A total of 184 classrooms have been digitised in Odisha
A total of 184 classrooms have been converted to smart classrooms at a cost of Rs. 4 crores, as part of Corporate Social Responsibility of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. Union Petroleum and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the smart classrooms in the central schools — six in Bhubaneswar, two in Khorda Road and one in Cuttack – on Saturday, September 15, 2019. Approximately 12,300 students are going to benefit from this initiative, officials stated.
All the smart classrooms will be equipped with computers, specialised software for teaching and learning, audience response technology, assistive listening devices, networking, and audio-visual capabilities.
He cited examples of former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and eminent space scientist Kailasavadivoo Sivan to exhort the students of Kendriya Vidyalayas to digital learning tools.
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