NIIT launches ‘NIIT nGuru Math Lab’ at The Aryans School, Kolkata

A revolutionary concept aimed at making learning Mathematics simple & fun for students
Kolkata, May 22, 2013: Launching a breakthrough initiative that aims at making the vital subject of mathematics simpler, easier and fun to learn for school students, leading Global Talent Development Corporation and Asia’s largest IT trainer- NIIT, today launched its state-of-the-art ‘NIIT nGuru Math Lab’, at The Aryans School, Kolkata. Present during the inauguration were Mrs. Keka Mallik, Principal, The Aryans School; Mr. Soumitra Mallik, Founder Principal and Advisor, The Aryans School; Ms. Sunita Sen, Prinicpal, Ballygunge Siksha Sadan and Mr. Anurag Dixit, National Sales Head, School Learning Solutions, NIIT Ltd.
 
‘NIIT nGuru Math Lab’ is a novel concept which enables school students to learn and explore mathematical concepts and verify mathematical facts and theorems using Multiple Teaching and Learning Aids, consisting of Technology Applications, Videos, Manipulative, Measuring Instruments, Tables and Charts, to schools based on the three pillars of ‘Imagination, Investigation and Interaction’.
 
Mr. Anurag Dixit, National Sales Head, School Learning Solutions, NIIT Ltd., said, “ NIIT nGuru Math Lab is a breakthrough initiative by NIIT to make the present curriculum simpler and interesting, thereby bringing back the joy of learning Mathematics. We are delighted to launch the NIIT nGuru Math Lab at The Aryans School, Kolkata, which will help its students comprehend the subject better.”
 
Mrs. Keka Mallik, Principal, The Aryans School, said, “We are pleased to introduce NIIT nGuru Math Lab in The Aryans School, which will enable our students to learn, verify and explore mathematical concepts, facts and theorems by leveraging technological tools. Math Lab will encourage the students to think & discuss amongst themselves as well as with the teachers, to assimilate mathematical concepts.”
 
Mr. Soumitra Mallik, Founder Principal and Advisor, The Aryans School, remarked, “The Aryan School is committed to providing the best of infrastructure to foster academic excellence. Our partnership with NIIT to provide NIIT nGuru Math Lab to our students is yet another step in this direction.”
 
In addition to providing greater scope for individual participation in the process of learning and becoming autonomous learners, the Math Lab also enables the teacher to demonstrate, explain and reinforce abstract mathematical ideas by using concrete objects, models, charts, graphs, pictures, posters, etc.
 
Ms. Sunita Sen, Prinicpal, Ballygunge Siksha Sadan commented, “Ballygunge Siksha Sadan has been using NIIT nGuru Math Lab since 4 years now, and we have received very encouraging feedback for it from teachers and students alike. NIIT’s Math Lab provides an opportunity to students to understand, internalize, discover and verify the basic mathematical and geometrical concepts through concrete objects and situations, thus building interest and confidence in students learning the subject.”
 
NIIT nGuru Math Lab is an innovative solution which enables students to learn and explore mathematical concepts using technology tools such as ‘Geometer’s Sketchpad’ as well as undertake hands-on activities using a wide variety of mathematical models, to comprehend the subject better.
 
About The Aryans School
A premier School in the northern fringes of the City of Kolkata, The Aryans School, was established in 2005 as an educational initiative of the RDB group. The Aryans School is currently having more than 1600 students and more than 50 teachers on its rolls who are working collectively in bringing academic excellence along with holistic development of each child studying in the school. It follows ICSE and ISC curriculum.