Role of ICT in Promoting Girls education at elementary level

To achieve universalisation of Elementary Education (UEE), Govt. of India has launched the nation-wide scheme “Sarva Siksha Abhiyan” (SSA) in 2000-2001. The programmes envisage complete 5 year schooling for all by 2007 and complete 8 years schooling for all by 2010. Universalisation of Elementary Education is a national goal for which Distance Education Programme is a national resource and major support for distance learning programme. SSA emphasizes on mainstreaming out-of school children through diverse strategies, as far as possible and on providing eight years of schooling for all children 6-14 age group. The thrust is on bringing involvement of women groups specifically and community as a whole. Accountability and transparency to the community priority to Education of Girls, focus on special groups urban deprived children, improving mainstreaming education for capacity development to improve the delivery and monitoring system, micro planning etc are some of the strategies Promoting girls education at elementary level and community mobilization is highly essential and crucial. A fundamental rationale for increased community participation in the education, of children is to improve an education programme’s relevance effectiveness and sustainability of activities by ensuring the learning programmes. In order to advance Girls education as a community agenda and point of action, ICT implementation through multimedia package has been taken up as a promotional strategy in distance education programme. Use of ICT has the potential promise to reach out a large target and made significant progress in sharing through interactive media, audio, video, media, advocacy and promotional learning materials teleconference audio-video conferencing multi media computer enabled education, database informative etc. to achieve the objectives of UEE. The effective use of ICT through multi-media package (MMP) can make sure the promotion of girls education in all level (enrolment, retention, achievement) at Elementary Education with the following objectives. • Establishment of awareness for Human rights • Strengthening community representation and participation in local governance. • Involvement of VEC /MTA/NGO in multi-media package for community mobilization. • Reaching the unreached beyond the geographical barrirer. • Recognizing the importance and imperative of girls education. • Facilitate enrolment and retention of girls in schools • Provide opportunity for girls for basic literacy and life skills • Development distance learning materials. • Strengthening man, media and material. WHY MULTI MEDIA PACKAGE? Multi media packages have the potential to generate dialogue between trainer and the trainee. Different modes of communication are the examples of media (letters, television, films, communication). Media can be used for enrichment as well as for instruction. Enrichment some times called indirect teaching may add to learners’ understanding in a general way. Integrating a variety of media or multi media into a course offers learners the opportunity to use their own strength. Multimedia has a positive impact toward sustainability, achievement of specific desired result. Keeping in view the specific learning objectives different multi media packages have been found with different levels of effectiveness. Multi Media Package is found to be significant more effective with regard to achieve the specific objective / learning. In fact at present situation with the use of ICT could meet the challenges faced by different sectors of education. A wide range of technological possibilities is the most vital support system for enhancing quality education. The technology can provide an integrated approach of multi-dimension media and its use in different areas of Elementary Education. ICT through Multimedia process and the transfer of communication technology has promoted to train people to acquire new skills required in various specific segment of education. Use of ICT has the potential to provide education and training experiences on a recurrent basis, to a large number of clientele without taking them away from work. Due to the wide spread availability and convergence of ICT and Multimedia model the effective use of ICT could be adopted in multifarious activities of distance education. Similarly keeping in view the different Medias the case of development of multimedia package in distance education has been decided. Implementation of MMP is one of the promotional strategy taken up with the needs and requirement of specific regions and considering upon the problems and challenges for promotion of girls education.

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