Satellite Supported Interventions to Improve the Quality of Delivery in Rural Schools — Experiences from the RGPEEE
Masood Parveez, Umesh Chandra Pandey · Learning Community-An International Journal of Educational and Social Development · 2013
The poor quality and reach of school education, particularly in rural and remote areas has remained a cause of concern in Indian school education since independence. With the sincere efforts done by the Government the situation has drastically improved in terms of the reach of the school education, however the quality of delivery has left a lot to be desired. Among other things the poor infrastructure of the school education, low motivational level of the teachers to go such areas and their poor capacities have been the major reasons which have plagued the school education .The issues involved are complex and deeply rooted in poor socio economic conditions of the Rural India. During the past few decades the Technology Mediated solutions have been perceived to be a viable opportunity to mitigate some of long pending problems in the area of school education. It has emerged as a promising solution and has attracted huge investments from the side of the Government.Among other things, the launching of the EduSat, a dedicated satellite for the cause of education has been a major milestone which signifies the policy thrust for the technological interventions in school education.