Q&A Current Affairs New Delhi Declaration on Education At the second meeting of Education Ministers of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) held in New Delhi in late October, representatives of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka issued a joint statement titled “The New Delhi Declaration on Education.” Education Ministers of eight South Asian countries resolved to collaborate on increased use of information technology and improving the quality of education. The priority areas of action decided upon include enhancing the learning and development readiness of pre-school children, ensuring education for all, expanding skill development, facilitating mutual recognition of qualifications and mobility of students and teachers and expanding alternative ways of learning such as open and distance education. The Ministers discussed India’s use of information and communication technology in education, development and sharing of e-resources, connectivity, e-learning and Massive Open Online Courses(MOOC).
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 06:11:00 +0000
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