digitalLEARNINGMagazine by Elets
HE Dr A K Jugessur, High Commissioner of Mauritius We have to strive to make knowledge-based society a reality so that incidences of digital divide vanish from society Development of education is of critical importance for ensuring societal transformation....
Prof Parvin Sinclair, Director, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Of around 13 lakh teachers across the country, many are only partially trained, and yet they continue to teach as we face shortage of teachers Every...
R P Sissodia, Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Now, the government also believes that innovation is the latest currency of economic power The challenges that India faces, today, are unique to the world....
N K Sinha, Additional Secretary (TEL), Technical Education, Department of Secondary & Higher The huge information gap between the employers and students needs to be bridged We are deliberating on excellence, inclusion and outreach to arrive at strategies for steering...
Sandeep Aneja, Managing Director, Kaizen Private Equity The huge information gap between the employers and students needs to be bridged Education is revolutionising very fast. We have achieved a lot, and we can achieve even more by embracing technology in...
Ashok Thakur, Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India We have overtaken USA, when it comes to number of students in higher education This year is very crucial in terms of planning our next five years. As the...
B K Chaturvedi, Member, Planning Commission On the inclusion part, we have 19 percent of outreach in higher education India faces massive challenges regarding inclusion and outreach. In North-East, there are more than 60 percent of the teachers are untrained. We started...
Dr Narendra Jadhav, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India Skills and knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development A plethora of untapped opportunities stare back at our faces from every direction. It is pretty clear...
Shigeru Aoyagi, Director and UNESCO Representative to India, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka The issue of gender equality in education is not being adequately addressed UNESCO is dedicated to pursuing the goal of promoting education amongst every section of the society. The organisation is as focussed in India as...
Dr Sunil Nawaratne, Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education, Government of Sri Lanka Young population needs to be endowed with knowledge of Modern Science We have the vision to turn Sri Lanka into Asia’s hub of cost effective and quality education. The people of the country,...
Dr Pascal Chazot, Member of Parliament in France for French Overseas; President, National Commission of Employment and Training, France Diversity in the classroom is the best possible asset In 1988, I had spent a day in Paris with a very famous director Steven...
E Ahamed, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Government of India With panchayats playing a significant role in education, there is strengthening of democracy in the country The education policy in this country stands on three pillars – access, inclusiveness and...