In a bid to improve the quality of education in Haryana's Government schools, the State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT) in collaboration with a private organisations have started a pilot project for high-tech education in primary schools. Under the scheme, SCERT would provide tablets and smart classes facility to students and teachers.
According to an official, SCERT has started a training session and a pilot project would be started in 30 schools of Gurugram and Rewari districts from the next academic session.
The project will be implemented in a phased manner in which the schools will be provided projectors, tablets and each class will have only 30 students. The electronic gadgets will also be provided to the teachers so that they could do career counseling and also help students to grow in confidence.
Students of these schools in both the districts will get special lectures from experts of different subjects. The 'Hero Group of Companies' would bear the entire expense of the project under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. The School Education Department had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the company in this regard.
“This is a really a beneficial programme that can improve education standard in government schools. Also, it will make learning process smooth and easy. The state government was making efforts to enhance learning level of students studying in government schools of the state,” Jyoti Choudhary, Director (SCERT), said.
Meanwhile, to ensure the success of the programs, the Education department has identified quality educators who will deliver lectures in schools.
“Tablet workshop and smart classes will help the students to develop an interest towards technology-based education and will train students in the use of computer technology. Smart classes would not only help in improving communication skills of students, it will help them in having a good command over the English language. The performance of the teachers will be reviewed from time to time,” she added.