Dear friends,MHRD has released a new draft of the National Policy for ICTs in School Education (NPISE) recently (see http://education.nic.in/secedu/ict.pdf).
This document is far better than the earlier one released in Jan 08 (see http://itforchange.net/media/NPISE/policy_wkbook_with_comments.pdf for the older policy draft). It clearly emphasises teacher professional development, local content creation, universal access, teacher pre-service and in-service training, ICT literacy as a precursor to ICT enabled learning etc.
While the earlier policy draft did not have even a single mention of FOSS, the current draft states in para 5.3.2 "Free ware, free and open source software applications will be preferred".
I have written 'some overall comments' on the policy in a 1 pager (see "Some overall comments on the NPISE 24.07.09 FOSSCOMM" attached). We request comments and subsequent endorsement from FOSSCOMM on this note. The last date for receiving comments is 29 July, hence I request your comments and suggestions well before then, so that we can share the same with MHRD. We can also write to MHRD at the email id given in the bottom of the document.
Look forward to your comments/response at your earliest. Would request Narendra if he can put this up on the FOSSCOMM wiki as well
regards, Guru -- Gurumurthy Kasinathan IT for Change Bridging Development Realities and Technological Possibilities Tel:98454 37730 www.ITforChange.net http://Public-Software.in http://India.IS-Watch.net http://IS-Watch.net http://content-commons.in*IT for Change is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with United Nations’ Economic and Social Council*
Some overall comments on the NPISE 24.07.09 FOSSCOMM.odt
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