Smart Schools In The Upcoming Smart City

Ludhiana,  January 29, 2016: A couple of  city schools have already earned a ‘smart school’ tag much before Ludhiana got its elite share of ‘smart city’  in Punjab yesterday, thanks to TCYonline’s educational tie-up with them about three years ago. 

Today, these schools - Sacred Heart Convent School, Sarabha Nagar, and BCM Arya Model Sen Sec School, Shastri Nagar - stand tall as their students are much better prepared with regular testing and feedback, thorough conceptual clarity and competition-readiness with the company’s online testing exposure.

It is believed that asking students to demonstrate their understanding of the subject matter is critical to the learning process. Also, it is essential to evaluate whether the educational goals and standards of the lessons are being met.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has been advocating continuous evaluation of curricular and co-curricular skills through its CCE scheme since 2009. Unknown too many, these Ludhiana schools had taken a plunge towards assessing curricular skills continuously all these years.

These schools removed the biggest impediment towards implementation of continuous curricular skill evaluation, paper-checking and individualized feedback with the help of technology. They took the help of TCY’s unique testing and remedial action tool called Teacher Assistant .

 It is worth mentioning that this Ludhiana-based education company (Top Careers & You) is catering to more than 2.5 million students and is one of the largest assessment platforms in the country. 

One of the advantages is that  parents too are kept updated on their children’s continuous progress, through a mobile app, sms email, etc. 

Moreover,  a  school is aware of how each child is progressing along with his/her unique curricular skill from the enormous data that has been accumulating over the years for each students. Now even taking decisions like which stream to enrol in after class X is taken by using evidence of student’s competence in different areas. 

Since this data is accumulated over a continuous period of time and through the academic and social evolution of the student, it is much more reliable than a regular one time aptitude test.  

So, as the CBSE exams are around the corner, it would be sensible to prepare for the exams in a smart online way.   As a result of this Teacher Assistant tool, all - students, teachers, parents and principals - are happy and satisfied.

According to the Principal of BCM Arya Model Senior School, “Thanks to Teacher Assistant, I now have ready solutions for all my academic and administrative problems. I can access detailed reports of each child, class and teacher. Remedial teaching has become more focussed and easier to conduct.”

 Parents too are appreciative of the program.  Says a parent, Mrs. Gurpreet Kaur: "After my son's school implemented Teacher Assistant, I am able to get in regular touch with what is happening in his school. Test after test the reports not only tell me where my child is weak, but also guide me on how I can help him as a parent to remove those weaknesses. I now feel empowered to help my son."