<p>The training programme for 10,000 teachers was inaugurated Monday by Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Under the 'Talk to a Teacher' project of the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT) of his ministry, training for 10,000 engineering college teachers from across the country is conducted by leveraging broadband network and ICT tools. <br /><br />The programme is being conducted through 168 remote centres across India. The lectures are delivered from IIT Bombay by professors of the institute and IIT Madras. <br /><br />Through the software A-VIEW, audio-video connectivity is provided between all the centres and IIT Bombay. The course consists of lectures, live interactions and lab sessions.<br /><br />"This method of synchronous education has been developed at IIT Bombay, under the leadership of D.B. Phatak. This method of education allows participation of a large number of women teachers, who normally are unable to join contact programmes at distant locations, owing to family commitments," an IIT official said. <br /><br />Sibal interacted with the remote centres from Kanyakumari, Rajkot, Srinagar and Nagpur. <br />A representative of IIT Bombay presented an Aakash Tablet to the minister. <br /><br />Unlike other tablet devices, Aakash could also be used to create computer programmes in Python, C, C++ and Scilab, he said.</p>
<p>The training programme for 10,000 teachers was inaugurated Monday by Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Under the 'Talk to a Teacher' project of the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT) of his ministry, training for 10,000 engineering college teachers from across the country is conducted by leveraging broadband network and ICT tools. <br /><br />The programme is being conducted through 168 remote centres across India. The lectures are delivered from IIT Bombay by professors of the institute and IIT Madras. <br /><br />Through the software A-VIEW, audio-video connectivity is provided between all the centres and IIT Bombay. The course consists of lectures, live interactions and lab sessions.<br /><br />"This method of synchronous education has been developed at IIT Bombay, under the leadership of D.B. Phatak. This method of education allows participation of a large number of women teachers, who normally are unable to join contact programmes at distant locations, owing to family commitments," an IIT official said. <br /><br />Sibal interacted with the remote centres from Kanyakumari, Rajkot, Srinagar and Nagpur. <br />A representative of IIT Bombay presented an Aakash Tablet to the minister. <br /><br />Unlike other tablet devices, Aakash could also be used to create computer programmes in Python, C, C++ and Scilab, he said.</p>