Andhra Pradesh is set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to tap its vast resources to help give the state's educational system a facelift, the state's Information Technology and Communications Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah said here today. He said the details were being worked out and the MOU would be signed soon.
The MoU will help tap the edX platform and open courseware of the prestigious institute, located in Boston, to develop alternative learning mechanisms in the wake of serious dearth of qualified teaching professionals, Lakshmaiah said.
The proposed partnership will give Andhra's small and rural colleges access to expensive labs using the iLabs technology of MIT. The tie-up will also help in the development of utilisation of Open Software Interface Definitions.
"The MIT faculty was pleasantly surprised to learn that Andhra Pradesh has about 700 engineering colleges, and they assured their cooperation in skill development," the minister said.
The MoU will help tap the edX platform and open courseware of the prestigious institute, located in Boston, to develop alternative learning mechanisms in the wake of serious dearth of qualified teaching professionals, Lakshmaiah said.
The proposed partnership will give Andhra's small and rural colleges access to expensive labs using the iLabs technology of MIT. The tie-up will also help in the development of utilisation of Open Software Interface Definitions.
"The MIT faculty was pleasantly surprised to learn that Andhra Pradesh has about 700 engineering colleges, and they assured their cooperation in skill development," the minister said.
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