- 750 students and 250 teachers from Zilla Parishad schools in Pune to be benefitted
- Lenovo to support the project by providing tablets to the schools
- To promote e-learning for future learners
IndiGlobal Bureau
In a bid to bridge the digital divide, Pune Knowledge Cluster (PKC) has adopted five Pune-based schools namely; Modern High School, Shishu Vihar, Pune Vidyapeeth High School, Shri Shivaji Vidya Mandir, Nutan Marathi Vidyalay Girls High School and Baburao Gholap School. Lenovo, under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funding will be supporting the project by providing tablets to the schools.
With an aim to promote e-learning for future learners, PKC on Friday launched ‘Teach with Tech’ for school students and teachers. Professor Ajit Kembhavi, PKC Principal Investigator, said, “We are all familiar with the conventional learning methods involving physical classes, teachers physically teaching in classrooms and students taking notes in books. But the Covid-19 pandemic affected physical learning for many students in the absence of digital tools. But the pandemic helped introduce remote learning.”
Teach with Tech aims to conduct 100 sessions, 20 for each of the five schools, during the upcoming months. They target to reach out to 750 students and 250 teachers from Zilla Parishad schools in Pune in the pilot phase. At the Shishu Vihar school, the project will be implemented for students of classes VI and VII.
Pankaj Harjai, APAC Table head, Lenovo, said, “Lenovo wants to enable and make education easier for teachers and students through technology.”
As part of the project, it would train teachers as well as students to become familiar with technology and digital tools to improve the learning process, develop and impart skills, critical thinking and problem-solving abilities. Prof Ajit said that the project will also facilitate teachers to stay updated.
