KITE
KERALA
Others
Education
Published By: SeMT
Erstwhile IT@School project formed in 2001-02 to fuel ICT enabled education in the schools in the State, KITE was transformed into a Company in August 2017. KITE is the first Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) Company of the Education Department of the State. It is also the first SPV to get funded by Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB), the apex body for monitoring all the projects envisaged by the Govt. The scope of KITE has also been extended to the Higher Education sector also to fuel ICT support to Arts & Science colleges, Engineering colleges and Universities. The core objective of KITE was to inculcate ICT enabled activities in over 16000 schools in the State. The first breakthrough of the unique initiative came in 2005 when Information Technology was made a compulsory subject in Std 10. The launch of EDUSAT operations and broadband connectivity to schools commenced since then, the VICTERS channel under KITE was setup in 2005 and it is the first Complete Educational Channel in the Country. By effectively making use of the Centrally sponsored ?ICT at School ?scheme, KITE provided ICT infrastructure to 4071 schools during 2007- 2012. In 2016, the ICT intervention in Lower Primary and Upper Primary sections was reinitiated, by launching exclusive ICT Textbooks viz; Kalipetti (for Std 1 to 4) and e@Vidya (for Std 5 to 7). As many as 1.50 Lakh teachers and over 50 lakh students stand benefited through the ICT initiatives by KITE every year, enabling the teachers to transact their subjects more effectively using ICT tools and also equipping the students to learn various subjects with ease by using ICT.
Project Details
Brief Background
Erstwhile IT@School project formed in 2001-02 to fuel ICT enabled education in the schools in the State KITE was transformed into a Company in August 2017. KITE is the first Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) Company of the Education Department of the State. It is also the first SPV to get funded by Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) the apex body for monitoring all the projects envisaged by the Govt. The scope of KITE has also been extended to the Higher Education sector also to fuel ICT support to Arts & Science colleges Engineering colleges and Universities. The core objective of KITE was to inculcate ICT enabled activities in over 16000 schools in the State. The first breakthrough of the unique initiative came in 2005 when Information Technology was made a compulsory subject in Std 10. The launch of EDUSAT operations and broadband connectivity to schools commenced since then the VICTERS channel under KITE was setup in 2005 and it is the first Complete Educational Channel in the Country. By effectively making use of the Centrally sponsored ?ICT at School ?scheme KITE provided ICT infrastructure to 4071 schools during 2007- 2012. In 2016 the ICT intervention in Lower Primary and Upper Primary sections was reinitiated by launching exclusive ICT Textbooks viz Kalipetti (for Std 1 to 4) and e@Vidya (for Std 5 to 7). As many as 1.50 Lakh teachers and over 50 lakh students stand benefited through the ICT initiatives by KITE every year enabling the teachers to transact their subjects more effectively using ICT tools and also equipping the students to learn various subjects with ease by using ICT.
Objective
The scope of KITE has also been extended to the Higher Education sector also to fuel ICT support to Arts & Science colleges Engineering colleges and Universities. It provides centrallized monitoring of the effectiveness of the SAMAGRA shiksha abhayan along with monitoring of mid-day meal schemes and ensuring availability if IT infrastructure to convert classrooms to Digital class rooms
Benefits
Centrallized monitoring of all govert owned and governemtn aided schools in the state including infrastructure and academics
