E-Learning in India- A Study of Regional Disparities

Abstract

Education, as a key element of social sector has universally viewed as an essential vehicle for socio-economic development and has been recognized as a distinguishing mark between a developed, developing and underdeveloped countries. Development agencies and social scientists have rightly propounded the significance of education for social change, poverty alleviation and a key parameter of human development. With scientific innovations and technological upgradations, the information and communication technology has fast becoming an important driver of socio-economic activities. ICT has brought revolutionary changes in the teaching-learning process making the education sector more dynamic and adding equity and quality in the delivery system. Form Indian perspective, ICT has been a boon to Indian education system. However, there exist regional disparities in the e-learning. Keeping in view the problems poor growth of e-learning, an attempt in this paper has been made to identify the role of e-learning in the promotion of education in India in general and higher education in particular with regional disparities. Keywords: ICT, UNDP, e-learning, GDP.