FICCI Higher Education Summit 06 Nov 2009 Technology in Education 0 Miles Ahead

TECHNOLOGY?? Entrance Admission Process Learning Academic Process Assessment Assessment Process Student Services Administrative Services

 Infrastructure Readiness  Student Readiness  Institutional Readiness  Governmental Readiness Are you ready for the MAGIC?

Infrastructure Readiness ?  Mobile connections in India: 500+ million & growing – 1 billion by 2014!  Broadband connections: 7m subscribers; target: 200m?  Availability of terminals:  MeritTrac: 40,000 computer identified in 186 cities in India  Variety of projects to increase reach:  Common Services Centers  State Wide Area Networks (WANS)

Tier I CitiesTier II citiesTier I CitiesTier II cities Daily77%90%62%71% Once / few times a week19%10%34%24% Less frequently1%0%3%4% None3%0%2%0% Computers Internet accounts ? Use a computer/internet ? Student Readiness ?

“It was a great experience to give the exam online. I have never given an Online exam before and I could not practice even during the preparation. But as we entered the lab, the staff present gave us instructions on how to approach the exam and what all needs to be taken into account” Student Voices…. Ishan Dave, a businessman who is aspiring to take up management studies Times of India July 3,2009 Like most of the others, when I heard about GCET going online, I was a bit skeptical and apprehensive. But the apprehensiveness soon transformed to contentment as i took the test on 1st of July. The whole online system and the functioning of GCET '09 does claims a special mention. The entire system from registering at the test centre till we got the score cards was indeed commendable. The functioning was user-friendly and smooth. The online test system was devised in the most considerate way, with one question appearing on the screen at a time, facility for going back and forth and also an option to mark a particular question for review later, along with question numbers catalogued on a side panel whereby the candidate can jump to any question as required. A meticulously developed and a well maintained system for online aptitude examination. Kudos! From: kathak mehta gmail.com] Sent: 08 July :45 To: Subject: gmail.com

Institutional Readiness ? Dipstick survey of 80 Universities in India Online Application Processing : 10% In the next 2 years ?: 80% Online University Exam Management System: 3% In the next 2 years ?: 70% Online Entrance Exams: 5% In the next 2 years ?: 55%

Governmental Readiness ? No. of Exams scheduled 22,797 candidates No. of Exam Centers 37 Online Centers in 21 Colleges No. of Cities 11 cities across Gujarat No. of Computers 2,100 concurrent online terminals No. of days 4 days (1 st July - 4 th July 2009) No. of batches 3 batches per day Results Declaration 5 mins Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GCET) conducted by Gujarat Technological University (GTU) for MBA/MCA Admissions Assessment Partner: MeritTrac First time in India that any State Government Entrance Exam was conducted online

The Philosophy Philosophy ase of administration –Scalable –Total Supervisory Control –Candidate Support –Strong Audit Trails xcellence in execution –Quality –Security –Control –Risk mitigation nhanced candidate experience –Fair & consistent –Ease & accessibility –Flexibility –User-friendly

Are you ready for the MAGIC?  Infrastructure Readiness  Student Readiness  Institutional Readiness  Governmental Readiness  MINDSET Readiness ??

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