– Preparation of ICT Syllabus for 8 th class students – Proposed conduct work shop on preparation of ICT Syllabus with expert teachers and eminent personalities under ICT from 21.02.2022 to 25.02.2022 –Deputation of the Teachers

The District Educational Ofcers in the state are informed that the

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become, within a

very short time, one of the basic building blocks of modern society. Many

countries now regard understanding of ICT and mastering the basic skills

as part of the core of education, alongside reading, writing and numeracy.

The recent eforts of the Government of India (GOI) seek to deepen the

use of ICT in almost every sphere of life. The Digital India Campaign (2015)

strives to transform India into a digitally empowered society and

knowledge economy by focusing on the three vision areas: Digital

Infrastructure as Core Utility to Every Citizen, e-Governance and Services

on Demand and Digital literacy and empowerment of citizens. The three

cardinal principle of the draft New National Education Policy (2016) viz.,

access, equity and quality could be served well by harnessing the huge

potential of ICT.

2. Further they are informed that the present curricula for ICT in

Education is a step towards realizing the goals of both the National Policy,

the National Curriculum Framework (2005) and the recommendations of

Digital India Campaign. It has factored in the rapid evolution of

technologies and the ground realities of Indian school systems. For the

teacher, it is an initiation into exploring educational possibilities of

technology, learning to make the right choices of hardware, software and