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ICT in Education in Global ContextImperatives of Access, Equity and Quality in Indian Technical Education System: Role of ICT

ICT in Education in Global Context: Imperatives of Access, Equity and Quality in Indian Technical... [This paper analyzes available data to identify the causes of poor access, equity, and quality in the higher technical education system in India. It then proceeds to examine the effects of the policy measures taken to address these issues. Given the very inadequate intake capacity in higher technical education until around 2003, India’s initial priority was to rapidly increase seat capacity, mostly through private participation. Access increased significantly but inadequately, mostly in affluent areas of the country and that too, more at the undergraduate rather than at the postgraduate level. Skewed increase in seat capacity in different regions meant that those who needed access the most lost out in favor of the more privileged and the urban rich, resulting in an increase in inequity. Since the capacity increase in technical education at the master’s and doctoral levels were significantly lower than at the undergraduate level, the demand for qualified teachers far outstripped supply, resulting in a drastic loss of quality. In the meantime, experience from various pilot projects convinced India that innovative use of ICT tools was probably the best way forward. Three main priorities have emerged in the last decade: high quality e-content creation in the OER mode, massive increase in digital connectivity, and immediate development of versatile and cheap digital access devices. Large-scale teacher training through ICT tools and modernization of curricula are the other priorities. Major ICT initiatives undertaken in India in recent times are briefly reviewed, and it is concluded that given the socioeconomic realities, currently identified ICT priorities in education appear to be quite appropriate. Countries in similar position may benefit from the Indian experience.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

ICT in Education in Global ContextImperatives of Access, Equity and Quality in Indian Technical Education System: Role of ICT

Part of the Lecture Notes in Educational Technology Book Series
Editors: Huang, Ronghuai; Kinshuk, ; Price, Jon K.
Ray, Anup Kumar
ICT in Education in Global Context — Jul 31, 2014
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
ISBN
978-3-662-43926-5
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143 –162
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-43927-2_9
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Abstract

[This paper analyzes available data to identify the causes of poor access, equity, and quality in the higher technical education system in India. It then proceeds to examine the effects of the policy measures taken to address these issues. Given the very inadequate intake capacity in higher technical education until around 2003, India’s initial priority was to rapidly increase seat capacity, mostly through private participation. Access increased significantly but inadequately, mostly in affluent areas of the country and that too, more at the undergraduate rather than at the postgraduate level. Skewed increase in seat capacity in different regions meant that those who needed access the most lost out in favor of the more privileged and the urban rich, resulting in an increase in inequity. Since the capacity increase in technical education at the master’s and doctoral levels were significantly lower than at the undergraduate level, the demand for qualified teachers far outstripped supply, resulting in a drastic loss of quality. In the meantime, experience from various pilot projects convinced India that innovative use of ICT tools was probably the best way forward. Three main priorities have emerged in the last decade: high quality e-content creation in the OER mode, massive increase in digital connectivity, and immediate development of versatile and cheap digital access devices. Large-scale teacher training through ICT tools and modernization of curricula are the other priorities. Major ICT initiatives undertaken in India in recent times are briefly reviewed, and it is concluded that given the socioeconomic realities, currently identified ICT priorities in education appear to be quite appropriate. Countries in similar position may benefit from the Indian experience.]

Published: Jul 31, 2014

Keywords: Faculty Member; Engineering Education; Blended Learning; Open Educational Resource; Virtual Laboratory

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