The Times of India               11.05.2013

Kozhikode corporation set to launch website for schools

KOZHIKODE: Soon, Kozhikode corporation will have an exclusive website featuring all schools in its limit.

The working group committee on education, sports, entertainment and youth welfare that functions under the education standing committee of the civic body is preparing to launch a website under its comprehensive education project.

The city corporation is planning to develop an exclusive site with the help of IT@School Mission.

Preliminary work for the project including collecting data on each school within its limit, is already underway. The website will feature details on lower primary, upper primary, high school and higher secondary schools that fall under the limits of the corporation.

The project to launch an exclusive website for schools has been included in the budget for the 2013-14 financial year. Considered to be the first such initiative taken by a civic body in the state, the city corporation aims at providing all information on schools to ensure better planning while preparing development projects for the schools.

The website will feature all government, aided and unaided schools from standard one to plus two in its limit. The website will give information on the school such as student and faculty strength, location, facilities available, location and achievements of the school.

The website will also highlight accolades that a school has received over the years in various fields.

Education standing committee chairperson Ushadevi said there are around 140 to 160 schools in the corporation limit. "The coordination committee has started collecting data on the number of schools in its limit and other preliminary details. We hope to launch the website within three months," she said.

T Ashok Kumar, coordinator of the comprehensive education project of the city corporation said the website would help the civic body and education department plan projects for the infrastructure development of educational institutions in the corporation limit.

"The website will provide sector-wise information on LP, UP, HS and HSS schools which will help them allot funds just by visiting the website. A link to the website will be provided on the home page of the corporation website," he said.