The opinion of experts working on the education sector, the country needs full-time digital education policy

The opinion of experts working on the education sector, the country needs a full-time digital education policy

According to education policy expert Mita Sengupta, there are so many schemes for digital literacy in the country. But there is no unified policy.

New Delhi. Growing towards rapid digital economy under digital India campaign, the country is now feeling the need for full-time digital education policy. Experts and companies working on the education sector believe that government's Digital Literacy Campaign or National Digital Literacy Mission is working in this direction. But there is a need for a full policy to promote digital education at the level of schools.

According to a report by the Digital Empowerment Foundation, despite the fact that in the IT sector of India and achieving massive achievements in the spread of education, digital literacy is less than 20 percent. At a time when the government is trying to digitally serve every citizen, digital literacy becomes important just like traditional literacy and numerology. According to education policy expert Mita Sengupta, there are so many schemes for digital literacy in the country. But there is no unified policy.

Although many initiatives have been taken in this direction from the private sector. Among these, Dell's project is also started. In this initiative started in 2016, computer company Dell 75,000 teachers are being trained in 4500 schools in 75 cities of the country. Through this, digital literacy of 10 lakh school children can be monitored every year. P Krishnakumar, senior vice president of Dale India, says, "The computers reached in schools due to government schemes cannot be used because of lack of teachers.

The opinion of experts working on the education sector, the country needs full-time digital education policy