Cyient launches digital library, literacy mission in T-school

Having launched a digital library in Nellore in Andhra Pradesh earlier this month, the Cyient Foundation introduced another one today in the Mandal Parishad Primary School, 8th Battalion, Rangareddy district of Telangana.
A National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) Centre was also opened at the school.
The facilities were inaugurated by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, E.S.L Narasimhan, according to a Cyient Limited statement.
The core aim of the library is to provide high-quality digital educational resources to more than 300 underprivileged students of the school, and accelerate digital literacy, it said.
The key resources provided by the digital library, which is similar to the one in Nellore, include: online supplemental learning portal for students, teachers and schools from classes 1 to 5; CDs and DVDs to access offline content; Curriculum aligned to CBSE, ICSE, and SSC; Learning resources for various subjects (Science, Mathematics, English and Social) in multiple formats (animations, video lectures, presentations, class notes, worksheets, mind maps, etc.) and a repository of resources (question banks, lesson plans, projects, activities, mapped content, professional development and more) for teachers, the company said.

It said the NDLM Centre aims to empower neighborhood communities with digital literacy, and facilitate deployment of digitally-enabled citizen services.

The Centre is expected to train 1000 community members- one from each family- from 8th Battalion and the surrounding areas to operate a computer or a digital access device (such as a tablet), and use the Internet to search for information, send/receive emails and access various e-governance services.
Training modules in the NDLM Centre have been developed in association with the NASSCOM Foundation, covering content on health, education, literacy and livelihood.
The Governor was quoted as saying: "The biggest benefit of the National Digital Literacy Mission is that it will make people aware of their rights.

The facility will help the people in knowing what their rights and responsibilities are, what the Government owes to them and what they owe to the country. Men and women today must be computer friendly, only then the governments will be accountable.