A free digital syllabus, thanks to Jalgaon teachers
800 videos for Classes I-VIII available to all schools in State
Mumbai: In what could be termed a
first-of-its-kind independent experiment in Maharashtra to promote
digitisation, around 800 teachers from Zilla Parishad schools in Jalgaon
district have created videos of 800 chapters from Class I to VIII textbooks to
innovatively engage students.
The videos are available free of cost to all
schools affiliated to the State board.
One chapter each
“We have been looking for innovative ways to
ensure education for our students in around 1,800 schools in the district. We
decided to focus on individual subjects, and searched for the best teachers in
each. Every teacher was assigned only one chapter and asked to present it in a
digital format,” said Jalgaon ZP CEO Kaustubh Divegaonkar.
The teachers worked on each chapter for over
a month. Audio-video tools and technical help was made available to them. “Some
of the tech-savvy teachers took up the responsibility of giving finishing
touches to the videos,” he said.
The teachers produced 800 videos and
submitted them to the ZP. Class-wise CDs were then distributed in all schools.
Teachers can transfer the videos to Android phones, and then project them on a
white screen in classrooms.
Negligible cost
“A number of private companies supply such
material at a very high cost, and with validity of only a year. We have created
the material of exactly the same standard at almost negligible cost,” Mr.
Divegaonkar said.
The project was recently launched in the
presence of Jalgaon Guardian Minister Chandrakant Patil.
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Pralhad
Jadhav
Senior Manager @
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Khaitan
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