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Article

1 Sep 2003

Author:
Frederick Noronha, Express Computer [India]

TCS’s [Tata Consultancy Services'] war against illiteracy [India]

...India could become functionally literate in just three to four years if—and this is a big if—the TCS method is vigorously implemented...TCS is using low-end computers to take the monotony out of teaching, piggy-backing on the initiatives already undertaken by the National Literacy Mission (NLM), and treating adults very differently from children when it comes to teaching them.

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