Making of Aakash: The World's Cheapest Tablet
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Case Code: PROM012 Case Length: 17 Pages Period: 2006-2012 Pub Date: 2012 Teaching Note: Not Available |
Price: Rs.500 Organization: Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India, Datawind Limited Industry: Tablet Countries: India Themes: Project Management, Public-Private Partnership, Infrastructure |
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National Mission on Education Through Information and Communication Technology(NME-ICT)
NME-ICT was one of ambitious missions of the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India. The Mission document stated, "For India to emerge as a knowledge super power of the world in the shortest possible time it is imperative to convert our demographic advantage into knowledge powerhouse by nurturing and honing our working population into knowledge or knowledge enabled working population."
MHRD believed that it could play a major role as human resource development would be the key in making India a knowledge superpower of the world. However, poor literacy rates (74% in census as per census, 2011), the slow growth of educational institutions, poor enrolment of students, and high dropout rates were some of the challenges which needed to be answered to make the country a knowledge superpower.
The mission statement further said, "Hence, the conventional approach must also be aided and supported by the technological interventions through ICT so as to make available the knowledge resources to every learner as per his / her convenience and just in time." According to experts, the tablet, a relatively new entrant, would be the best solution for this...
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