The Hindu             05.08.2013

Computer-aided learning in five Corporation schools

Staff Reporter

Coimbatore Corporation has decided to introduce computer-aided learning in five Corporation schools.

The civic body decided to extend the facility to the Corporation Girls’ High School, Selvapuram, Corporation Higher Secondary School, Udayampalayam, Corporation High School, P.N. Pudur, Corporation Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Oppanakara Street, and Corporation Higher Secondary School, Peelamedu.

At present the Corporation has such a facility at its school in Maniakarampalayam.

The Corporation decided to do so at its Council meeting held on July 24, wherein it said that it had chosen one school a zone. There are five zones in the Corporation.

Budget

To introduce the facility, promised in the Corporation Budget for 2013-14, the Corporation had formed a committee comprising Commissioner G. Latha, Deputy Commissioner S. Sivarasu, accounts officer, city engineer and 11 other people.

It had also allotted Rs. 20 lakh a school and said that it would meet the expenses from its Education Fund.

The Corporation had introduced the computer-aided learning facility in association with the American India Foundation and Dell under the ‘Dell Connected Class Room’ concept.

The project would benefit 370 students in the Selvapuram school, 578 students in the Udayampalayam school, 453 students in the P.N. Pudur school, 1,477 students in the Oppanakara Street school and 692 students in the Peelamedu school.

New scheme introduced in association with American India Foundation and Dell under ‘Dell Connected Class Room’ concept.

The Hindu                10.07.2013

Mobile phone app for toilet maintenance

The Coimbatore Corporation has armed its sanitary supervisors with a smart phone each to ensure that the 275 public convenience facilities in the city are hygienic.

Handing over the smart phone at the Corporation main office on Tuesday, the Mayor, S.M. Velusamy, said that the Corporation had uploaded a specially-designed app (software application), which the sanitary supervisors should use to enter data about the public convenience facility.

The supervisors should check availability of water, hygiene, power supply, bin and user friendly environment and enter details as sought by the app.

They should do so after inspecting the toilets at least once and if possible twice a day.

The data would reach the Corporation server and from there would go to officials concerned, including zonal assistant commissioners, for immediate action.

Mr. Velusamy said that the Corporation had designed the app in such a way that it would not accept the supervisors’ entry if they did not inspect the toilets.

Commissioner G. Latha said the civic body had asked each sanitary supervisor to inspect at least five toilets in his or her area.

The Corporation had outsourced the maintenance of the toilets.

To collate the details the sanitary supervisors send through the mobile phone, the Corporation had established a separate wing at its computer section.

The objective was to provide clean, user-friendly toilets to the city’s residents and visitors.

Deputy Commissioner S. Sivarasu and other officials were present at the function.

Innovative method Smartphones will use a specially-designed software application Sanitary supervisors will enter data about public convenience facility They will enter details after checking water and power supply.