Computer learning programs in schools moving from BOOT models to an integrated approach : perspective paper on ICTs in education

The paper is written primarily for decision makers in the education department regarding computer learning programs in schools (CLPS). Its focus is on the 'rollout' aspects of programmatic design. It analyzes the planning and implementation processes of CLPS in the Indian public education system. Putting computers in schools, and providing 'training and technical support' through an animator external to the school has by and large been a failure. CLPS design needs to be directed by those who understand the system well and work with it – educationists, including teacher educators and teachers, at both the program design level and the school levels