Leverage technology to ensure accessible, affordable, and quality education for all: Edu Minister
India Today
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that we should leverage technology for accessible, affordable, and quality education for all. He reviewed National Educational Technology Forum (NETF) and National Digital Educational Architecture (NDEAR).
The Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, on Wednesday, 18 March 2022, reviewed the progress made under National Educational Technology Forum (NETF) and National Digital Educational Architecture (NDEAR).
NETF will be the guiding body for National Digital Educational Architecture (NDEAR). It will act as the blueprint for creating a unifying national digital infrastructure to energize and catalyze the entire education ecosystem.
NDEAR takes on an ‘Open Digital Ecosystem’ approach, where a set of principles, standards, specifications, building blocks, and guidelines seek to enable different entities to create elements of the digital education ecosystem.
During the meeting, Dharmendra Pradhan called for leveraging technology to ensure accessible, affordable, and quality education for all. He stressed developing a high-quality course curriculum that can be delivered through technology. He also suggested that technology can also be deployed for carrying out objective assessments.
The Minister said that NETF and NDEAR will provide required institutional governance and bring in greater accountability in the system. He said that a working group involving CBSE, AICTE, UGC, NCTE, and NCERT will work on the roadmap for NDEAR and NETF.
