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ICT in Education Global IT Forum Coordinated Science Laboratory, UIUC 6th September, 2007 Rajeeva Ratna Shah Member Secretary Planning Commission [email protected] Scenario Universities 268 IITs 7 Engineering Colleges 1,537 Deemed Universities 110 Schools (8-12 class) 4,26,780 Polytechnics 1,244 Agriculture 274 IIMs 7 Medical Colleges 723 Educational Institutions: Only a small fraction teaches ICT Degree Colleges 18,064 Dental Colleges 240 R&D Labs CSIR/DSIR DST, Biotech IMD DOS DAE etc New Institutions Planned 467 2 Objectives - ICT and Education Two Main Objectives • Advanced ICT Education – – • Improving Quality of Content Increasing Capacity ICT in Education – – Improving Connectivity Digital Community Building 3 Objectives in Advanced ICT Education Improve Content with respect to Level Breadth Dynamism Multidisciplinary Research Technology Development and Transfer Capacity Building Faculty pool Postgraduate Enrollment, especially PhD Undergraduate Enrollment 4 Capacity Problem Expected shortages in 5 years 1. Faculty – 5000 2. IT Enabled Services and Business Process Outsourcing skilled workforce – 500,000 3. High-end IT exposure is available to less than 10% of the skilled workers 2005 NAASCOM-McKinsey study 5 Initiatives in Capacity Building 467 new educational institutions planned Major ICT Institutions 20 Indian Institutes of Information Technology 8 Indian Institutes of Technology 5 Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research Others 30 Central Universities 370 colleges 7 Indian Institutes of Management 20 engineering and medical colleges 7 National Institutes for Pharmaceutical Research 6 Initiatives in Content Enhancement Plans for collaborations with top foreign universities, e.g., UIUC Establishing new institutions Partnerships with existing public and private institutions Exchange of faculty, students Joint research programs Building a National Knowledge Network for Establishing Communities for Cross-campus Creation of Content 7 A Solution for Content and Capacity Setting up a new type of enabling institution called IT Academy (ITA) with four simultaneous objectives 1. 2. 3. 4. To be a world class center of ICT excellence Help emerging IT institutions achieve excellence Educate large number of PhDs Focus on preparing potential faculty Implementation expected to begin in late 2007 8 Distance learning network Teach from anywhere Students PG Scholars Short term UG Scholars Local Curricula Partner Institution Faculty from Abroad and India Permanent or visiting Faculty QIP (Eventual) Contributions to ITA enable Research ITA Curricula/Research Holistic Development & Societal Sensitivity Lab Setups ITA Faculty Recruitment/Visiting Students UG/PG IT Curriculum New Faculty Recruits Entrepreneurship Curricula PG Students ITA PG Student Teams back for mandatory teaching Research Teams Distributed centers of excellence IT ACADEMY 9 ICT in Education 10 National Knowledge Network n Internet 2 GEANT 3 Internet Servers Database Servers Application Servers 2 UNIVERSITY Servers Web Servers 1 Servers VPN/IP MPLS Network 10 Gigabit GRID Connecting Institutions on common Network School Servers Pool School VPN/Firewall/ IPS Central Data Centre Wi-Fi Enabled Virtual Classroom Backbone Hosting Content & Applications of different disciplines 11 Typical Single Campus Wide Network CAT 6 Cable Fiber Optic Cable (Gigabit) Switch ` ` Internet 45-155 Mbps ` Web, DNS, Proxy and LAN Servers Switch Existing PBX Router Cum RAS ` ` Residential Quarters ` Switch Switch Central Switch ` ` ` ` Central Library Hostel Blocks Switch Switch ` ` ` ` ` ` Administrative Blocks ` ` Switch ` ` ` Switch ` ` ` Switch ` Academic Block Various Departments ` ` 12 Thank You ICT in Education Creation of National Knowledge Network Connecting 10,000 educational & R&D institutions Digital libraries Virtual class rooms with telecommunication facilities Technical & Skill development emphasized 14