Microsoft India

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Microsoft - India
Expanding Horizons!!
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Snapshot-Education system in India

• 8 lac Government schools,3.5 lac Private
  schools,6 million teachers,300 million students
• 10 2 system of education
• Education Boards - 39 boards of education
• Education is a State subject
• 25 languages
• One of the largest and complex education systems
  in the world

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Challenges

• Decentralized education system and diversity of
  IT curriculum
• IT penetration in schools increasing by leaps and
  bounds but infra huge challenge
• Large number of teachers are exposed to IT
  Integration much later in teaching career
• Lack of Internet connectivity in rural areas
• Good news-
• Huge acceptance and drive by Education system to
  proliferate IT in schools
• Enhanced public private partnerships

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Microsoft Project Shiksha

• Touched 47,000 teachers
• Running in over 40 locations. Training Govt
  school teachers to drive usage of tech in schools
• Post Shiksha teachers going back to school and
  acting as guide and facilitators to..
• create subject content
• Train other teachers
• Motivate students to use tech in classroom
• Support school in admin activities
• Limited community initiatives

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Innovative Teachers Leadership Award-India- 2005

• Launched Sept. Open to all.
• 19 States (Government), 17 States (Private),5000
  teachers participated.
• Two levels of evaluation based on specific
  rubrics
• First level.100 teachers short listed
• Second level.10 Govt,5 private teachers finalized

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Thankyou.......
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Lesson plans were studied from the perspective
of students learning, viz clarity of objective
,presentation and learning outcome
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Clarity in explanation supported by animations,
graphs, sound as applicable which contributed to
better understanding
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Supporting factual data as indicated
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Contribution to school
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Admin support and outcomes
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Students projects using tech
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