New Delhi: On Thursday i.e. March 8, 2010, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal announced that all secondary schools in India will have a computer teacher each and the central government will bear the related expenses.
Mr Sibal, highlighting the need for technology to better educational scenario in the country, said that they have now a policy. Under that the proposed policy, all the schools in India will have an ICT (Information and Communications Technology) teacher and the centre will pay their salary, which is Rs 10000 per month.
He further added that they are open to any technology solution (provided by private sectors), but it should not be elitist. The real problem lies in rural India and the Government must keep that in mind as well. I think, the private sector can collaborate with government and train these ICT teachers. He added that their focus is on giving every child an opportunity.
Sibal also said that all the states should chip in to improve education and make the right to education a success. He said that it is not about politics, it is about education and it is about every single child. Sibal said that the nation needs a system in place for quality education and quality teachers. The minister also said that India will be most educated country in the world by 2030 and it will be the key to provide intellectual capital to all the other countries.
During an even organized by computer giant HP and TV channel CNBC, the HRD Minister said that India will be the most educated in the world, by 2030. The world must realize that future human capital will flow from India. They should make our population literate and take the benefit.
