Edusat is an outstanding example of exploiting technology in important sectors of development to cover vast tracts of the population. Cell telephones are another example.
The universalization of education among India's billion-plus population, 35 per cent of which is illiterate, is no mean task. Conventional approaches would have taken a massive effort and yet would have been slow and inefficient. ISRO deserves to be congratulated on its pursuit of the Edusat project and the success thereof. India can be proud of its purposeful application of technology.
This Report prompts me to visualize a time when Primary School children of India will be able to receive effective civics education including sanitation and hygiene; community health; traffic rules, regulations and safety; functioning of transportation facilities; national security etc., through the audio-visual medium, provided by the interactive satellite based distance education system.
