Educomp bags Rs 83.82 crores contract from Gujarat Government

Educomp Solutions, India''s leading education company has bagged Rs 83.82 crore order from Gujarat Government to introduce computer-aided learning (CAL) in Secondary/Senior Secondary Schools in the state. This will cover around 8,50,000 students in class 9th to 12th.

Soumya Kanti, President, Edureach (Educomp''s ICT Division) said, "We have signed an agreement with Commissioner MDM and Schools, Gandhinagar, Gujarat for Implementation of Computer Aided Learning in 1780 Secondary/Senior Secondary Schools in two Zones namely, North Gujarat (905 schools) and Saurashtra & Kutcch (875 schools) for the period of five Years on BOOT basis including supply of Hardware, Software, Manpower Services, Teacher Training and Maintenance of the Systems,"

Key Deliverables include supply, installation and maintenance of Computer Hardware, Software and connected accessories, providing Computer Aided education, impart training to teachers for using computers for operation & using the software and making provision for Internet connection at each school. One project manager per zone and one school coordinator/computer assistant for each set of five schools will also be provided by Educomp.

With the current project, the total number of schools under ICT implementation by Educomp in Gujarat is 5099 and the total number of schools across India stands at 13792.
The Public Private Partnership model has emerged as the most successful model for bridging the digital divide in the country and Educomp is leading the initiative in this segment. ICT in education, especially computer-aided learning has overall had an extremely positive impact on raising learning standards as well as in reducing drop out rates among children in these schools across the country.