India launched the world's first dedicated education satellite in September 2004. The EDUSAT satellite was designed to provide a virtual classroom concept to offer education to children in remote villages, quality higher education to rural students, adult literacy programs, and training modules for teachers. India's 2001 census showed that about 35% of the country’s billion-plus population were illiterate.
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