Classroom teaching goes hi-tech at Berhampur city Kendriya Vidyalaya

Blackboards in classrooms will soon be replaced with interactive boards at three Kendriya Vidyalays in Odisha under the e-classroom project launched by the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) in 50 KVs in India. The three KVs in Odisha are Berhampur, KV No.1 in Cuttack and KV Sambalpur. There are 55 KVs in Odisha.

At least ten classrooms of each of these schools (one section from Class III to XII) will be equipped with the necessary gadgets and hardware, which will be provided by the KVS. The students will sit in the e-classroom to interact with their counterparts and teachers of other KVs through the electronic-comprehensive teaching and learning tools (E-CTLT).

"It will enable students to interact with students of other Kendriya Vidyalayas. It will also make them tech-savvy. The classrooms will be highly equipped when all the necessary gadgets are installed to launch the e-classrooms," a senior teacher of KV Berhampur said. "We are ready to roll out the project very soon. Our teachers have already been trained at Mumbai and Mysore, while some other teachers are undergoing training," said K P Dash, principal-in-charge, KV Berhampur.

Source: The Hindu

Software Technology Park of India (STPI) will be operational soon in Berhampur

Orissa's Minister for Information Technology (IT) Ramesh Majhi hoped that the centre of the Software Technology Park of India (STPI) in Berhampur would be functional soon.

The third Software Technology Park of India (STPI) being set up at Ambapua on the outskirts of the city. The construction work of the project is almost complete, according to the authorities. But, during his visit to the city, Mr. Majhi said proposals were on to open up another STP centre in Balasore in north Orissa.

He requested the local entrepreneurs to come out and utilize the STPI in Berhampur to make this city another IT hub of Orissa. Speaking to newsmen, he said there was ample scope for development in the field of IT in the State which was evident from the success of infocity project in Bhubaneswar. He hoped that this success would be replicated in other parts of the State.

According to sources, the STPI authorities had approached some major IT companies for taking up projects with the help of Berhampur STPI, but no company has committed for it. The impact of slump in the international economy, especially in the IT sphere, was a major reason behind it. With the recession phase over, the authorities hoped that STPI Berhampur would become operational. Berhampur happens to be the third centre of the STPI in the State after Bhubaneswar and Rourkela. It was to act as a resource centre for the software-exporting units by offering plug and play office space and high speed data communication with uninterrupted data connectivity.

The Berhampur STPI centre has built-up area of about 10,000 sq ft. The MoU (memorandum of understanding) for the centre was signed between STPI and the Orissa government in July 2005. 

Source: The Hindu