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The Hindu 30.04.2010

Municipal school gets digital access

G.V. Prasada Sarma

VISAKHAPATNAM: For students of municipal schools struggling to learn the fundamentals of subjects, audio visual education is an aid that can help them in easy comprehension.

The digestive system is explained with the picture flashing on the screen in colour.

The excited students reel out names of various organs when quizzed by the teacher.

“Their interest in the subjects taught is growing. Whatever we teach is being displayed giving them a better understanding because of the visual presentation,” says Samata, a vidya volunteer teaching in the school.

The summer class at GVMC A.U. Evergreen Engineers' (1964 batch) Primary School in the Fishermen Colony of Ward 7 in Sector IX of MVP Colony is organised to help those lagging behind integrate with the other students and also familiarising them with the new system.

An LCD projector and an 84-inch 3D compatible screen and software for the five classes covering the State government's syllabus have been provided by the association to the school last week. “We wanted to do something but our resources limited us from not taking up any brick and mortar activity.

Hence we decided to promote quality education,” says secretary of the association S. Trinadha Rao.

The AU Evergreen Engineers Benevolence entered into an MoU last year with the GVMC under its Sweekaram, a public private partnership programme to provide infrastructure and required support for municipal schools, and adopted the school.

Quality

To tone up the quality, the association has entered into an agreement with Emorphosis Private Limited to provide its software Edewcate Easy Learn Digital Classroom along with the equipment for a period of five years. It has English and Telugu versions to help students understand better. “What we wanted is to reduce dropout rate and generate interest among students improving their attention span which is generally less,” says Sweekaram Project Officer K. Vijay Kumar. “We have selected the school after surveying five to six schools. In this school, children come from poorer sections, mostly from fishermen community,” elaborates Mr. Trinadha Rao, a marine engineer. The association members also wear the school uniform during visits so that students identify themselves with them. The association is also providing computers, uniforms, furniture, greenery, other maintenance work, health check-up etc. The entire cost of the project is Rs.5 lakhs.

As many as 22 organisations have committed themselves to contribute Rs.4 crores and so far 12 organisations gave Rs.2.2 crores leading to improvement of 13 schools.

The Hindu 22.04.2010

Minister inaugurates municipal classrooms

Special Correspondent

KADAPA: The government is spending Rs. 11,060 crore for developing education in the State, Minister for Minority Welfare Mohd. Ahmedullah asserted on Wednesday.

Mr. Ahmedullah inaugurated additional classrooms constructed under Sarva Siksha Abhiyan at a cost of Rs. 7.36 lakh in YSR Urdu Primary School in Nagarajupet and Nehru auditorium built with Rs. 15.36 lakh in the municipal main high school, in which he had studied. He inspected the SSC spot valuation there and also distributed paste, brushes and sports kits in Urdu High Schools at Kagitalapenta and Mochampet.

Kadapa Mayor P. Ravindranath Reddy, MLC P. Subba Reddy, DEO S. Srinivasa Rao and Congress leader Shaik Altaf participated.