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Orissa joins British Council to implement scheme- 17-Feb-2010
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa Government today signed an MoU with the British Council for implementation of a programme in state-run schools to enable students interact with their counterparts in the UK.
The MoU was inked between the Secretary of School and Mass Education Bandana Jena and Director of British Council, East India Sujata Sen here.
Orissa is the second state in east besides Chhatishgarh where the Council's 'connecting classrooms programme' would be implemented. "The children of state-run schools can interact with their counterparts in UK over internet under the programme," Sen said adding a total of 370 schools across the country would be covered in first phase.
At least 21 schools located here and Cuttack would be covered under the first phase of programme, Sen said. The British Council would sign MoUs with Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand.
"The schools having computer and internet facilities will be covered under the programme", Jena said adding that of about 60,000 primary and elimentary schools in the state, only 1500 have been provided with computers.
The Council would help in equipping trainers in schools and the trained teachers would help students in learning how to interact over net with their counterparts in the UK, Sen said.
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