Navodaya Schools get ‘Samsung Smart School’ to digitally empower students & teachers

Under Samsung Smart School, JNV’s have been set up with two smart classrooms each equipped with the latest digital infrastructure, including an 85-inch Samsung Flip interactive digital board that replaces the traditional blackboard.

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) schools across the country get Samsung’s new flagship global citizenship program Samsung Smart School. The program aims at creating opportunities for less-privileged students by giving them access to the benefits of digital education and creating young leaders of tomorrow.

Samsung Smart School at 10 JNV

The program is being piloted at 10 JNV schools in its first year. Samsung Smart School have been set up in JNV schools in Varanasi, Gwalior, Raipur, Udaipur, Kangra, Sambhalpur, Faridabad, Dehradun, Patna and Dhanbad. Many of these schools are located in remote rural districts around these cities, the official press release said.

Samsung Smart School Program

Under Samsung Smart School, JNV’s have been set up with two smart classrooms each equipped with the latest digital infrastructure, including an 85-inch Samsung Flip interactive digital board that replaces the traditional blackboard. A 55-inch Samsung Flip is available for students to participate in lectures, quizzes, classwork and project work, and 40 Samsung Galaxy Tabs for students to use for self-study. In addition, the classrooms also have a printer, a server PC, a tablet charging station and power backup, the press note informed.

Advantages of Samsung Smart School Program

Through the Samsung Smart School program, students will be able to improve their learning abilities and understanding of critical concepts in the classrooms through interactive digital teaching methods that teachers have been trained on. The pilot at 10 JNV schools will cover over 5,000 students, of which 40% are girls, and around 260 teachers.

Talking about the introduction of Samsung Smart School program, Vinayak Garg, Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti said, “We are very happy to have Samsung as our partner under CSR for digital education. The smart classrooms, as part of the Samsung Smart School program, are helping improve student participation and engagement. I am confident that a program like this will bring a positive impact in society and become a benchmark for digital education for the future.”

“Samsung helps young people around the world gain access to better education and learning opportunities. Samsung Smart School program strengthens our commitment to our vision of #PoweringDigitalIndia. This global citizenship initiative is closely tied with India’s development agenda and implemented in close partnership with the government to ensure wider reach and impact among less-privileged students,” said Partha Ghosh, Vice President, Corporate Citizenship, Samsung India.

Apart from the infrastructure support, Samsung Smart School will also enable digital learning for students in these schools through multiple touch points such as teacher training, providing meaningful and relevant educational content and equipping these schools with solutions for interactive and participative learning.

Under Samsung’s global citizenship vision of ‘Together for Tomorrow! Enabling People,’ Samsung seeks to empower the next generation to achieve their full potential and pioneer positive social changes. Samsung believes in using innovation to positively transform communities and create a better life for people through its citizenship initiatives. Empowering youth through education is one of the best ways we can prepare our young people to boldly face the world of the future.

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