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E-Learning and Library Creation” will be the main focus of Rotary India this month.

Comprehending something through concepts shown vide audio-visual/animation format is much more stimulating and easier to remember than the traditional methods of learning. Thus E-learning classroom is the future learning methodology every school in India will adopt. The language of students and teachers will improve as a standard language and pronunciation in the voice-overs is used in these modules.

With standardisation of content and teaching methods across schools, the divide between the rich and poor schools, urban and rural schools, government and private schools disappears. And better grades and attendance can be achieved as children find learning more fun.

The E-Learning Programme of Rotary India Literacy Mission aims to

• Improve the quality of education and learning in primary schools, through extensive use of local lan-guage curriculum based E-Learning software.

PRID Shekhar MehtaChairman, Rotary India

Literacy Mission

LITERACY FOCUSE-Learning and Library Creation

• Establish E-Learning centres in select elementary schools by providing them with:

– State approved high quality E-Learning software in certain local languages.

– Projector and power pack sets to each E-learning centre along with maintenance facility for three years.

• Train the teachers to use these devices.

Guidelines to implement E-learning in the T-E-A-C-H programme

• School selection

– Choose state-funded schools which has at least two teachers; one classroom with pucca (roof, floor, walls, doors and windows) construction; electric-ity/solar power; white coloured walls — otherwise a white board is required and the school building must be secured against unauthorised entry during non-school hours.

• Software selection

– Use our shortlisted software companies — Quality checked and approved by our National Committee Members.

Selection procedure of E-learning vendors

E-learning National Committee met periodically to evaluate and finalise on the hardware and software vendors for the programme and the syllabus for e-learning. School principals and teachers representing Government, private, state and other board schools participated in assessing the demos of software companies.

Shortlisted hardware companies include E-Gate Infotel Pvt Ltd and Tirubaa; and software companies were Educomp Solution Limited,

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Company Class Subject State Board Language PriceCompatible

With

Designmate (I) Pvt Ltd

ClassI to X

Class 1-5 Maths & Environment Sc.

CBSE, ICSE, Delhi, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh,

Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,

Uttarakhand, Goa, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadwip,

Maharashtra and Gujarat

English and Hindi

` 5,000

Compatible with Egate

and Tirubaa projectors

Class 6-8 Maths, Science, Geography

Class 9-10 Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography

Educomp Solution Limited

Class I to X

Class 1-5 English, Hindi, Maths,

Environment Sc.

CBSE, ICSE, AP, Karnataka, Samacheer (Tamil Nadu), Kerala, Gujarat, Maharashtra,

Punjab, UP, MP, Rajasthan, West Bengal.

English, Hindi,

Kannada, Gujarati, Marathi

` 5,000

Compatible with Dell, Optoma

projectors and

television set

Class 6-8 English, Maths, Science,

S.Science, Economics.

Class 9-10 English, Maths, Physics,

Chemistry, Biology, History, Pol.Sc, Geo.,

Economics.

JIL Information Technology

Limited

Class I to X

Science, Social Science,

Mathematics, English, Grammar.

Punjab, UP, MP, Rajasthan, Mizoram, Himachal

Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Haryana, West

Bengal

English, Hindi

` 8,000

Compatible with Egate

and Tirubaa projectors

Details of softwares available

Tech Specs Tirubaa Winner Tirubaa Mini Tirubaa Super Egate P531 Egate K8

Projector Type LED Lamp LCD Panel DLP LED DLP LEDLED Lamp LCD

PanelLED DLP

Light Source Life upto 30,000 hrs upto 50,000 hrs upto 50,000 hrs upto 40,000 hrs upto 50,000 hrs

Brightness at source

3000 lumens 3000 lumens 4500 lumens 3500 lumens 3500 lumens

Projection Size 50" to 120" inch / 2-6M 10" to 200" 12" to 300" 40" to 200" inches 40" to 200" inches

Audio In /Out/ Speaker

Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Power consumption

less than 150 watts less than 40 watts less than 45 watts 150 watts 55 watts

Price ` 22,400` 38,000 with

Mini PC; ` 31,500 without mini PC

` 42,400 ` 22,990 ` 30,500

Compatible hardware available

NOTE: We request you to inform us if you come across any quality software in local language at this price and we will include them in our list.

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Designmate (I) Pvt Ltd and JIL Information Technology Limited.

Placing the order Select the hardware and software from the list. The complete transaction will be in accordance with your choice. The details of the vendors are available on www.rotaryteach.org. The products will reach the recipient within 7–15 days of placing the order and will be delivered only after the full

payment is made. Software training will be provided by the content developers.

One E-learning classroom installation costs Rs 30,000 – 40,000. RILM will share Rs10,000 of the total cost.

The payment for the software-hardware combination is only one-time. The amount will be paid to the companies as per product selected.

The Club/District should encourage beneficiary schools to contribute at least Rs 10,000 from their local fund/gram

Mega Star Asha Kiran Club: RC Jodhpur Padmini, D 3052.

Asha Kiran … a ray of hopeKeeping the flame of literacy burning - over 17,000 commitments received.

Star Asha Kiran Clubs: RC Payyanur, D 3202. Rotary Clubs Salem Midtown, D 2982, Faridabad, D 3011

and Vazhakulam, D 3202 also enjoy this status.

Super Star Asha Kiran Club: RC Coimbatore Heritage, D 3202.

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District should encourage other organisations such as corporate houses, educational trusts, NRIs, relatives of Rotarians, school alum-nus and other individuals to participate in the programme.

Library creation: Indian Rotarians col-lected over 1.9 million books in response to the ‘A Million Books – A Million Smiles’ campaign. Rotary clubs have built more than 2,000 libraries in various parts of India, and more are being added.

A ‘Guide to Setting up a Library’ was already covered in Rotary News - September 2014 issue, and can also be found on the RILM website www.rotaryteach.org. The

process and guidelines on Library creation is provided by our knowledge partners Akshara Foundation and Hippocampus.n

panchayat. This gives them a buy-in into the programme and maintenance of the E-learning facilities. The remaining amount should be arranged by the Club/District. The Club/

Children enjoy reading books provided by RC Solapur North, D 3132.

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