Govt mulls policy to push virtual varsities via tablets, big screens

Source said a draft policy had been prepared by the Ministry of HRD in consultation with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

The government is framing a policy for virtual universities, to push for dissemination of education through digital means such as tablets, computers and big screens in classrooms.

Source said a draft policy had been prepared by the Ministry of Human Resource Development in consultation with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (IT). The idea for this policy has its source in Digital India, the government’s flagship programme to digitise different sectors such as health, government services, social services, and finance.

Last week, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad met the IT secretary to discuss the creation of a virtual university