Classrooms may go smart from Sept under NDMC

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will soon start implementing its smart classroom project in its schools.

The work is likely to begin in the first week of September. The project will be implemented across 444 classrooms.

The company which will carry out the project will be finalised in the next council meeting.
“The concessionaire has been zeroed on in. Once the council approves of the concessionaire chosen, the council will hand over the project to it. The work will start by the beginning of September,” said a senior NDMC official.

The smart classrooms will be equipped with CCTV cameras and LED TVs. Principals will also have LED TVs in their chambers. The other elements of a smart classroom will be speakers or full audio system, LED projectors and computers.

The NDMC has looked at models of private schools to come up with this model.
The project will be completed within a span of four months.

 “The work will be completed by December and the students will be able to be a part of the smart classrooms by early next year,” said the official.

The project will be implemented across 30 schools in the first phase.

The council will provide smart classrooms from classes 6 to 12 in both Hindi and English medium sections so that students across sections are on par with one another.

Under the smart classroom project, materials as per the syllabuses of NCERT, CBSE and Directorate of Education will be uploaded digitally so that students can read online.

Teachers to benefit
According to NDMC officials, teachers are also likely to be benefited from the smart classrooms as the training modules will be uploaded online.

After the concessionaire is finalised, the company will be training teachers and students on how to use the multimedia digital content at the designated schools.

The company which will hand over the project will be responsible for running and maintaining the smart classrooms for a contract period of three years.