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e-Governance and its impact in Education Sector

Golok Kumar SimliPrincipal Consultant & Head TechnologyPassport Seva, PMUMinistry of External AffairsEmail: princontech@mea.gov.in

Whatever a great personality does, the world follows.Whatever standards they set, the world pursues.

Ch.3:21 - Srimad Bhagavad Gita

Sources of Education in India

Government enacted legislation making free andcompulsory education, a Right of every child in the agegroup 6-14 years

Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan has beenlaunched recently as a step to universalize secondaryeducation

Other efforts are being made to create a robust andvast system of higher and technical education

National knowledge commission chalked out a ROADMAP to make INDIA a KNOWLEDGE SUPER POWERby 2020

National e-Governance Plan stepping into its 7th Year

Policy ABSTRACT

Reaching the masses◦ But not necessarily the cheapest solution

Overcoming distance and accessibility

Enabling lifelong learning◦ Especially with dearth of teachers◦ Issues in quality education

Changing the system of learning◦ Towards constructive models◦ Teacher as facilitator

Standardised curriculum materials

Limiting fraud in assessment process

Perceived strengths of e-Governance in education

Knowledge Paradigm - Can ICT/eGov Help?

Application Design/Creation

Services Plan/Concept

Access

Use of IC

T/e-G

overnance

Use of IC

T/e-G

overnance

stakeholders

Service Delivery Model

Efficient & TransparentInterface with the Govt.

Socio EconomicProgress

Job/Income Generation

Quality of Life

e-Governance Activities

Education, Health, Other Services

G2B Services, Market Information

Edutainment, Training

Ensuring access and impartiality in HigherEducation

High quality personalized and interactiveapplication modules over intranet / internet forall students /learners in Higher EducationalInstitutions

Any time any where - availability andaccessibility

“Expert One” on-campus interactive session inhigher/technical education institutions fromAcademia/Research Scholar/Industry Leaders/Other Professionals

Way forward -

e-Governance can help in ------

Overriding Administrative Delays in EducationSystem

Bring in Transparency, Accountability andTimely resolution of process vulnerability thatexist within school/higher/technical educationsystem

Would help in optimal uses of available resource,fund monitoring/management and forwardplanning

Access enrichment of Quality Education in cyberspace

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Would help students/learners in on-line exam/test andcertification,

On-line availability of teachers/experts throughEduSAT

On-line availability of Industry Experts toEngineering/Medical/Management Institutions

Training and empowerment of teachers to effectivelyuse the new method of teaching, learning etc.

Would help in convergence of theory vs. practicalityduring professional courses in the institutions

Institutions can provide value added vocational trainingin partnership with the Industry/GovernmentDepartments in a WIN-WIN mode

The State Governments/Central Line Ministries canride on some of the core platforms created under NeGP,while promoting quality and collaborative education -

SWAN

SDC/NDC

SSDG/NSDG

CSC Channel

MMPs

National Knowledge Network

Scheme such as ICT @ Schools etc.

Collaborative Delivery ModelsNeGP vs. Educational Institutions :

Government-to-Consumers* (G2C), Government-to- Employees (G2E), Government-to- HRM/Administration (G2A), Government-to-Departments (G2D),

* Consumers are stake holders such as students , guardians and other information seekers on various field of educations.

Services: On line filling of forms (students), Applying for jobs Seeking Financial grants Revenue collection and forecasting

Governance transformation: Online feed back system Centralized system of checking and Monitoring Staff attendance Grievance Handling Fund utilization Projects (civil construction, infra and academic ) Utilization of budget

Evolving thought process - Leverage ICT “e”

Build efficient Information Delivery Mechanism

Optimize performance in decision making

Build reliable, vertical and horizontal connectivity

Facilitate electronic information flow/transactionsbetween all the professional institutions and alliedoffices / departments

Think beyond traditional way of imparting educationsand evolve mechanism for continuous improvement

Evolve towards having effective feedback mechanism andstrong grievance handling system in education

Empower students and other stakeholders

Create professionals suitable for employment in industry andgovernment departments

Use ICT for efficient administration, cost reduction and timelydecision

Re-engineer process that helps in transparency whilefunctioning

Promote expansion, inclusion and excellence in educationsystem as a whole by leveraging use of ICT and e-Governance

Build road map of India, making it a KNOWLEDE SUPERPOWER by 2020

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Thank You

Opportunity for questions and discussion !