Vishakapatnam, June 29: The GVMC(Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation) officials have announced on Wednesday, It is going to launch small school project.
The officials also announced a three-year partnership with IL&FS Education and Technology Services Ltd, a partner of Google, to provide holistic education solutions including hardware, software, training and certification to schools in the city.
As a start, 31 schools are being enabled with this solution.
This was informed on the sidelines of the India Foundation Day for Smart Cities Mission held here and the solution is part of the Smart City mission to create internet-connected, future-ready classrooms.
Google's education offering helps the students to learn using open web technologies including apps and interactive content.
The future classroom lab setup caters to the needs of a digital classroom through the use of K-Yan, an integrated computer projector and personalized learning through the use of Chromebooks for each student.
Thanks to the partnership, the schools will be provided Chromebooks with GSuite for Education. The content on the Chromebooks will be available in both English and Telugu.
The partnership includes skills training for teachers to enable them to effectively enhance the classroom experience.
Finally, teachers will be certified on two educator level certifications to introduce ed-tech led teaching-learning in classrooms.