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Karnataka Higher Education Department has prepared a roadmap to launch ICT initiatives to facilitate ease of administration and academic reach for students in colleges, polytechnics and universities.
This ICT initiatives called ‘Jnana Sangama’ is the ‘Smart Karnataka Education Yardstick’ (Smart-KEY) designed for digitising most of the teaching materials in public and private domain throughout the State.
Digital solutionThe programme aims to provide end-to-end digital solution from admission to completion of education.
“Data flow through broadband will ease accessibility on mobiles, laptops and computers and is proposed to delivered to academic institutions through digital networking, setting up of Wi-Fi on all campuses and promotion of tele-education,” said Bharat Lal Meena, Additional Chief Secretary heading the Higher Education Department.
Education can be optimised by establishment of smart classrooms and 24/7 access to e-content and digital libraries, besides giving students the facility to obtain admission online in all higher educational institutions all over the State, he said.
Students will have their attendance e-documented and will also be able to give instant feedback about each class conducted by teachers. Report of absence of wards from classes will be intimated to guardians digitally.
Besides they would also be able to have access to the classes conducted in any institution all over Karnataka. This will ensure equitable quality upgradation of teachers and students.
Pilot projectThe ICT initiatives have been tested on a pilot basis by National Informatics Centre (NIC) and most of initiatives have already been adopted in a holistic manner.
“ICT use for quality learning will get a major boost in 50 universities, 2,992 colleges, 305 polytechnics and 207 engineering colleges in both public and private domain,” Meena said.
Through Jnana Sangama, 85 ICT initiatives have been planned. Of them, 15 are related to administration, 16 exclusively for universities, seven for colleges and polytechnics and 47 for universities, colleges and polytechnics.
According to Meena, all initiatives are interconnected. Software is freely available to all institutions, private and public, he added.
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