New Delhi: The HRD ministry is planning to launch Bharatpedia, a collaborative online encyclopaedia like Wikipedia. Primarily for students and teachers, Bharatpedia will be part of the National Mission in Education through ICT in the 11th Plan. Sources said the name Bharatpedia was coined by HRD officials to evoke instant association.
A senior official said, “Work on Bharatpedia is going on. It will have content for college students as well as others. It can be edited, updated and corrected just like Wikipedia entries. But it is aimed mainly at the teaching community.” It will also have e-books in English for most subjects. “Launching an encyclopaedia is the next step after we started online portal Sakshat,” the official added.
The National Mission in Education, a collaborative effort of the HRD ministry, department of IT and department of telecommunications, aims to establish EduSat teaching hubs in each of the 200 central universities besides having 2,000 broadband internet nodes in each of them. There will also be one satellite interactive terminal to provide network connectivity in 18,000 colleges. The mission also involves digitization of video content of teaching and learning material generated over time. TNN
A senior official said, “Work on Bharatpedia is going on. It will have content for college students as well as others. It can be edited, updated and corrected just like Wikipedia entries. But it is aimed mainly at the teaching community.” It will also have e-books in English for most subjects. “Launching an encyclopaedia is the next step after we started online portal Sakshat,” the official added.
The National Mission in Education, a collaborative effort of the HRD ministry, department of IT and department of telecommunications, aims to establish EduSat teaching hubs in each of the 200 central universities besides having 2,000 broadband internet nodes in each of them. There will also be one satellite interactive terminal to provide network connectivity in 18,000 colleges. The mission also involves digitization of video content of teaching and learning material generated over time. TNN
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