools.
  
  
• National Policy on ICT in Education
  The Ministry of Human Resource Development initiated policy formulation process on ‘Building a National policy on ICT in School Education’ achieved another milestone.
  
  
• Perspectives on ICT in Education in India
  The global knowledge economy is transforming the demands of the labor market throughout the world. Developing countries and countries with transition economies risk being further marginalised in a competitive global knowledge economy because their education and training systems are not equipping learners with the skills they need. To respond to the problem, policymakers need to make fundamental changes. They need to replace the information-based, teacher-directed learning provided within a formal education system governed by directives with a new type of interactive learning that emphasizes creating, applying, analyzing, and synthesizing knowledge and engaging in collaborative learning throughout the lifespan.
  
  
• Education for all in India
  Free and compulsory education to all children up to the age fourteen is constitutional commitment in India. The Parliament of India has recently passed Right to Education Act through which education has become fundamental right of all children between the ages of 6-14.
  
  
• Survey of ICT for Education in India and South Asia
  Despite a growing number of ICT for education (ICT4E) initiatives in South Asia, there was no up-to-date and comprehensive information about the sector. To fill this gap, infoDev commissioned a survey of ICT4E in India and South Asia. The result includes country-level studies, sub-national reports for five Indian states, two detailed essays on distance education and teacher training in Pakistan, and five thematic essays on cross-cutting issues.

Further information

• ENO-Environment Online
  ENO-Environment Online is a global virtual school where environmental data is shared with both participants and the global community. Students from participating schools study together, submit data from their local environments and analyze it together, using the database, the discussion forum, video-chats for online lessons and e-pals for social connections
  
  
• Information, Education and Communication in India
  Information, Education and Communication (IEC) is dealing with bridging the digital divide, gender divide and knowledge divide using different communication tools at different levels. Since 1992, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) has been implementing the Village Resource Centres (VRCs) and Village Knowledge Centres (VKCs)
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• Government CIC Project in North-East India
  Under this project CICs are in the process of being set up in schools, colleges and government buildings. In order to ensure uninterrupted communication, the Centres are connected through a satellite based computer communication network. Each CIC is equipped with a VSAT, computer systems, printers and networking equipment. Many of the CICs receive over a 100 visitors every week who use e-mail facilities, word processing applications, browse the Web, attend Training sessions and generally improve their familiarity with computers and awareness of IT.
  
  
• AISECT: Education, Empowerment and Enterprise: India
  AISECT, established in 1985 is today India’s leading IT Training and Educational services network with an unrivalled spread of over 8000 franchisee centres across 27 states and 3 Union Territories in the country. AISECT’s mission is to reach out to the remotest corner of India and promote ICT based training and services to empower people, generate employment for the youth and unfold entrepreneurship based initiatives to create an inclusive society.
  
  
• India: ICT's in Education Implementation and Presentation
  This Powerpoint presents a ‘new’ ICT in Education Strategy for India