Arjun Singh to launch National Mission on Education on February 3 at Tirupati
New Delhi: Mr. Arjun Singh, Union Minister of Human Resource Development (MHRD), will launch the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology on February 3, in Tirupati at the auditorium of Sri Venkateswara University. The announcement was made by Mr. R. P. Agrawal, Secretary, Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, here today. The mission was approved by the Union Government in the first week of this month. The highlights of the components of the mission will be exhibited during the launch ceremony. Realizing the tremendous potential of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching and learning process, the Department of Higher Education had had conceptualized a Pilot Project namely 'SAKSHAT' - One Stop Education Portal which was launched on October 30, 2006 by the then President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. Encouraged with the experience of the Pilot Project 'SAKSHAT', a web based Portal provi...