Tuesday, May 17 2005 15:51 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh today (May 17, 2005) called on the educational institutions in the Country to effectively utilise the latest Information and Communications Technology (ICT) resources to provide high quality education.

"Visual classroom and video resource centres set up by some Universities should be adopted by every institution. It can be a very effective tool for propagation of knowledge to a large number of people," Singh said at a National Convention on 'Impact of ICT Development on Educational and Social Message Communication' in New Delhi.

He said that while disseminating knowledge using the latest ICT resources, institutions should also focus on spreading the message of "religious tolerance, democratic values and removal of inequities."

Singh used the occasion to seek the cooperation of cable providers in making educational channels like Gyan Darshan more popular.

"During the last two to three years, several educational channels such as Gyan Darshan have been introduced. These channels are providing knowledge resources on TV round the clock," he said.

The two-day national convention organised by the Consortium of Educational Communication (CEC), an inter-university centre of the UGC, aims to draw an action plan to make use of ICT for national development.