Remote school in Tripura bags award for computer literacy
Agartala, Aug 27 (UNI) The Centre has selected a remote school in Tripura to confer Excellence in Computer Literacy and Information Technology Award at New Delhi tomorrow, along with 55 other schools in India, out of which 25 are private.
Official sources here today said the Jawhar Navodaya Vidyalaya in North Tripura, 82 miles from here, was selected for the award by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology like in the previous years to generate IT awareness among schools and encourage computer literacy among students.
Altogether 11 school in the northeastern states would receive a Trophy and Cash Award of Rs 1.50 lakh in recognition of their excellent performance in IT education, sources said.
The award was based on the performance of the schools in the aspects of information and communication technology (ICT) like infrastructure, usage practices, curricula and content development, teacher training, classroom transaction and student learning, innovation and community work.
Out
of
the
55
schools
shortlisted
for
the
award,
each
of
the
three
from
government
and
private
schools
would
be
conferred
a
cash
prize
of
Rs
seven
lakh,
Rs
five
lakh
and
Rs
three
lakh
resepective,
while
the
best
would
bag
Rs
ten
lakh
as
all
India
winner.
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