Dear Sir/Madam, E-governance is not just the Internet as the common perception
goes, it is considered as one of the most powerful tool to spread digital dividend across different social segments of any developing country.The Government realized that e-government implementation is one of the components of administrative reform implemented in the country hence they directed all the departments to comply with its directions. It seems Karnataka Government's PU Education's E-Governance wing is sleeping.The people are totally confused after seeing Contact us information in your website.Because, Mr.Shankaranarayana, IAS, is still the Director of PU Education and the name of Mr.Pujar is also there. I brought this to the notice of the officers of E-Governance, but all in vein. The department is utterly failed to maintain LMS and FMS, No orders/Circulars of the department are being uploaded to the website. Contents of the website are very old, obsolete and web page needs to be redesigned. In toto the whole website needs redesign. But E-governance wing of the department is not doing any thing in this regard. the Hon'ble Karnataka Information Commission also directed the JD(Admin) to comply with Section 4(1)(b) of the Right to Information Act 2005. they neither give information which they suppose to publish within 120 days from the date of the commencement of RTI Act, nor give sought information after prescribed fee, hence they were penalised by the Hon'ble Karnataka Information Commission twice. The problem is due to “lack of accountability” among the Department Officials. In short, there is a complete ICT Failure in Pre University Education .Presently, PU Department needs a service oriented approach that is transparent and supportive in terms of ICT applications and its outcomes. We need to be at receptive end rather than at resistive note. The PU Education Director should lend their ears to the novel ideas and should be pro active in implementing effective e-governance policies rather than just computerizing traditional official functions only. Merely computerizing the functions is of no help to anyone. Rather, it is just the wastage of thousands of crores of public money and UNDP/World Bank grants amount. The truth becomes more vague in the maze of various reports and surveys, most of which are Government or its agencies/partners “sponsored” and hence mirrors the incompetency of bureaucrat and Government. Adding to the misery is situation of PU Department and its Bureaucrats who are more focused upon the image rather than upon the end results. The grassroot level action is missing and hence the benefits of ICT are not reaching to the under privileged and deserving masses due to defective ICT strategies and policies of PU Education. Reasons for failure of E Governance in PU Education Department 1.Unreadiness of existing public administration bodies to perform their duties under conditions of information openness, accessibility and transparency for citizens and private sector; 2. Lack of effective mechanisms promoting ICT introduction in all areas; 3. Lack of open dialogue between the PU Education Officers, civil society and private sector on priorities as well as e-government formation mechanisms. Through the lens of good governance The touchstones to assess the various initiatives in e-governance have to essentially come from expectations of good governance. In that sense, the success of e-governance is not about technological marvels; rather, it is about whether and how good governance has been attained through technology. If we were to operationalise the touchstones, it would encompass the dent that IT interventions have made not only on the goals of efficiency and effectiveness, but equity, transparency, accountability, participation, responsiveness, strategic vision and rule of law. For the above siad reasons, in the PUBLIC INTEREST, I request your goodself to direct the Director, PUE to 1. Change the existing system at PU Education, E Governance Wing; 2. Implement E Governance effectively, 3. Implement 4(1)(b) of RTI Act 2005, LMS and FMS; 4. Install KIOSK in the department; 5. Lastly, byt very importantly, Give training to the officers working in the Office of E-Governance 6. Take any suitable action. Or Your Goodself may close the E Governance section in the PU Department to save the unnecessay salary being paid to the officers working there to save national waste.Here is the link to the website of PUE Karnataka: http://pue.kar.nic.in/index.asp All this is written in the Public interest. Action taken on this is humbly solicited. Thank You Yours Madhu Research Scholar, National Law School of India University, Nagarabhavi, Bangalore. ph: 99644 83566
