Kids use technology to spread awareness

Good morning friends. I may say that our children are really the hope of the future. Education is very important, that's why all parents should not take for granted the studies of their children.

Anusha B Hegde and Ashwini M of Government Junior College have bagged a prize for their project, `Eradication of Illiteracy'. They were among 14 winners awarded on Wednesday by Intel and the department of state education research and training. Seven schools, 14 teachers and 14 student groups were honoured for effective integration of technology in the teaching-learning process.

Anusha and Ashwini told TOI they were inspired by the movie, `Taare Zameen Par'. Along with classmates, they also started a club, `Akshara Akshaya', in June 2007. "The objective of this club is to spread awareness among students as well as parents about the importance of education." Anusha said.

Swarnakanthi, Kasturi Prabhu and Ramayashree B of Dr K Shivaram Karantha Government School, Putur Nagar, won the award for highlighting issues related to AIDS, like causes, symptoms and preventive measures.

Primary and secondary education minister Visveshwara Hegde Kageri commended the students for doing projects on social issues. He stressed on the need for students to show social responsibility. He said under the 11th Five-Year Plan, `Mahiti Sindhu', a free computer-based education programme, will be implemented in all government schools by next year. "The government will take the help of IT companies for this," he said. However, he also observed that while technology has been beneficial, there have been instances of its misuse.

Kids talk about energy conservation with colours

Good morning friends. Since mothers were all watching on the Children’s Day, I want to share with you one article which has referenced to The Times of India about kids, about childres.

Ahmedabad : Fifty elementary school children of class IV and V from 25 districts appeared at state-level painting competition on energy education and conservation at Science City on Thursday.

The competition on energy education and conservation has been organised by Bureau of Energy Efficiency of ministry of power, Government of India, in association with Gujarat Science City.

Earlier, about 13,000 children from 597 schools in Gujarat participated at school-level competition and submitted their painting on energy conservation. Out of this, about 1,157 entries were selected from which 50 best creative drawings have been selected and called for the state-level competition at Science City.

Two students will be selected for the national-level competition to be held at New Delhi on December 12 this year.

In addition, Gujarat Science City is also coordinating another logo competition for its on-going DNA (DBT's Natural Resource Awareness) Club Activities. About 600 students from 10 DNA club schools across the state are participating in the event. The drawings and designs have been kept for display at Science City.