All schools in Delhi will have ‘smart classrooms,' according to the NDMC

Following the public sector and workplaces, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has chosen to go fully digital in the education sector by converting all primary classrooms into "smart classes" by the end of 2022.

For evaluation purposes, the NDMC has already converted secondary classes into smart classrooms, and it will now transform all of its classrooms into smart classes,' including tablet-based classes in all secondary and higher secondary schools.

In addition to smart classrooms, the civic agency plans to improve school auditoriums and establish 14 Palika Tinkering Labs in NDMC and Navyug schools. Currently, eleven similar labs have been established in Atal and Palika Vidyalay.

NDMC chairman, Dharmendra says, “Taking the challenge of Covid -19 situation as an opportunity and fully leveraged technology to ensure ‘schooling at home to the learners’ for all its students. For enhanced accessibility to needy children for digital resources, the NDMC not only provided internet data pack charges but on a pilot basis distributed 811 tablets to class 10th and 12th students in 4 schools and 4,000 tablets will also be given in the financial year.”

According to the chairman, the NDMC will restructure its schools in accordance with the New Education Policy (NEP), starting with the establishment of a teachers resource center, activity centers in the primary wing, and bag-free pre-primary and primary classrooms.

According to the chairman, the NDMC will restructure its schools in accordance with the New Education Policy (NEP), starting with the establishment of a teachers resource center, activity centers in the primary wing, and bag-free pre-primary and primary classrooms.