IT@SCHOOL SEMINAR TOPIC

 IT@SCHOOL

·                    IT@SCHOOL is a project under the Directorate of public instruction of the Government of Kerala which introduces IT in high school education for qualitative improvement of the conventional teaching learning system.

·                    IT@SCHOOL was launched in 2001.

·                    This project has district resource centres in each district.

·                    It is the nodal agency for all e-governance activities under General Education Department .It is the nodal agency for implementing   EDUSAT operations in the state under which an educational satellite VICTERS is functioning.

·                    For the development of its own OS in schools in GNU/ Linux is now being used. Apart from this several educational softwares like Dr.Geo, Rasmol, K-Tech lab, Geogebra, Chemtool, Kalzium, etc RB extensively customised by the project in developing teacher friendly applications for facilitating complete ICT enabled education in the state.

·                    Introducing Information Technology into High School curriculum of the state was one of its aims. Information Technology will be used as a powerful tool for improving the quality of teaching and learning.

·                    The project has remoulded conventional teaching methodologies in classroom through the use of information technology.

·                    The project is being implemented in over 12000 schools in the state of Kerala and also in schools in Mahe, lakshadeep and the Middle East which follow the state syllabus. The project also conducts specialised training for visually challenged teachers in that state. The project functions on a free software platform.

·                    It is the single largest simultaneous deployment of FOSS based ICT education in the world.