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pandemic. channel and web-streaming platform
according to a timetable. The
The Government of Kerala has been sessions are held on weekdays for
successful in bridging the digital classes I to XII. In a downloadable
divide with the massive support format, classes can be viewed a
of people and ensured access to number of times by all students in
all children to attend the online Government and Aided schools
classes. The 1.2 lakh laptops, 70,000 of Kerala. The online classes are
projectors and 4545 televisions delivered by expert teachers who are
supplied to schools by the Kerala well versed in content and pedagogy.
Infrastructure and Technology for They plan the script of the classes in
Education (KITE) were used in advance incorporating teacher talk,
areas where there had been a lack of activities, presentations, thought
infrastructure. - provoking questions, songs,
ICT Integrated Education animations, videos, talk by experts
etc. At present, augmented reality
The public education system in and virtual reality are being used as
Kerala has become hi-tech loaded much as possible, which would be
with state-of-the-art digital features expanded in due course.
and gadgets ensuring topnotch
learning experience for children Fully Digital in
attending government and aided Public Education
schools in the state. The Kerala Kerala has become the first state Police Cadets model, thus becoming
Infrastructure and Technology for in the country to make the public ‘Little KITEs IT Clubs’. MOOC
Education (KITE), formerly IT@ education sector fully digital. Under training to teachers through KOOL
School has transformed 45000 the project, all government schools platform, School Wiki linking more
high school and higher secondary in the state have become hi-tech with than 15000 schools, Sampoorna,
classrooms in the state into hi-tech smart classrooms. Though Rs. 793.5 Sametham, Sahitham, Samanwya,
ones. Each Hi-Tech classroom crores was allocated from the KIIFB etc like e-governance projects
is equipped with the Laptop, for the project, it was completed with enabled to bring the academic and
Multimedia Projector, HDMI Rs 595 crore. infrastructure data of all schools to a
Cables and Faceplates, Whiteboard single platform. As part of the Public
/ Projection Screen, USB Speakers, Two lakh laptops were distributed Education Rejuvenation Mission,
High - Speed Broadband internet by KITE as part of the project. The enormous changes have taken
and access to Samagra Resource state has saved a sum of ₹3,000 crore place not only in the infrastructure
Portal. KITE also set up hi-tech labs by using free software in 2 lakh development of public schools but
in 9, 941 primary and upper primary computers distributed to schools. also at the academic level.
schools. Other Digital Initiatives
The state Government
Samagra e - Resource Portal is an ‘Little KITEs’ IT Clubs is a unique of Kerala has been
online learning platform completely initiative of KITE, which feature successful in bridging the
developed by KITE, under the Public over 1 lakh student members.
Education Rejuvenation Mission The High school ‘Kuttikootam’ digital divide
of the State Government of Kerala. programme, which was part of the
Samagra has digital resources for Public Education Rejuvenation
all subjects from Std 1 to 12. All Mission of the State Government, Enormous changes have
e-Resources available in Samagra can through which students were taken place not only
be downloaded from anywhere. given intense training in 5 areas in the infrastructure
such as Animation, Cyber Safety,
The First Bell Malayalam Computing, Hardware development of public
The ‘First Bell’ online classes are and Electronics, has been schools but also at the
broadcast on KITE-run Victers structurally upgraded in Student academic level
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