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Page 6 of 11 Who are protestingMany of the people / organizations who have protested against the process have decades of experience working in the Indian Government school system. Letter to the minister, MHRD and list of signatories to the letter sent on October 15th 2008, are available on Letter to the Minister, MHRD October 2008 Most of these organizations organized a two day consultations at NCERT on April 29 and 30, 2008, of educationists and other development actors, where the policy making process and its flaws, and alternative policy possibilities grounded in education perspectives was discussed in detail. The organisations include Azim Premji Foundation, Digantar, Educational Resource Unit, Ekalavya, IT for Change, Quest Alliance, SRF Foundation, Vidya Bhawan Society and Dr Padma Sarangapani, TISS.Please click on for the list of participants of the 2 day consultations Many significant perspectives on design of ICTs in school education,based on educational perspectives, priorities and aims were discussed. These are available in the workshop report. The signatories to the letter to the Minister sent on March 2nd 2008, protesting against the process are available on List of signatories to letter to MHRD March 2008 See next section for substantive contributions made by many educationists protesting against the current process.
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