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In 1999, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti and Intel joined hands to conduct a pilot program for few selected schools on integration of technology in teaching and learning process. After the success of pilot project, around 3486 teachers across all the schools of the Samiti were trained during their summer and autumn vacations during the period 2001-2002.The various initiatives undertaken jointly by Intel and Samiti are:
- Smart School Project: Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, has launched a major initiative called the “Smart Schools Project” with the aim encouraging and promoting technology use in government schools of India.
- Joint Contest: The duo launched a Joint contest for acknowledging the Best Integration of Technology in Education in 2004.
- Technology Plan Workshops: Technology Model schools and making them use the available resources judiciously. Keeping the same in mind Intel and the Samiti decided on conducting following set of activities:
- Workshop for NVS officials: In July 2005, Intel conducted a workshop on IT skills for Samiti officials.
- IT Curriculum Review Committee: Intel was invited to take part in curriculum review committee.
This year Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti signed an MOU with Bharatiya Jain Sangathan(BJS), a Pune based NGO, for implementation of EDUQIP (Educational Quality Improvement Project). EDUQIP was successfully implemented by BJS in Andaman Nicobar Island Schools. It contains a basket of programs aimed at enhancing the contributions of all the stake holders of the Navodaya Vidyalayas to improve the quaility. These project will be implemented in all the Navodayas during 2007-11. During these three years BJS will establish and operate the program with the help of selected trained teachers of Navodya Vidyalayas and later the project will be handed over to NVS.
NVS signed a MOU with an NGO, The Dakshana Foundation in year 2007,according to which the foundation will provide free IIT-JEE coaching to selected students,a batch of forty students from each region of NVS.Accordingly, coaching classes at fifteen sites,including one batch of 70 XII pass students is under operations.Seven batches out of which are to appear in IIT-JEE 2009.