The Ganjam District Administration has approved a plan to convert at least two classes of the Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya (OAV) into ‘smart classrooms’. Smart classes are generally commonplace in privately-run institutions across the state and beyond, but a rarity in government-run schools.
So far, the Ganjam district has twenty-two OAVs. “The classrooms of IX and X in two OAVs in Hinjili and Sheragad blocks will be converted on a pilot basis,” Ganjam collector Vijay Amruta Kulange said. “We will review the success rate and then take a decision about the other OAVs in the district,” he added.
As part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, two Public Sector Units have agreed to fund infrastructural development facilities of 25 and 28 schools in the Hinjili and Sheragad blocks respectively. The OAVs at Sasana Ambagaon (Hinjili) and Pakidi hill (Sheragad) have been included on the list of CSR funding by the PSUs.
In sync with the latest trends of digital learning, and in an era where the digital has overlapped with the physical life in so many ways, the adoption of high technology instruments by the district administration will go a long way to build interest amongst students. “It will encourage students to learn fast,” the collector said. “In the smart class, students will be provided with play-way methods of learning, which will give them an enjoyable experience,” DEO Amulya Kumar Pradhan said.