I-hub coming up in Vizag: AP Chief Minister.

Digital education should be encouraged to impart knowledge to students and to take the boredom out of conventional teaching methods, according to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

He was interacting with the media here on Thursday after participating in the inaugural of the three-day TECH 2018 (Transforming Education Conference for Humanity), jointly organised by the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development and the AP government.

He said that technology should be leveraged to make teaching and learning livelier and to foster creativity. Andhra Pradesh in particular was encouraging digital education, with the highest number of virtual class rooms and digital classrooms in the State. He said that the AP government was willing to provide 50 acres of land to the UNESCO MGIEP to set up an I-hub, with a school of excellence, gaming centres and other requisites, to promote digital education. “In the next Cabinet meeting, we will take a decision and provide the land and I am sure it will give a great boost to educational sector in the State,” he said.

Anantha Duraiappah, Director of the MGIEP, said the potential of digital technologies should be fully exploited to provide inclusive, equitable and quality education for all.

He said that last year the TECH 2017 was held in Visakhapatnam and it had become an annual affair for the city. The Vizag declaration to be released at the end of the three-day conference would deal with guidelines and standards for digital education.

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