About the Mission

National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology

of

Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

 

The objectives of the National Mission on Education through ICT are :
 

1.   The development of knowledge modules having the right content to take care of the aspirations and to address to the personalized needs of the learners.

2.   Research in the field of pedagogy for development of efficient learning modules for disparate groups of learners

3.   Standardization and quality assurance of contents to make them world class.

4.   Building connectivity and knowledge network among and within institutions of higher learning in the country with a view of achieving critical mass of researchers in any given field

5.   Availability of knowledge contents, free of cost to Indians.

6.   Spreading digital literacy for teacher empowerment

7.   Experimentation and field trial in the area of performance optimization of low cost access/devices for use of ICT in education

8.   Providing support for the creation of virtual technological universities

9.   Identification and nurturing of talent.

10. Certification of competencies of the human resources acquired either through formal or non-formal means and the evolution of a legal framework for it

11. Developing and maintaining the database with the profiles of our human resources.