Educomp gains nearly 2% and hits weekly high of Rs206, after the company bags Rs209 crore ICT@Schools Project from Government of Assam. The project will benefit over 650,000 students
across 1,054 Government Schools, So far, 61.70 lakh shares have traded on the BSE as against the two-week average volume of 41.20 lakh shares.
Educomp today announced that it’s ICT Division Edureach has won an order worth Rs209 crore from the Government of Assam under the prestigious ICT@Schools Project.
Educomp signed the agreement with the Assam Electronics Development Corporation Limited,
Government of Assam, on 23rd March, 2012 for the implementation of Rajiv Gandhi Computer Education Program ( RGCEP) under the 601 Revised ICT@Schools Scheme in 1,054 Government High and Higher Secondary schools of the state. Over 650000 students are expected to benefit from this program every year. With the addition of 1054 Government Schools In Assam. Educomp now reaches a total of 12176 Government schools serving over 6.7 million students across 10 States in the country.
The project will be implemented under Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) model for a period of five years where Educomp will provide an IT Lab, teachers, annual training workshops, web-based school management and monitoring software, multimedia educational content as per-state board curriculum covering core subjects like Mathematics, Social Studies, English & General Science as well as courses on Spoken English.
The project lays special emphasis on the quality of computer teachers to be engaged. They will be selected through a state level Computer Teacher Eligibility Test and performance review will be conducted annually through a state level online Computer Teacher Fitness Test. The students will get exposure to a wide range of IT Software and applications in Free Open source Software and MS Windows platforms. The program for Classes VI and VII shall be on the lines of computer literacy and awareness, whereas for the higher classes, Computer Science shall be offered as an elective subject to students. The project will also facilitate Math and General Science learning through simulated Math and Science experiment kits.
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across 1,054 Government Schools, So far, 61.70 lakh shares have traded on the BSE as against the two-week average volume of 41.20 lakh shares.
Educomp today announced that it’s ICT Division Edureach has won an order worth Rs209 crore from the Government of Assam under the prestigious ICT@Schools Project.
Educomp signed the agreement with the Assam Electronics Development Corporation Limited,
Government of Assam, on 23rd March, 2012 for the implementation of Rajiv Gandhi Computer Education Program ( RGCEP) under the 601 Revised ICT@Schools Scheme in 1,054 Government High and Higher Secondary schools of the state. Over 650000 students are expected to benefit from this program every year. With the addition of 1054 Government Schools In Assam. Educomp now reaches a total of 12176 Government schools serving over 6.7 million students across 10 States in the country.
The project will be implemented under Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) model for a period of five years where Educomp will provide an IT Lab, teachers, annual training workshops, web-based school management and monitoring software, multimedia educational content as per-state board curriculum covering core subjects like Mathematics, Social Studies, English & General Science as well as courses on Spoken English.
The project lays special emphasis on the quality of computer teachers to be engaged. They will be selected through a state level Computer Teacher Eligibility Test and performance review will be conducted annually through a state level online Computer Teacher Fitness Test. The students will get exposure to a wide range of IT Software and applications in Free Open source Software and MS Windows platforms. The program for Classes VI and VII shall be on the lines of computer literacy and awareness, whereas for the higher classes, Computer Science shall be offered as an elective subject to students. The project will also facilitate Math and General Science learning through simulated Math and Science experiment kits.
....more info