(a) whether the Government has made any efforts to make optimum utilisation of EDUSAT in
quality improvement of education; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
(a) whether the Government has made any efforts to make optimum utilisation of EDUSAT in
quality improvement of education; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT(SMT. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a) & (b): In order to make optimum utilsation of EDUSAT in improvement of education, with the
help of Indian Space Research Organisation [ISRO], national level organizations / institutions
like Indira Gandhi National Open University [IGNOU, University Grants Commission [UGC],
National Council for Education Research & Training [NCERT], and other institutions including
those of States/UTs have been using the EDUSAT. So far as efforts for improvement of education
through EDUSAT is concerned, in IGNOU alone the EDUSAT channel has been used extensively for
relaying live and recorded tele-conferencing sessions for the benefit of its students,
distance learners of National Board of Examination [NBE] etc. and during the period from
January, 2006 to January, 2010, IGNOU’s utilization of EDUSAT network has been for 5113 hours.