IGNOU award for Azim Premji Foundation
Wednesday September 28, 2011 04:50:04 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Indira
Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Wednesday conferred the
Rajiv Gandhi International Prize for Technology in Education and
Development on the Azim Premji Foundation.
The award instituted by the university in its silver jubilee year
was presented to Azim Premji by Communications and Information
Technology Minister Kapil Sibal at a ceremony held here.
Focusing on the basics of education through equity, Premji said:
"You can't build skyscrapers in air. We need a solid foundation to
address the demands."
He stressed on the need of integrating IT with mainstream
education which would then prove far more useful in disseminating
education among adults than children.
"Though children learn quickly, but what they require is good
teachers," said Premji.
"One area of use of IT which is not being exploited as yet is
administration. IT has a huge applicability here which can help
improve the area of governance," he concluded.
According to IGNOU, the award comprising of Rs. five lakh cash and
a citation is given to individual or institution that has made
significant contributions in education, particularly educational
technology, for development in developing countries across the
world.
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