Legal Research

National Knowledge Commission

By Simon Fodden

India has a National Knowledge Commission. From its main page:

The National Knowledge Commission is a high-level advisory body to the Prime Minister of India, with the objective of transforming India into a knowledge society. It covers sectors ranging from education to e-governance in the five focus areas of the knowledge paradigm: ‘Access’ easy access to knowledge / ‘Concepts’ all levels and forms of education / ‘Creation’ effective creation of knowledge / ‘Applications’ of knowledge systems / ‘Services’ like e-governance

The Commission recently submitted a report [PDF] to the government on education, critical of the current situation in many respects and making such bold recommendations as the creation of 50 national universities — 10 in the next three years. The report addresses legal education on pages 45 - 48.

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on January 25, 2008 (boomark / email).