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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Open Educational Resources is the Best Way for India to Have Inclusive Education -Madhu KS and Gagan Krishnadas

Open Educational Resources is the Best Way for India to Have Inclusive Education -Madhu KS and Gagan Krishnadas

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published Published on May 25, 2016   modified Modified on May 25, 2016
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The right to information and to education give the government the mandate to make policies that guarantee the delivery of educational resources to all. But the Copyright Act needs to be amended to strengthen fair use exceptions for educational purposes.

Last August, the University of Maryland University College made an announcement that it had replaced its undergraduate textbooks with open educational resources (OER), thereby becoming the first university in the world to take this step. OERs are defined by UNESCO as “any type of educational materials that is in the public domain or introduced with an open license.” Such materials can be legally used, copied and adapted. OERs increase access and surely reduce the cost of education considerably. They are very much needed in a developing country like India.

The Supreme Court of India in Unni Krishnan (1993) recognised the ‘right to education’ as being implicit within Article 21 (protection of life and personal liberty) of the Indian constitution. Through the 86th constitutional amendment in 2002, Article 21A was inserted to include ‘right to education’ as a fundamental right. In a country where at least 29% of the population falls below the poverty line, national education policy should involve efforts to reduce the cost of education.

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TheWire.in, 24 May, 2016, http://thewire.in/2016/05/24/open-educational-resources-is-the-best-way-for-india-to-have-inclusive-education-36099/


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