He wants all children in schools. Can he do it?
Imagine 14 Class II students in a
schoolroom without a teacher. One would expect shrieks and screams, fights and struggles, or more like a fish market. But the scene in a government primary school in Madabal, Magadi taluka, Karnataka, was totally different. Divided into four groups, these kids were quietly engrossed in front of their respective computers. One of the groups was identifying animals, the second solving a mathematical problem, the third was listening to a lesson with headphones on, and the fourth was engaged in a discussion on elephants.
The school is covered by Azim Premji’s Foundation’s (APF) programme to universalise primary education through three initiatives – learning guarantee programme to enhance quality, child-friendly schools to woo dropouts, and computer-aided learning (CAL). Almost 3.5 million students have benefited till now, and over 10,000 schools have been covered under CAL, with Madabal primary school being one of them. “Before this, I never saw a computer. Now, I learn my lessons through it,” says Class VII student, S. Rakesh, who studies at Toranagal Railway Station Higher Primary School, 300 kms from India’s Silicon Valley. “I want to be a software engineer. I like my computer more than my teacher,” Rakesh confidently whispers.
“One of the most important objectives of education is to create a sympathetic, responsible, human, just and equity-conscious member of society,” says Dileep Ranjekar, Chairman of Azim Premji Foundation. And Premji had once said that he wants “every child of India in school and learning joyfully.” He added that “this is our chance to shape a future which will inevitably compel the world to recognise this as the ‘Indian century’.” Maybe, such corporate initiatives will refute the conclusion reached by UNESCO in its 2002 report, Education for All, that India’s plans to universalise elementary education ‘lack credible evidence’.
Beginning with the states of Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh, the Foundation has taken its digital curriculum to other corners of the country. After the Telugu language, the curriculum has widened its spectrum to 11 additional languages, including Hindi, English, Tamil, Kannada, & Oriya. Under CAL, a mobile vehicle moves in and around Bangalore. The Foundation has distributed interactive CDs in different languages and trained thousands of local teachers. The aim is to enhance the quality of primary education, and innovate the technologies to enhance it.
Imagine 14 Class II students in a
schoolroom without a teacher. One would expect shrieks and screams, fights and struggles, or more like a fish market. But the scene in a government primary school in Madabal, Magadi taluka, Karnataka, was totally different. Divided into four groups, these kids were quietly engrossed in front of their respective computers. One of the groups was identifying animals, the second solving a mathematical problem, the third was listening to a lesson with headphones on, and the fourth was engaged in a discussion on elephants.The school is covered by Azim Premji’s Foundation’s (APF) programme to universalise primary education through three initiatives – learning guarantee programme to enhance quality, child-friendly schools to woo dropouts, and computer-aided learning (CAL). Almost 3.5 million students have benefited till now, and over 10,000 schools have been covered under CAL, with Madabal primary school being one of them. “Before this, I never saw a computer. Now, I learn my lessons through it,” says Class VII student, S. Rakesh, who studies at Toranagal Railway Station Higher Primary School, 300 kms from India’s Silicon Valley. “I want to be a software engineer. I like my computer more than my teacher,” Rakesh confidently whispers.
“One of the most important objectives of education is to create a sympathetic, responsible, human, just and equity-conscious member of society,” says Dileep Ranjekar, Chairman of Azim Premji Foundation. And Premji had once said that he wants “every child of India in school and learning joyfully.” He added that “this is our chance to shape a future which will inevitably compel the world to recognise this as the ‘Indian century’.” Maybe, such corporate initiatives will refute the conclusion reached by UNESCO in its 2002 report, Education for All, that India’s plans to universalise elementary education ‘lack credible evidence’.
Beginning with the states of Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh, the Foundation has taken its digital curriculum to other corners of the country. After the Telugu language, the curriculum has widened its spectrum to 11 additional languages, including Hindi, English, Tamil, Kannada, & Oriya. Under CAL, a mobile vehicle moves in and around Bangalore. The Foundation has distributed interactive CDs in different languages and trained thousands of local teachers. The aim is to enhance the quality of primary education, and innovate the technologies to enhance it.
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