The Digital India Programme of the Government of India envisions
(i) digital infrastructure,
(ii) governance and services on demand and
(iii) digital empowerment of citizens.
To
promote such visions of the Government of India, National Council of
Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in collaboration with UNESCO -
International Bureau of Education (IBE), Geneva and UNESCO -
International Institute of Technology for Education (IITE), Moscow have
planned to organize an International Forum/Workshop on “adopting and ICT
Perspective to Education and Learning” in New Delhi from October 31st,
2016 to November 4th, 2016. Shri Upendra Kushwaha, Honourable
Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Government of India
has kindly consented to inaugurate the Forum on October 31st 2016 at
10.00 a.m. at the Ashok, Chankyapuri, New Delhi. The subsequent
activities will be held at Central Institute of Educational Technology
(CIET), NCERT, New Delhi. The Forum targets mainly countries which are
implementing the UNESCO’s General Education Quality Analysis Framework (GEQAF).
The Forum sessions are designed to be interactive and will build on
concrete cases of ICT integration. A host of countries is participating
in this Forum along with several stakeholders from India.