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Computers for every schoolchild: Sibal
Kapil Sibal announced the launch of a tablet computer by next month in his bid to let children go beyond the boundary of classroom and teachers to acquire knowledge through IT. He said, “Soon, a 35 dollar computer will be made available to every child in school. The tablet shall help enhance the quality of learning of children.”
He clearly said that, “We lack quality teachers in our system. One of the big initiatives in the 12th Five Year Plan would thus be to introduce national teacher education mission. It is only then that we would be able to get quality teaching and learning.”
He also talked about his initiatives with Mr. Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations and Mr. Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on connecting every gram panchayat in three years with optical fibre networks. “A bill for public service electronic delivery is also in the pipeline which shall enable the delivery of every bill, including your licence, passport etc online in five years.”
He clearly said that, “We lack quality teachers in our system. One of the big initiatives in the 12th Five Year Plan would thus be to introduce national teacher education mission. It is only then that we would be able to get quality teaching and learning.”
He also talked about his initiatives with Mr. Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations and Mr. Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on connecting every gram panchayat in three years with optical fibre networks. “A bill for public service electronic delivery is also in the pipeline which shall enable the delivery of every bill, including your licence, passport etc online in five years.”
