Policy Brief 1 on Six Districts of J&K | March 2024.

  1. The policy brief is prepared by Dr. Sayantan Mandal and Sheriya Sareen, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), Indian Institute of Technology Jammu (IIT Jammu), J&K.
  2. Policy brief 1 is primarily based on the research project Integrating Teaching and Learning and Digital Education (ITLDE), a large-scale, empirical, multi institutional, longitudinal study, funded by IIT Jammu. The data was collected in two phases employing questionnaire-based surveys of more than 4700 students and 370 teachers, 100 focus group discussions with students, 100 interviews with teachers, 25 interviews with administrators, and 50 classroom observations in 25 higher education institutions across six districts of Jammu & Kashmir.
  3. Policy Brief 1 consists of evidence-based policy recommendations derived from the large-scale empirical study titled ‘Integrating Teaching Learning and Digital Education’ (ITLDE) for the Higher Education Institutions of J&K.
  4. The purpose of this policy brief is to inform the concerned Ministries, Policymakers, University Administrators, and Faculty members about the evidence-based, empirically grounded policy recommendations to integrate digital education with teaching and learning practices in blended spaces.