Title Achieving success in the Digital Equalizer Program through project management / Subrat Sarkar (America India Foundation, Bhubaneswar, India), Sanjay Mohapatra (Department of Information Systems, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, India), and Sarmistha Pattanayak (America India Foundation, Bhubaneswar, India)

Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018 018

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Description 1 online resource (27 pages) : 32 illustrations ; cm Series Emerald emerging markets case studies, 2045-0621 ; volume 8, issue 2 Summary The case illustrates a project management approach for improving primary education in a government set up. The bureaucracy set up in education in a state like Odisha, India, needs to undergo radical changes. To be effective, an education system requires an optimal integration of the three main components, namely, people, infrastructure (this includes technology) and pedagogical processes. Using a publicprivate partnership model, American India Foundation (AIF) through its Digital Equalizer (DE) Program has been able to make a positive impact in an underdeveloped tribal dominated district like Keonjhar. The case study also illustrates the detailed execution plan predicated on total system planning, required to achieve this amount of success. The case study also explains how to measure success through different metrics where intervention has to be at multiple levels. The learning from the case study can also be adopted for designing an implementation strategy in other states Notes Expected learning outcomes are as follows: how to approach implementation of technology-based intervention with involvement of all stakeholders; learn project management techniques related to digital learning model implementation; understand the DE methodology; and understand the challenges faced while implementing the DE Program Teaching notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email support@emeraldinsight.com to request teaching notes Includes index Bibliography Includes index and bibliographical references Audience The study has been carried out at primary schools in an underdeveloped state, namely, Odisha, in India Subject American India Foundation Project management -- Methodology Project management -- India -- Odisha Business & Economics -- Industrial Management. Management & management techniques. Genre/Form Case studies. Form Electronic book Author Mohapatra, Sanjay, author Pattanayak, Sarmistha, author

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