The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Mr Kapil Sibal, announced the Government's plans to launch a scheme which would bring in Information Communication Technology (ICT) into elementary education.

Speaking to reporters at the sidelines of an event, Mr Sibal said, “We are planning to start a new ICT scheme in elementary education. This will address the requirement of teachers and help the students study on their own.”

The scheme which is likely to be on the lines of the ICT scheme for higher education, would focus on the development of e-contents which would be used by students at primary and upper-primary classes for learning purposes. This will take care of the unavailability of teachers to a great extent. “To reach out to 200 million people in the country, technology has to play an important role. Learning these days is a chore, it needs to become pleasurable for the students. There needs to be a system in place to help students learn on their own,” said Mr Sibal delivering a keynote address at the 25 {+t} {+h} anniversary celebrations of Texas Instruments..........Click for more

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