The Mission also seeks to give further impetus to NPTEL (being implemented by IITs and IISc. It would also promote open source culture and provide platform for sharing of ideas, techniques and pooling of knowledge resources. While about 100 premier institutions are being provided 1 Gbps connectivity under National Knowledge Network initially and the number is slated to go up in future, under this Mission, without any duplication, 20000 other institutions of higher learning and nearly 10000 University Departments will be provided connectivity as per their requirement, beginning with a minimum of 5 Mbps for each one of them, through satellites and terrestrial means. Vocational education would be strengthened through ICT and class room teaching would be supplemented under the Mission. Under the Mission, quality enhancement of teaching through digital empowerment of teachers would bridge the digital divide and there would be on-line availability of experts and teachers to remove doubts of students.