Digital Divide And Equity In Education: A Rawlsian Analysis

Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 37-62

  Anthony, Josephine ^a   Padmanabhan, Sudarsan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Digital Divide; Education; Equity; Fairness; Information Communication Technology (ICT); Justice; Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85056861527     PISSN: 15228053     EISSN: 23336897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228053.2010.10856195     Document Type: Article

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