Futuristic classroom inaugurated in ZP school in Maval

“The futuristic classroom consists of 28 computers for the students and one for the teacher. Computers are connected to each other to form a local area network. Students can view the content on their screens. Teachers can upload tests and students can answer them at the same time. The e-learning software has all the books by Bal Bharthi,” ZP CEO Ayush Prasad said. The classroom is sponsored by Mahendra Accelo.

It is the first classroom of its kind in the district and the third in the state after Parner and Kagal. “Fist Zilla Parishad proposes interconnecting computer labs and converting them into this type of classroom. She will help provide individual attention to each student, and students can learn at their own pace and tests can be taken more efficiently,” Prasad said.

In the scholarship results declared on Saturday, 33 of the school’s 70 students who took the exam have already qualified. Maval has improved its performance compared to last year with 1,247 students passing the test. The taluka ranks fourth. Shirur has had the best performance, followed by Khed and Haveli. Pune district has performed the best in these scholarship exams, ZP administration said.

Prasad said that the Pune Zilla Parishad has been promoting the use of technology to help teachers and students. “The Acharya Vinoba Bhave app is being used by 11,000 teachers to report on their work, share best practices and learn new pedagogical methods from other teachers. The Diksha app is being used by 1.6 lakh students and their parents,” she said.