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COMPUTER AIDED LEARNING CENTRES

Background

Computer Assisted Learning programme has been initiated under SSA to bring changes in classroom transaction through visual media which also enforces learning through evaluation imbibed in it.

Objectives of CAL

• To supplement the teaching learning process;
• Integrating CAL with the school curriculum
• To focus on rural government school children by providing access to learning through modern technology;
• To improve achievement levels of children;
• To attract out-of-school children to schools and also improve the attendance rate;

Identification of location

• Priority to the schools located at the cluster headquarters.
• Schools with more than 300 students, an additional room and electricity facility have been selected.

Visionary initiatives by the state to strengthen the CAL mechanism

As the objective of the implementation of CALC is to make learning effective and interesting along with providing supplementary materials in digitalized form with the help of graphics, animation, etc supportive system has been build for the effective implementation of the programme through the following interventions;

GHPS, SB Badavane, Davangere South

• Each school is supplied with 5 computers, Multimedia Projector, and UPS.
• The Computer Lab of the schools is equipped with computer tables, chairs, electrification & earthing.
• Each school has been provided with a set of 78 APF content CDs and 40 Video clipping developed by EDC in Kannada & English containing hard spots of Science, Mathematics, English, Social Studies and languages developed as both general topics and the contents from syllabus.

SNo.	Financial Year	Implementation Model  (by SSA/ PPP)	Physical Achievements A.Schools covered B.No. of content titles developed C.No. of Teachers trained			Remarks
			A	B	C
SL.NO	II	III	VI	VII	VIII	IX
1	2001-02	SSA	35	20
2	2002-03	SSA	55	20
3	2003-04	SSA	135	20
4	2004-05	SSA	540	45
5	2005-06 2006-07	SSA	1000	78	1000	Through EDC
6	2007-08	SSA	315	78	4010	Through Intel
7	2008-09	SSA	700	118	4229	Through Intel, Microsoft and DIETs
8	2009-10	SSA	400	118	10211	DIETs
Total Achievement by now			3179	118	19450

• 3179 Government Higher Primary schools have been covered so far under CALC programme inturn the beneficiaries being  699180 children and 17561 teachers in these schools. 
• Teachers have been trained through DIETs, EDC, Intel and Microsoft academy in order to understand the technology and use in classroom teaching and learning process.

Coverage of schools under CALC
SL.NO	Districts	Total HPS in the dist	Coverage upto 08-09	2009-10	Total coverage	No. of children in CALCs	No.of teachers in CALCs
1	BAGALKOT	803	88	5	93	38130	480
2	BANGALORE RURAL	444	63	5	68	17088	686
3	BANGALORE URBAN	711	139	21	160	55300	850
4	BELGAUM	1,809	172	8	180	8685	798
5	BELLARY	818	103	21	124	40501	331
6	BIDAR	735	88	5	93	15076	465
7	BIJAPUR	1,030	109	5	114	33880	976
8	CHAMRAJNAGAR	406	63	17	80	18504	455
9	CHICKBALLAPURA	515	64	10	74	8945	500
10	CHIKMAGALUR	683	99	20	119	17955	798
11	CHITRADURGA	882	98	5	103	19915	172
12	DAKSHINA KANNADA	652	90	13	103	25276	618
13	DAVANGERE	702	98	14	112	29726	672
14	DHARWAD	538	77	17	94	29665	959
15	GADAG	417	65	5	70	12348	172
16	GULBARGA	955	99	26	125	40901	774
17	HASSAN	1,037	116	13	129	6255	645
18	HAVERI	699	90	18	108	30874	610
19	KODAGU	261	52	5	57	8932	365
20	KOLAR	618	91	21	112	15976	545
21	KOPPAL	521	71	5	76	23098	563
22	MANDYA	825	106	23	129	24330	645
23	MYSORE	942	107	17	124	39929	274
24	RAICHUR	743	81	5	86	25000	550
25	RAMANAGARA	449	64	16	80	6394	412
26	SHIMOGA	951	96	17	113	29390	388
27	TUMKUR	1,341	139	17	156	29648	1091
28	UDUPI	362	74	11	85	18972	425
29	UTTARA KANNADA	998	137	35	172	17687	910
30	YADGIR	431	41		41	10800	432
	Total	22,278	2779	400	3179	699180	17561

• Computer Programmer and Nodal Officers of Education Technology wing of DIETs work as nodal officers of CALC to provide both technical support and academic support along with monitoring the implementation of the programme.
• Two teachers from each school have been trained on computer aided learning. Head Masters of the schools have also been trained on the importance of CALC centres along with training them on the maintenance of computers – to approach the agencies as the computers are under warranty.
• In order to bring in series of sensitizing workshops from top to bottom level involving interaction, participatory discussions, brainstorming with teachers to empower them to create self owned delivery mechanism, Nodal Officers have been appointed in all the DIETs of the state as a first step.There have been constant follow-up and brainstorming sessions with the nodal officers to discuss about the importance and implications of computer education in primary schools along with strategies to empower teachers and Head Masters.Similarly, series of workshops were held to develop modules for training of teachers and Head Masters involving field level functionaries and concerned NGOs.The main focus of all these deliberations were to sensitize the functionaries at all levels particularly teachers on self based projects to be prepared and used at the school levels for the concepts or chapters the teacher is teaching or the children learning in the classrooms.This will be entirely realized during in the coming academic year by adopting Intel model of project for the self developed projects.However content CDs supplied so far are self explanatory and interactive which are very interesting for both teachers and students to make best use of them.
• In respect of organizing series of workshop, the state had conducted review workshop for all the nodal officers and the same was held at all the districts for the teachers.Where as Block Resource Persons and Cluster Resource Persons were trained through Intel Teach on project based models.