MODERNISING EDUCATION SYSTEM THROUGH TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA.

Today quality has become the defining element of education in the 21st Century in the context of new social realities. The information communication revolution, the knowledge economy, and globalization are greatly influencing the “next society”, to borrow the expression of Peter Drucker, that has emerged. This networked complex and competitive society places a great premium on education for development. The Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations (MDGs, 2002) consider knowledge as the prime mover of development in the new millennium. How to provide quality education to large numbers at affordable costs is the primary concern of developing countries. Quality, as all of us are aware, makes education as much socially relevant as it is personally indispensable to the individual. In this sense quality becomes the defining element of education. In this context quality and excellence should be the vision of every higher education institution. Acquisition of quality and excellence is the great challenge faced by all higher education institutions.