The Hindu Business Line : Special IT education package launched in Bangalore

RAMAN International Institute of Information Technology (RiiiT) has launched "IT KIDS", a special package of teaching materials, to assist students and teachers in honing IT skills. The Karnataka IT & BT Secretary, Mr M.S. Shankaralinge Gowda, released the first package at the recently concluded Bangalore IT.in event here.

"Our rural students can face academic or career-oriented challenges provided they are equipped with better learning facilities. With aids like "IT KIDS", they will be able to hone their IT skills effectively to build a career in the knowledge sector," Mr Gowda said.

The "IT KIDS" package consists of material for students to recap previous topics, exercises, puzzles, quiz and crosswords with illustrations. For effective assimilation of ICT skills, students and teachers are provided with a digital walkthrough, lab exercises, Internet learning and classroom presentation.

The teacher's resource material has lessons to support class wise contents and assessment methodology. A monthly journal on ICT is also supplied to keep the teachers abreast of the latest developments in the tech world. In addition, the teachers are given an orientation programme to implement the IT KIDS curriculum effectively.

The package also comes with MIS software (EDUSYS) to streamline the various functions and activities of school management, including accounts, academic and administration. According to the CEO & Managing Director of RiiiT, Mr S.V. Venkatesh, the IT KIDS enables an interactive environment for teaching focusing on concept-based learning with illustrations.

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