Kolkata, July 19, 2007: NIIT has partnered with Delhi
Public School, Ruby Park—branch of one of the leading public schools’ chain in
the country—to offer its integrated computer education program,
‘NIIT@School’ to
the school children.
NIIT will offer holistic IT education and IT assisted education program to
over 3800 children from Kindergarten to 9th standard in the city’s premier
school. The program will range from infrastructure consultancy to facilities
management, in addition to validated multimedia content mapped to school
curriculum, courseware, assessment and certification of students.
A state-of-the-art computer learning centre was inaugurated by Mr. L.
Balasubramanian, President—Schools Learning Solutions Business, NIIT in the
presence of Mr. Alok Tibrewal, Pro-Vice Chairman, DPS, Ruby Park and Ms. Sunita
Sen, Principal, DPS.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Tibrewal said, “Our alliance with
NIIT is in line with the objective of delivering the best to our students. DPS
will integrate NIIT’s computer aided learning solution into the school
curriculum to give our children, access to world class IT education and tools
that will facilitate better learning of subjects.”
According to Mr. L. Balasubramanian, President, NIIT’s School Learning
Solutions Business “NIIT is committed to making education more impactful
with the help of information technology and thereby helping school students be
ready for the future. It is heartening to note that progressive educational
institutions such as DPS in Kolkata are recognizing the difference IT can make
in our daily lives.”
“We envision DPS to prepare themselves to be on the road to a
technology driven society with the implementation of this programme, as we
provide holistic training, which includes teacher’s training programmes,
innovative learning methods, integration of the school curriculum into our
programmes and coverage of key subjects like Mathematics and Science. The
cutting edge service that NIIT provides will enable the students to learn and
help the teachers to teach in an effective manner”, added Mr.
Balasubramanian of NIIT.
Delhi Public School and NIIT have been ranked among the ‘Top 5 Educational
Institutions’ in Brand Equity’s survey of the Most Trusted Service Brands 2007.
Through the new initiative, NIIT will also introduce its national level
Chess Championship, under ‘NIIT MindChampions Academy’, a joint initiative with
World No. 1 Chess player and NIIT Brand Ambassador Viswanathan Anand, in DPS.
Aimed at exposing students in the age group of 6-15 years to the world of chess
and initiating young minds on a path of excellence in academics as well as
sports, the initiative is successfully running in 4000 Indian schools, involving
nearly a lakh student, across the network of private and government schools
where NIIT offers training.
To further engage the young minds, NIIT will also introduce its ‘Digital
Art Festival’ among the DPS students enabling them to participate in this
national level contest to showcase their creative talent by painting using
computers.
NIIT’s K-12 solution is now being used by over 900 private
schools across the country. The holistic computer aided education package
addresses the needs of all the key stakeholders within the education
realm—students, teachers, principals, the school managements and parents. The
product portfolio includes
NIIT@School
solutions for enhancing the learning experience.
IT wizard– trains kids through a unique 4A methodology, supported by
faculty specially trained by NIIT. NIIT offers certification to students and
periodic assessment by experts. This is a specially designed courseware which
enables teachers to teach and student to learn computers in a unique way.
eGuru— This is a unique teaching learning solution, which
assists the teacher in explaining difficult concepts in the most lucid fashion
and enables the students to learn them in an equally memorable way. It has
in-built mathematical solutions like GSP—a popular mathematics software used in
teaching and learning mathematics all across the world. The program is based on
interactivity of the content enabling the teachers to explain and students to
understand concepts clearly.
About DPS
DPS Ruby Park, Kolkata is a labour of love of OmDayal Educational and
Research Society, which aims at providing progressive and meaningful education
to the discerning Kolkatan.
About NIIT
NIIT, Asia’s largest IT trainer, offers learning and knowledge solutions in
32 countries. NIIT together with ElementK is now the first and the best
choice for comprehensive learning solutions, worldwide.
Leading IT magazine Dataquest has conferred upon NIIT, the Top IT Training
Company Award 2005-06. Rated among India’s Superbrands (2003-05), NIIT’s
offerings include: Industry-endorsed programs for students seeking careers in IT
– GNIIT, Integrated ANIIT for Engineers (IAE) and Advanced Technology Programs
for IT professionals.
For working professionals, NIIT Imperia, Centre for Advanced
Learning offers Executive Management Education Programmes in
association with Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) at Ahmedabad, Indore and
Kolkata.
NIIT Institute of Finance Banking & Insurance (IFBI),
with equity participation from ICICI Bank, offers programs in banking.
NIIT’s Corporate Solutions Business, offers integrated
learning solutions (including strategic consulting, learning design, content
development, delivery, technology, assessment and learning management) to
Fortune 500 companies, Universities, Technology companies, Training corporations
and Publishing houses.
NIIT offers turnkey IT integration program for schools. NIIT has provided
computer-based learning to over 5000 government and private
schools.
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