J. Sundarakrishnan (second right), Director, Digital Equaliser
Programme, American India Foundation, presenting to Mayor S.M. Velusamy
(second left) a copy of the compact disc containing education content
for Standard X students at the Coimbatore Corporation on Tuesday
Commissioner in-charge S. Sivarasu (left) and D. Baskaran, State
Programme Manager, American India Foundation, are in the picture. —PHOTO
S. SIVA SARAVANAN.

The Coimbatore Corporation will give tablet computing
devices for students and teachers of Corporation Special School for the
Hearing-impaired in R.S. Puram. A release from the civic body said that
the Mayor made the announcement to this effect at a meeting held at the
Corporation on Tuesday. The initiative, which the Corporation was
implementing as part of the Digital Equaliser Programme (DEP) in
association with the American Indian Foundation, would benefit 42
students and five teachers of the school.

As part of
the initiative, the Corporation would also invest in hardware and
software to equip five schools — one each in the five zones — to make
fully connected schools. This would be based on the Maniakarampalayam
School, where Dell had invested in hardware and software to help
students gain access to the latest learning methodologies.

Once
the infrastructure was complete, members of the American Indian
Foundation would train the teachers and then students in using the
computers to better the teaching-learning process.

The
release said that the Mayor through video conference interacted with
the students and teachers of the Corporation schools, where the
Foundation had implemented the digital equaliser programme. Hariharan, a
teacher at the Corporation school in R.S. Puram, presented the slide
show he had created on a topic. Jasmin, a teacher at the Corporation
Higher Secondary School, Rathinapuri, also showcased the project she had
created using the techniques at the Digital Equaliser Programme.

A couple of students also got to showcase to the Mayor what they had learnt.

At
the programme the Mayor also a released a compact disc containing
education materials that would benefit Class X students, who would
appear for their public examination in a few weeks from now. J.
Sundarakrishnan, Director, Digital Equaliser Programme, American Indian
Foundation, spoke on what the organisation had in store for the
Corporation school students in the coming months. Commissioner in-charge
S. Sivarasu, councillors and officials were present at the function.