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Live Debate: Are Most Investments in Technology for Schools Wasted?Wednesday, April 21, 2010 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (GMT+0530)New Delhi, India |
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On April 21 infoDev, a donor-funded agency hosted by the World Bank, will be launching the first draft of its Survey of ICT for Education in India & South Asia. This important new report, commissioned from PricewaterhouseCoopers India, is the latest in a series of regional surveys of the current state of the use of technology in education. The report will be presented and discussed at a public forum at the same venue, starting at 10.30 am - RSVP to Public Forum
Are most investments in technology for schools wasted?
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Live Educational Technology Debate, Wednesday April 21, 14;00 – 16:00
Hosted
by the World Bank office Delhi, India
infoDev is bringing its successful online discussion - Educational Technology Debate - to Delhi, India in this special live debate, to be webcast around the world. An afternoon of lively discussion is promised around key topics at the intersection of ICT and education:
- Are South Asian nations ready for large-scale use of ICTs in their educational systems?
- If so, what are the organizational and financial preconditions for success?
- What changes are required in systems and practices and in oversight arrangements?
- How should success be measured?
- Which are the existing good practice experiences in the region that can guide us?
The Educational Technology Debate will bring the classic Oxford-style Debate process to India as noted experts in the field are invited to debate the following motion:
| Most investments in technology for schools are wasted: Discuss |
| There is a general consensus that Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) such as radio, TV, computers, the Internet, and mobile phones can increase educational experiences and improve education. But is this opportunity being overhyped? |
| Speaking FOR the motion, arguing that most investments in technology for schools are wasted | Speaking AGAINST the motion, arguing that most investments in technology for schools are worthwhile |
| Atanu Dey is a noted speaker on ICT in education and an
economist at
Netcore Solutions in Mumbai, India |
Ashish Garg is the Asia Regional Coordinator for Global eSchools and Communities Initiative, based in New Delhi |
| Benjamin Vergel De Dios is a Programme Officer for ICT in Education projects at UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education in Bangkok, Thailand. | Neel Rattan, Partner, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, India, which is producing the infoDev Survey of ICTs for Education in India & South Asia |
| Sam Carlson is a World Bank Lead Education Specialist and project team leader for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in India | Wayan Vota is an ICT in education consultant to infoDev, and
moderators the online Educational Technology Debate |
The debate will be moderated by Dr Tim Kelly, Lead ICT Policy Specialist, infoDev/World Bank
The moderator will introduce the topic and our discussants, who will respond with concise arguments, initially restricted to five minutes each, using only the power of their arguments to sway the audience. This will be followed by a discussion, initially among the panelist and then extended to the audience. To conclude, panelists will be given a further three minutes to summarise their arguments.
The goal of the panelists will be to persuade the audience to reach one of two conclusions:
- Most current investment is being wasted and needs a fundamental rethink (FOR the motion)
- Existing schemes are already bearing fruit and need only ongoing support (AGAINST the motion).
The audience will hold the last word. Participants will be invited to vote FOR, AGAINST or UNDECIDED on the motion both before and after the debate. The side that swings the most votes during the course of the debate will be declared the winner.
RSVP Required for Attendance
When & Where
World Bank Offices
70 Lodi Estate
New Delhi,
Delhi 110 003
India
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (GMT+0530)
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The Educational Technology Debate (ETD) - an inititive of the World Bank and Unesco - seeks to promote a substantive discussion of how low-cost information and communication technology (ICT) device initiatives for educational systems in developing countries are relevant to the very groups they purport to serve – the students, teachers, and their surrounding communities.
Starting at 13:00 New Delhi Time on April 21, we will have a live webcast of the event. You can also join the conversation online via Twitter - use the #edutech hashtag to share your impressions with a global audience.
If you are joining us at the World Bank offices, please arrive early and bring photo identification - there may be delays at security. We will serve a tea after the event.
Live Educcational Technology Debate
14:00 New Delhi Time
April 21, 2010
World Bank India
Upper Basement Room
70 Lodi Estate
New Delhi, India
You may also be interested in the public forum on PwC's new report Survey of ICT for Education in India & South Asia. Attendees of both events can join us for a complimentary lunch at noon.