Students, don’t you think you have better and smarter options for
learning things than by pouring over black letters printed on white
paper? And how about getting an all-new way of learning experience
during the lengthy hours spent in classrooms?

 Listening to the
call of an ever-evolving world, the City Corporation is arranging
state-of-the-art smart classrooms for science stream students in select
government higher secondary schools by launching an ambitious project,
‘Brain House’

 It will soon identify a set of higher secondary
schools in the city to launch the project. “We would draw up a detailed
plan to ensure that students in these schools have state-of-the-art
learning facility. The aim is to provide them with an advanced learning
experience in science and mathematics,” said K S Sheela, Education
Standing Committee chairperson of the Corporation.

 An expert committee will be formed to identify the schools and thrash out the details on how to execute the project.

 An
amount of Rs 15 lakh is earmarked for this project, which would also
help the students to prepare for the engineering entrance examination
and work out model question papers. Though said to be benefiting the
higher secondary students only, the students studying in tenth standard
too can utilise these classrooms. ‘Brain House’, a 2013-14 budget
announcement, is a key project in the education sector this fiscal.

 The
criteria for selecting the schools will depend on the number of
students and the facilities the schools have to accommodate the
technology. “It will be good if the system can be arranged in labs. We
expect that a school can be provided one system each, which would cost
Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 3 lakh,” said Sheela.

Some private firms have
already approached the civic body to set up the technology, and tenders
will be called or expressions of interest invited from government or
accredited agencies for implementing the project.