> > The content of the national school curriculum (digitisation and > accessibility) and the operation of a digital literacy program for tertiary > education (creative and innovative) are both examples of what such an > approach can actually achieve, with good reason to believe that, other than > the cost of the learning curve, all other inputs to a solid information > technology framework can be hugely leveraged in comparison with the usual > proprietary PPP or whatever uncomfortable alliance between government and > the corporatised business sector is being played out. > its being played out in open and with such fanfare think about recent case of educomp[1] the company[2] , there is a discussion we can have on the whole topic of the present "Teach to Test " stystem.
> While the lack of a consolidated movement with some sort of structure may > seem to be the principal stumbling block, and there is no doubt that the > expressed government policy is hard to find even in the supposedly funded > government infrastructure, I think the very guerrilla nature of the > scenario -- the ability to create, virtually unhindered and unconstrained > by somebody else's perceptions -- may lead to solutions that signify change > rather than merely digitising the present mess. > this is the exact path Govt is trying to walk as we speak [3] . > I guess the government, as an organisation, has a long way to go before it > can genuinely operate as a service, but IMHO development has a natural > tendency, in any case, to decrease the need for governmental assistance in > the provision of such services in society. > > Against this, the organisation of business is structured to gain and grow, > regardless of societal needs. Such unilateral influences, be they business > or feudal or whatever other flavors we have seen in the past, tend to > either ignore human needs or play up some at the cost of others, in a > suboptimal manner (that's my opinion, I am chary of the so-called Golden > Ages of civilisation). > > If that single mindedness of purpose is a characteristic of organisation > itself, it might be a good reason for this movement to stay away from such > temptations. > i am got lost reading the above paragraph :-) , could not understand the point !! [1] http://forbesindia.com/article/real-issue/the-rise-and-fall-of-educomp/34993/1 [2] http://forbesindia.com/article/special/educomp-chairman-and-md-responds-to-our-story/35115/1 [3] https://mygov.in/group-issue/large-scale-digitization
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