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    <a href="/education/education.html">Education</a>&rarr; 
    <a href="/education/edu-cases.html">Case Studies</a>&rarr; India</p>
 
-<p>Below are listed some of the educational institutions in India who 
-are using Free Software.</p>
+
+<p>An <a href="/education/edu-system-india.html">article</a> by Indian
+scientist Dr. V. Sasi Kumar which explains in detail how the education 
+system is structured in India, with significant notes on its development 
+throughout history. The article also covers the case of Kerala, the
+state in India which successfully implemented Free Software in thousands 
+of schools thanks to the government's project 
+<a href="https://www.itschool.gov.in/";>address@hidden</a>.</p>
 
 <p>Some notions on the
 <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_India";>education
-system of India</a> can be found in Wikipedia.</p>
+system of India</a> can also be found in Wikipedia.</p>
+
+<p>Below are listed some of the educational institutions in India who 
+are using Free Software.</p>
+
 
                <!-- Add new entries of educational institutions in this 
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 alphabetical order by the name of the institution -->
@@ -49,8 +59,9 @@
 Secondary School Irimpanam (VHSS Irimpanam)</a>
 
 <p>One of the several thousand schools that are using exclusively Free
-Software as the result of a project carried out by the government in 
-the state of Kerala.</p>
+Software as the result of a 
+<a href= "https://www.itschool.gov.in/";>project</a>
+carried out by the government in the state of Kerala.</p>
                
 <a href=" /education/edu-cases.html">Back to Case Studies</a>
        
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 <ul>
                <li><a href="/education/edu-why.html">Reasons Why</a> 
educational 
 institutions should use and teach exclusively Free Software.</li>
+
+  <li><a href="/education/edu-system-india.html">The Education System in
+India</a>.</li>
 </ul>
 
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 <p class="edu-breadcrumb">
 <a href="/education/education.html">Education</a> &rarr; In Depth</p>
                
-<p>by <strong>Dr. V. Sasi Kumar</strong></p>
+<p>by <strong>Dr. V. Sasi Kumar</strong><a href="#sasi">(1)</a></p>
 
 <h3>In the Beginning</h3>
 
@@ -97,20 +97,19 @@
 Territories&rdquo;. The states have their own elected governments while 
 the Union Territories are ruled directly by the Government of India, 
 with the President of India appointing an administrator for each Union 
-Territory.</p>
-
-<p>As per the constitution of India, school education was originally a 
-state subject &mdash;that is, the states had complete authority on 
-deciding policies and implementing them. The role of the Government of 
-India (GoI) was limited to coordination and deciding on the standards of 
-higher education. This was changed with a constitutional amendment in 
-1976 so that education now comes in the so-called <em>concurrent list</em>. 
-That is, school education policies and programmes are suggested at the 
-national level by the GoI though the state governments have a lot of 
-freedom in implementing programmes. Policies are announced at the national 
-level periodically. The Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), set 
-up in 1935, continues to play a lead role in the evolution and 
-monitoring of educational policies and programmes.</p>
+Territory. As per the constitution of India, school education was 
+originally a state subject &mdash;that is, the states had complete 
+authority on deciding policies and implementing them. The role of the 
+Government of India (GoI) was limited to coordination and deciding on 
+the standards of higher education. This was changed with a 
+constitutional amendment in 1976 so that education now comes in the 
+so-called <em>concurrent list</em>. That is, school education policies 
+and programmes are suggested at the national level by the GoI though the 
+state governments have a lot of freedom in implementing programmes. 
+Policies are announced at the national level periodically. The Central 
+Advisory Board of Education (CABE), set up in 1935, continues to play a 
+lead role in the evolution and monitoring of educational policies and 
+programmes.</p>
 
 <p>There is a national organization that plays a key role in developing 
 policies and programmes, called the National Council for Educational 
@@ -298,26 +297,36 @@
 resources in the Internet (such as textual material from sites like 
 Wikipedia, images, animations and videos) to study their subjects and to 
 do exercises. Teachers and students have already started using 
-applications such as Dr. Geo, Geogebra, and Ktechlab for studying 
-geometry and electronics. Applications like Sunclock, Kalzium and 
-Ghemical are also popular among teachers and students.</p>
+applications such as <a href="http://directory.fsf.org/project/drgeo/";>
+Dr. Geo</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoGebra";>
+GeoGebra</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTechLab";>
+KtechLab</a> for studying geometry and electronics. Applications like 
+<a href="http://directory.fsf.org/project/sunclock/";>
+Sunclock</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalzium";>
+Kalzium</a> and <a href="http://directory.fsf.org/project/sunclock/";>
+Ghemical</a> are also popular among teachers and students.</p>
 
 <p>The initiative taken by Kerala is now influencing other states and 
 even the policies of the Government of India. States like Karnataka and 
 Gujarat are now planning to introduce Free Software in their schools, 
 and some other states like Maharashtra are examining the option. The new 
 education policy of the Government of India speaks about constructivism, 
-IT enabled education, Free and Open Source Software and sharing 
-educational resources. Once a few of the larger states successfully 
-migrate to Free Software, it is hoped that the entire country would 
-follow suit in a relatively short time. When that happens, India could 
-have the largest user base of GNU/Linux and Free Software in general.</p>
+IT enabled education, Free Software and sharing educational resources. 
+Once a few of the larger states successfully migrate to Free Software, 
+it is hoped that the entire country would follow suit in a relatively 
+short time. When that happens, India could have the largest user base of 
+GNU/Linux and Free Software in general.</p>
 
 <h4>References</h4>
 
-<p>http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00generallinks/macaulay/txt_minute_education_1835.html</p>
-<p>http://varnam.org/blog/2007/08/the_story_behind_macaulays_edu</p>
-<p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Board_of_Secondary_Education</p>
+<p>http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00generallinks/macaulay/txt_minute_education_1835.html<br
 />
+http://varnam.org/blog/2007/08/the_story_behind_macaulays_edu<br />
+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Board_of_Secondary_Education</p>
+
+<hr />
+<a id="sasi"></a><a href="http://swatantryam.blogspot.com/";>V. Sasi Kumar</a> 
is a doctor 
+in physics and a member of the FSF India Board of Directors. He advocates 
+for Free Software and freedom of knowledge.
 
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@@ -344,15 +353,16 @@
 README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations
 of this article.</p>
 
-<p>Copyright &copy; 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2011 Dr. V. Sasi Kumar.</p>
 
-<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
-href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/";>Creative
-Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.</p>
+<p><!--TRANSLATORS: Please note that the license here is CC-BY-SA -->
+This page is licensed under a <a rel="license"
+href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/";>Creative
+Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License</a>.</p>
 
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 <p>Learn about the <a href="/education/edu-why.html">Reasons Why</a> 
 educational institutions should use and teach exclusively Free Software.</p>
 
-<p>An article by Richard Stallman on the subject:
+<p>An article by Richard Stallman:
 <a href="/philosophy/schools.html">Why Schools Should Exclusively Use 
 Free Software</a></p>
 
+<p>An article by Dr. V. Sasi Kumar on the
+<a href="/education/edu-system-india.html">education system in India.</a></p>
+
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