There is a lot of discussion on the shortage of teachers in our schools. While India is trying to find a way to fill the vacant positions of teachers and perhaps also find out how many of the 7.7 million school teachers actually go to teach, I wanted to share with you the preparedness level of our children in high schools and higher secondary schools.
This is a story from five blocks of Aizawl district of Mizoram. Actually, we got an opportunity to design an Android operating system-based survey to study the technical infrastructure and connectivity status in high schools and B.Ed. colleges. The mandate of the study, more specifically, was the current and required infrastructure for these institutions with a focus on connectivity, access, power, technical support, human resources and the availability and feasibility of high-speed Internet. Read More…