Sunday, June 21, 2009

Fight Illiteracy using technology

As the video at http://www.tataliteracy.com/images/METHOD_v.wmv very clearly shows that Literacy drive has succeeded through cable tv, why not offer it as video lessons on a CD? CD Players are very cheap and widely available. In 2 months whole of India can be made literate. I
hope TCS shows the courage to think beyond the obvious in the true tradition of TATAs

Literacy can be wiped out in 2 months using this approach and Cuba has done it. Fidel castro made whole of Cuba literate within one year of assuming power way back in 1950s.


Video lessons for literacy:

part1
http://www.esnips.com/web/IndialiteracyPart1

part2
http://www.esnips.com/web/IndialiteracyPart2

part3
http://bit.ly/LXbUJ

Total 22 lessons, can make a person literate in less than 22 hours using the widely available TV and inexpensive CD player.