1. Applications of ICT in Education Nidhi Malik(06305002) Jubin Chheda(06305003) under guidance of: Prof. Uday Desai and Prof. Krithi Ramamaritham Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay ICT Presentation

2. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Introduction  ICT stands for “set of technological tools and resources used to communicate, and to create, disseminate, store, and manage information.”  anytime, anywhere  Access to remote learning resources  Motivating to learn  Facilitating the acquisition of basic skills  Active learning  Collaborative learning....

3. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Major Challenges  Education is consistently neglected  Opportunity cost of education  No quick fixes to educate rural poor  Under enrollment  Quality education  Curriculum must be relevant  How to distribute human and financial resources  Technology and pedagogy should meet  Identifying the rural needs  Gender specific barriers  Lack of political interest

4. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Global scenario  Just 6% of the global population use Internet  Of these, 88% belong to industrialised countries  USA and Canada account for 57% of the Internet users  Africa, Asia, and the Middle East account for a mere 1% of the users  The richest account for 20% and the poorest, just 0.2%

5. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Indian scenario  Only 6% of Indians use Internet  Use is skewed towards the urban, English-educated youth  79% of the Internet connections are in State capitals  ICT is yet to make inroads into rural India

6. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, India: Numbers kill?  India is the Most Populous country in the world More than 1 bn inhabitants Nearly 17% of global population Growing at 1.6% p.a against global average of 1.3% adding to itself the size of Australia every year  Population significantly young & rural  One in every three persons < 15 years of age  stretching resources for primary education  ~72% people live in villages

7. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, India: Inadequate Social Development  More than 2/5ths of population live in poverty Stark inequity in wealth distribution - richest 10% enjoy 34% of income as against mere 4% by poorest 10% India ranks 95th in income per capita  Almost 35% people in India are illiterates Rural illiteracy even higher at 41% - stressing urgent need for education in rural areas More than 59 mn children out of school  India ranks a dismal 124 (out of 173 countries) on Human Development Index Worse than 1970 when India had 82nd rank

8. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, India: Some Progress… Expenditure on education growing Illiteracy rates falling Illiteracy Rate % Edu exp as % Of GDP

9. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Existing Knowledge Infrastructure Poor quality teachers Not enough teachers Non creative, boring curriculum High dropout rates Poor facilities Low IT penetratio n Focus on rote as against hands-on learning Emphasis upon passing exams rather than unlocking creativity 41% drop out between class I-V 54% drop out between class I-VII 69% drop out between class I-IX 20% primary schools are single teacher schools Shortage of 4 mn teachers India PC/1000 people Internet hosts /1000 people No. of HK 2.7254.2 0.2162.8 31% primary schools do not have proper building 56% primary schools don't offer drinking water 70% bereft of toilet facilities

10. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Problems Ineffective incentives Lack of effective knowledge transfer Low teacher compensation Text book rigidity Discourages questioning habit Lack of collaborative learning Non creative curriculum Poor quality teachers Emphasis on "teaching" rather than "learning"

11. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, What is going on Globally  UNESCO/Education for all  Education for rural people (ERP) in Africa  German ICT for education Initiatives  E-education in Nigeria

12. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, What’s going on in India  Akshaya initiated by Govt. of Kerala  Gramin Gyan Kendra  Azim Premji Foundation  Asha-2005  Agastya  E-choupal

13. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Akshaya foundation in Kerala  Launched on Nov.18,2002 in Malappuram Distt.  Network of ICT centres  Broadband connectivity  100% Household literacy  Entrepreneur driven business model

14. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Network Consists of two Parts Backbone Network - Throughput starts at 8 MBPS. Unlimited expandability. -Ability to add additional backbones for greater bandwidth if and when required. - Wireless IP in Local Loop (WipLL) -Versatile Intelligent Network (VINE). Access Network -Used for providing connectivity from the backbone network to the subscribers. -Point to multi-point radios used. -Last mile bandwidth of 4 MBPS, shared. -Ability to limit bandwidth to each subscriber as per requirement. -Products selected to minimize recurring costs

15. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Services that can run on the network  Voice, data video  E-learning  E-governance and connectivity to govt. organizations  Rural mobile telephony Project – access, skill and content

16. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Akshaya - Threads  Malappuram District panchayath  ‘Market’ failures & Digital Divide  The project : access, skill & content  The Entrepreneur angle  Stakeholder consultations  Location identification  State Facilitation-Content, IT ‘Mela’, ‘Fight’ with Bankers – Loan of Rs. 6.8 cr  E-Literacy programme  630 Akshaya centres  15 hr. e-literacy CD  Rs. 120 per person

17. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Malappuram:Profile  Most populous District in Kerala  3 M; 6.5 L Families  3550 Sq. Km.  Backward Social/ Educational indices  Poor ICT infrastructure  Mobiles outstrip fixed lines since 2000  <200 internet connections

18. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Akshaya Accessibility  District wide network  630 access points  One centre for 1000-1500 families  One centre for every 5 kms  Basic PC operations  Email, browsing net  Govt. popular websites

19. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Akshaya – Other Services  Agriculture, health, education and employment  Interactive portals  Akshaya-Women Empowerment  Akshaya- Water resources management  Akshaya-Puzhakkattiri Herbal village

20. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Agastya International Foundation Awaken minds with Creativity

21. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, The Agastya Model  Scalable  Innovative and Creative  Sustainable  Replicable  Collaborative

22. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, First Pillar: Creative Learning Center (CLC)  Hands-on learning in a creative and interactive setting  Enhance teaching skills  Rural schools interaction  and training program  Vocational training, knowledge and skill transfer  Mobile Labs and science fairs

23. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Second Pillar: Teacher Education Center  Building Educators  Intellectually sound  Excellence in teaching, training & education  Professional competencies  Creativity techniques  In-field experiences  Evaluation procedures and teaching strategies  Feeder of community,state & country

24. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Third Pillar: Agastya Gurukul (AG) “Multiplier effect of Teacher Education"

25. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Fourth Pillar: Ecology and Cultural Center  Integrated Humanistic Education  Ecology and environment  Art, sculpture, craft, music  Visiting scholars

26. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Mobile Labs and Teacher Training Workshops A single mobile lab can reach 800 teachers every year Provide teacher education at village doorstep Emphasis on hands-on teaching with the use of experiments Increase in teacher motivation and skills Can cover remote areas in rural India Top class teacher education center High-quality teacher training provided by experts from leading institutions like IISc, TIFR, etc Encourage use of hands-on experiments to explain scientific concepts Development of communication and leadership skills in teachers Knowledge transfer between urban & rural teachers Mobile Laboratories Teacher Training Workshops

27. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Exposes village children to science concepts and experiments A single mobile lab can reach ~40,000 rural children every year Provides education right at the village doorstep Emphasis on hands-on learning using experiments, simulated games, interactive lectures, etc Can cover remote areas in rural India Can reach up to 60,000 children in a month Exposure to science concepts provided by experts from leading institutions like IISc, TIFR, etc Increases interest in learning and awareness among village children Creates community and parental involvement Knowledge transfer between urban & rural areas Mobile Laboratories Science Fairs Creativity

28. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Agastya in a Nutshell

29. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, Agastya: Achievements  Touched more than 100,000 children in rural India through the mobile laboratories  Trained more than 5,000 teachers  Set up an auto learning center and a science laboratory at Kuppam  Expanded the program to include Kolar in Karnataka in addition to Kuppam  Program also expanded to Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka  Plans to launch in Rajasthan, West Bengal & Gujarat

30. ICT for Education: Nidhi Malik Jubin Chheda, References  Varma’s Portal: http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~a_varma/portal/  Hardeep’s Portal http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~hardeep/portal/index.html  AKSHAYA - Official Website of Kerala  Agastya International Foundation portal http://www.agastya.org/