Giri
Pragna means enriching tribal knowledge.
‘Tribals’ are aboriginals in
their respective regions, miles away from
civilization. Governments and Private Organizations
presume that providing normal schooling
is enough. ‘Giri Pragna’ Project
is based on the concept of the IT Visionary
Sri Rajendra Narendra Nimje that if opportunity
is provided, tribals too can succeed. Giri
Pragna provides opportunities to tribal
children in 50 school complexes covering
Class VI to X, 10,000 children per annum
for computer education and Computer Aided
Education and teacher’s training in
a systematic way.
The
Components of the Giri Pragna are 1) Computer
Education based on the latest technology
and syllabus in tune with the time to middle
school and high school students in tribal
areas 2) Computer Aided Education on regular
syllabus to the students to enable them
a grasp on the concepts. Special CDs are
designed in local language for each topic
from the regular curriculum and 3)Teachers
Training on Computer fundamentals and on
computer based education. Equipping the
tribal children to harness the future technology.
Each school complex is provided with LAN
with adequate computers, furniture, CAL
material and supporting Books in local language.
Trainers are arranged by reputed agency
to cover all school complexes. A web based
software helps monitoring of progress at
all administrative levels. Giri Prgna targets
to cover all tribal families by 2008.
Giri Pragna aims to bridge the digital divide
with special focus on tribal students in
the remote areas of Khammam district and
provide quality computer education to atleast
10,000 Tribal school children per annum.
Project aims to cover all tribal families
by 2008. •Tribals have skill sets
which are unknown to the outer world. Internet
revolution will open the doors to them and
the project aims to prepare tribals to harness
the technology. •Computer Education
based on the syllabus in tune with the time
to middle and high school students in tribal
areas. •Computer Aided Education on
regular syllabus to the students. Special
CDs designed in ‘Telugu’ language
for each topic from the regular curriculum.
•Teachers’ training on Computer
fundamentals and on computer based education
to enable them providing continuity after
project contract period. •To reduce
the school dropouts due to quality education
on par with private schools in plain areas
of the District. •Simplify the learning
process and achieve higher academic standards.
•Bring out creative talent in the
students through playful and child-friendly
IT techniques. •To provide a simple
web based monitoring tools to administrators
to continuously improve the performance
of students.
ITDA,
Khammam owns the project who is the prime
body for tribal development in Andhra Pradesh
State. It has 50 School complexes in Khammam
district for imparting primary and secondary
education for tribal children. Project has
tapped the resources of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
(SSA), a Government of India’s initiative
to strengthen education in the country.
ITDA provided hardware, software, CBT material,
furniture at each school complex. Trained
computer professionals are deployed to provide
training to students and teachers in all
school complexes.
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