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Open Source Education India

The document discusses the benefits of open source software for education in India. It notes that open source will have to come and stay in a big way to benefit India's large population, as stated by a former President of India. Some key benefits of open source for education mentioned include lower budgets, higher quality, sustainability, and increased reach. Examples provided of open source software being used for education in India include the NCERT School Operating System, Moodle for course delivery, digital repositories for online courses, and programming languages in school curriculums. The document advocates for wider adoption of open source across areas like science, distance education, school administration, and libraries.

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Open Source Education India

The document discusses the benefits of open source software for education in India. It notes that open source will have to come and stay in a big way to benefit India's large population, as stated by a former President of India. Some key benefits of open source for education mentioned include lower budgets, higher quality, sustainability, and increased reach. Examples provided of open source software being used for education in India include the NCERT School Operating System, Moodle for course delivery, digital repositories for online courses, and programming languages in school curriculums. The document advocates for wider adoption of open source across areas like science, distance education, school administration, and libraries.

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Open Source and Education

What ?
How ?

Will ?
Should ?
President's speak

"In India, open source code software will have to come and stay in
a big way for the benefit of our billion people."

--– Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Former President of India, May 28, 2003
(President ADDRESS AT THE JUDICIAL COLLOQUIUM ON SCIENCE, LAW AND ETHICS AT
NATIONAL JUDICIAL ACADEMY, BHOPAL
19-02-2005 : (Through Video Conference) From New Delhi)
Why Open Source in education ?

1. Budget --
Why Open Source in education ?

2. Quality ++
Why Open Source in education ?

3. Sustainability ++
Why Open Source in education ?

4. Reach ++
Why Open Source in education ?

5. Population --
How ?

Stories ?
Replace Microsoft

Solution : NCERT's School Operating


System

Total cost covering whole india estimates


just < 20 Crore INR :)
Replace Microsoft

Solution : NCERT's School Operating


System

Total cost covering whole india estimates


just < 20 Crore INR :)
ICT

Delhi University Education : Use Moodle


( http://vle.south.du.ac.in/ )

IGNOW uses dspace for their 100% courses


(http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/2 )
ICT Even Bigger....

UIDAI
( http://uidai.gov.in/images/FrontPageUpdates/EOI_KM_Portal_v3.1.pdf)

Spoken Tutorial (MHRD) >100 Crore INR


( http://spoken-tutorial.org/ )
Others

Countless..
See IIT-* or IIIT-* everywhere OSS
Problem and Solution Approach

Countless.. << http://fossee.in/ >>


Science
Problem and Solution Approach

Countless.. << Moodle / Sakai bleh bleh bleh >>


Distant Education
Problem and Solution Approach

Countless.. <<http://www.fedena.com/>>
School ERP
Problem and Solution Approach

Countless.. << Python / Ruby / Perl bleh bleh bleh >>


Programming*

*CBSE 11/12 IP Curriculum knows better


Problem and Solution Approach

Countless.. << http://www.oss4lib.org/ >>


Library

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