Petition for mandating use of Free and Open Source in New Education Policy Draft circulated by Government of India
For the first time, the Government of India is embarking on a time-bound grassroots consultative process, which will enable the Ministry of HRD to reach out to individuals across the country through over 2.75 lakh direct consultations while also taking input from citizens online.
Here is the draft policy http://mhrd.gov.in/nep-new
In reference to this, we find it strange that the government has not included the mandate for schools to use Free and Open Source Software. Not only is Free Software cost effective, there are many other benefits.