The document provides information about the Sir Padampat Singhania Education Center's nomination for the Best e-Campus award. It describes the school's "é-tude" initiative, which aims to incorporate technical knowledge and e-learning into the curriculum to empower students to become global citizens. The initiative provides 24/7 upgraded knowledge through convenient online learning. It also aims to develop students' innovative and collaborative skills while establishing international educational links and participation in global research. The unique features of é-tude include its blended online and in-person learning approach and vast library of digital educational resources accessible anywhere, anytime.

1. SCHOOL EDUCATION AWARDS 2013
NOMINATION FORM
Name of the School Sir Padampat Singhania Education Center
Website www.spsec.co.in
Name of the person heading the School Dr Rajeev Kumar Chauhan
Designation of the person heading the school Principal
Type of school (Govt / Govt aided/ Pvt/ Trust) Pvt.
Address Kamla Nagar
City Kanpur
State Uttar Pradesh
PIN Code 208005
Landline 0512-2218222, 0512-2218283
Mobile 9794912001
Fax 0512-2218283
Email school@spsec.co.in
principal@spsec.co.in
Tick the category for which you E-school Awards
would like to nominate the school:
Best e Campus √ (YES)
Best ICT Laboratory in School (Language/ Science(Bio-tech lab)and Computer
Mathematics/ Science) Lab
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2. ABOUT THE INITIATIVE BEING NOMINATED
A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE INITIATIVE RELATED TO THE PEDAGOGY
FOLLOWED / E-CAMPUS/ ICT L ABORATORY IN THE SCHOOL.
Sir Padampat Singhania Education Center, Kamla Nagar Kanpur aims
at comprehensive quality education .The school believes in imparting
education and providing opportunities that promote social, cultural, mental
, emotional and physical growth to every child. The school has contributed
its mite to extend the child - centric quality education.
The school has adopted the motto ‘Our efforts, studies and knowledge
should be brilliant’ with a clear vision and understanding that education is
for the child with purity, grace and brilliance. The school believes in
liberating the minds of students, thus collaborative learning along with new
innovative teaching methods is the hallmark of our institution. To realize
the motto, the school introduced the project “é-tude”, an E-learning based
program to incorporate technical knowledge in their day to day life so as to
lead the world in scientific and technical race.
The students have carved a niche for them by energetically participating in
different national and international competitions. They have consistently
shown their excellence in debate, quiz, dance, music, art, craft, drama
competitions as well as in academics.
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3. WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE FOR THE INITIATIVE RELATED TO THE PEDAGOGY
FOLLOWED / E-CAMPUS/ICT L ABORATORY IN THE SCHOOL?
é-tude aims at empowering individuals to become a Global Citizen.
To make the teaching learning process a pleasant tool to make the child a better
citizen
24x7 upgraded knowledge
To make teaching learning - a convenient and easy process
To develop a better understanding among students
To create innovative and imaginative minds
To provide student centered learning
To re-use the resources
Sharing and learning
To motivate collaborative work
To provide improved interaction
To establish International Links with Educational institutions to facilitate
international learning opportunities for students, teachers through e-education
To integrate curricular and co –curricular activities which facilitate understanding
of internationalism among the students in the school curriculum
To use advance electronic and communication technology
To overcome geo-political boundaries and time
To create awareness of global problems and collective responsibility to combat
them through social websites
To promote student-teacher exchange programmes to make learning more
dynamic
To promote innovative teaching learning methodology
To allow students to appreciate their constructive role in the world community
To participate in research activities with global institutions
To prepare students and provide global information about educational and career
opportunities
To interact globally via networking mediums like web cam (video conferencing)
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4. WHAT IS THE GENESIS OR THE BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATION FOR THE
INITIATIVE RELATED TO THE PEDAGOGY FOLLOWED / ECAMPUS/ ICT
LABORATORY IN THE SCHOOL?
The International dimension in overall personality development of our students has
become an integral part of our school’s ethos. It has not only widened our horizon,
but also opened new vistas and broadened our thinking. This journey of
internationalism has nurtured our students’ enthusiasm, creativity and talent. I am
particularly pleased to see that this is in consonance with the vision of our school,
which is ‘to mould students to achieve global standards of excellence in
academics and create lifelong learners’.
Our philosophy, “Think big, think different, think fast, think ahead and question
for the best” helps us be in sync with global trends. Global Education is undergoing
constant changes. é-tude is a kaleidoscopic programme that not only facilitates
understanding of international educational and cultural procedures but also fosters
camaraderie between nations separated by geo-political boundaries.
We prepare every child in our school to have an e-pal and each one to be a global
citizen, aware of his/her responsibilities and role in the global community. We also
aim that all the students as well as the teachers to tread more paths of challenges.
We, at Sir Padampat Singhania Education Center nurture future leaders of the
World. The project “é-tude” has made it easy for our students to understand the
dynamics of interdependence within the ever shrinking global village.
The teaching-learning process strives for the holistic development of the students
focusing on scholastic and co- scholastic wings. The project targets in imparting
education and providing opportunities that promote social, cultural, mental,
emotional and physical growth to every child.
Date of inception of the initiative : 25.06.2011
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5. Is the above mentioned initiative
still operational? : YES
DETAILS OF THE MOST UNIQUE FEATURE OF THE INITIATIVE RELATED TO
PEDAGOGY / E-CAMPUS / ICT LABORATORY THAT MAKES IT INNOVATIVE,
CREATIVE AND YET , VIABLE FOR EFFECTIVE USE WITHIN THE SCHOOL
EDUCATION SYSTEM.
The project deals with considerable research and empirical studies to understand the
ways in which it differs from traditional models of learning, the implications of such
differences, and the ways to use the newly available technological infrastructures
effectively. The idea of the project is to come up with an appropriate application within
the institution’s learning paradigm so that some of these negative implications can be
alleviated. These applications might include requiring the learners to participate in a set
of mandatory face-to-face tutorials which give both the teacher and the learner
opportunities to build motivation, assess progress, convey the course content, formulate
suitable testing mechanisms, and undergo oral, written, and practical tests.
Reasons for Starting Programme/Project/Initative:
With the installation of ICT , our school changed to an e-Content education system.
Technology have now become a tool for learning and not another subject to teach.
We are forging ahead in ICT with a speed and availability of knowledge and information
in different formats. Knowledge and learning have achieved a new level, so have the
methodology to deliver and to learn. Knowledge is now well shared on a click of mouse,
screen or a cellphone. The use of ICT has helped us effectively illustrate and reinforce
facts and ideas to our students. Teachers’ role has changed from transmitters to
facilitators and supporters of learning. Every teacher had to comprehend that he who
learns, teaches and he who teaches, learns. And the classrooms have become a world of
limitless possibilities where our students revel in the discovery of knowledge.
Objective:
At Sir Padampat Singhania Education Center we have now adopted the best practices
and partnerships across the globe for the benefit of our students first and then well
shared by others. At Sir Padampat Singhania Education Center we wish to expand
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6. educational opportunities by making education available anywhere, anytime and to
everyone. We have improved learning outcomes, making learning more interactive and
getting learners more involved. ICT and technology will enable education to be tailored
to individual learning needs and abilities since we are using the CCE. Eventually this has
provided conditions that permit and promote team work abilities and other twenty-first
century skills among learners.
Target Group:
All our stakeholders comprising from Standard One to Standard Twelve, into total 4000+
students have benefitted largely from the ICT and technology and welcome any new
contribution.
5 achievements of the programme/project/initiative:
1. After going fully Wi-Fi, we have the computer based testing (CBT) and on demand test
(OTE) schemes for our students.
2. With the annual techno-fest ‘TECHNIKA’ and a Mega Science Festival “GENESIS”
we are able to generate a lot of interest in technology, innovations and robotics.
3. The easy to use tools have empowered our staff to frame their lessons using the vast
repository of multimedia objects available. They use interactive animations,
diagrams, demonstrations, videos, songs, movie-clips making teaching and learning
engaging and fun.
4. Soon after our ICT installations, our school becomes the Best ICT Enabled School of
Development and Media Studies in the city..
5. Sir Padampat Singhania Education Center have been able to go global with
resource people on Skype, exchange programmes with the BRITISH COUNCIL.
How the Project/Programme/Initiative can serve as a model that can be
replicated or adapted by others?
1. At Sir Padampat Singhania Education Center the e-Content is totally developed by
the staff in an interesting and structured manner. The content gradation is done timely
and in-sync with the latest technologies and surely our lessons can serve as models and
be shared.
2. Our micro teaching method is another effective way of sharing ICT skills with subject
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7. specific teachers
3. We maintain a uniform standard of quality in teaching concepts using ICT through
class observations by the heads with appropriate feedback and also peer observation.
4. Maintaining a data of all our students (4000 +) and parents itself is exemplary and
maintained by our IT department and teachers.
6. Conducting of the (CBT) – Computer Based Testing, e-Report Cards and on demand
Test Schemes are all exemplary and can be replicated.
Points to elaborate on the scalability of the
Project/Programme/Initiative
1. At present the full school building is Wi-Fi enabled, letting our student take the On
Demand Tests, Formative and Summative Assessments leading to e-reporting methods.
2. Want to go ahead introducing more advanced technologies/gadgets which will help in
delivery of lessons and video conferencing.
3. We would want to generate e-Content in all subjects – languages (Hindi, Sanskrit,
French), co-curricular activities (Aerobics, Yoga, Music, Art and Craft, P.E. and
Western Dance). Though to some extent the teachers have prepared their respective
e-Contents.
4. Development of partnerships between education institution and IT industry for the
continuous development of new Content and Methodology taking into account
contemporary technology. We want all our students to accept and learn the new
softwares offering much creativity, communications and enhance with special effects
and professional – quality sound. Would want faculty members to use Adobe’s web
conferencing and e-learning solution for online meetings, wish to create virtual
classrooms to engage students online when school is closed or needed to be closed.
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8. Highlights: 10 Innovations of the programme/project/initiative:
1. The Staff uses PowerPoint presentations, videos, movie clips, use of songs to teach
concepts, use of movie maker to make certain lessons in History, online games in
math and English Language and much more to sustain interests and attention of
the students.
2. The annual school magazine “PADAMJYOTI” gave way to the online newsletter
uploaded . http://www.spsec.co.in
3. Introduction of continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) system has
brought about a sea-change in the classroom.
4. This year we have introduced CBT (Computer Based Testing) and assessments –
futuristic assessment tool with entire school Wi-Fi enabled. We also use the OTE
(On Demand Test) scheme, where a set of question papers is generated randomly
by the computer out of the already developed question bank – as and when
demanded.
5. Data managed for all our stakeholders and they are well connected via sms / email.
6. Visualizer, PPT and Touchscreens enhance our senior students capabilities,
specially in the Science Labs and in senior classrooms.
7. Open Houses are interactive and effective with all the points to note listed on ICT.
8. Being pioneers in the field of technology Sir Padampat Singhania Education
Center annually organizes an interschool technofest TECHNIKA since last seven
years a platform for all students.
9. We have the e-Report card mailed to every student / parent, giving a detailed
performance report.
10. Micro Teaching is adopted at Sir Padampat Singhania Education Center –
another effective way in sharing ICT skills with subject specific teachers.
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9. In a single project, it has been tried to develop the overall personality of the student and
the teacher through various tools and techniques in digital education. The project is an
appreciable one due to its following unique features:
 Class work can be scheduled around personal and professional work.
 Learners may have the option to select learning materials that meet their level of
knowledge and interest.
 Flexibility to join discussions in the bulletin board threaded discussion areas at any
hour, or visit with classmates and instructors remotely in chat rooms
 Different learning styles are addressed and facilitation of learning occurs through
various activities.
 Development of computer and Internet skills that are transferable to other facets of
learner's lives
 Successfully completing online or computer-based courses builds self-knowledge
and self-confidence and encourages students to take responsibility for their
learning
 Flexibility and control.
 Reduced cost – Coping with increased student numbers: Courses developed for the
web prove cheaper to run because of less dependence on highly qualified teachers
every time the course is presented.
 Improved interaction: é-tude provides a number of ways for tutor-student
synchronous and asynchronous interaction besides face-to-face tutorials.
 Enhanced tracking, monitoring, archiving and retrieving processes: É-TUDE can
greatly improve tracking and monitoring processes and also will decrease handling
errors.
 Sharing and re-use of resources: etude can reduce the need for the scarce resources
and allow for their sharing among more students.
 Collaborative work: etudes’ enhanced interaction facilities can remove barriers of
all sorts among learners and hence facilitate an easier environment for them to
carry out many kinds of group projects.
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10.  Student-centered learning: é-tude based learning places the student at the center of
the learning process. It provides greater flexibility in terms of learning time and
pace.
THE ENABLER INDICATORS
DETAILS OF THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OR MODULES OF THE PEDAGOGY / E-
CAMPUS / ICT LABORATORY INITIATED BY OUR ORGANÉ-TUDETION.
The project deals with e-based digital learning. It is different from the conventional and
usual manual handling of various modules. The project is very innovative as it provides
new and latest techniques of teaching-learning process through the following:
CAL Packages
Computer Aided Learning (CAL) packages are an excellent tool of making the teaching
learning process more rewarding. The school understands the concept and has thus
inculcated various CAL packages in the curriculum. The CAL packages are implemented
in each class room. The topics covered are as per the CBSE syllabus. Each class room has
hardware resources to run the CAL packages
Smart Boards:
The Smart Board is a large interactive whiteboard that uses touch detection for user
input – e.g. scrolling, right mouse-click – in the same way normal PC input devices, such
as a mouse or keyboard detect input. A projector is used to display a computer’s video
output on the whiteboard, which then acts as a large touch screen.
School Software
To reduce the over-all loaded manual work and update the record maintenance , the
school has introduced its own customized software that performs various functions.
Right from the attendance of the students to the result entry, everything is computerized.
The various activities that can be performed with the help of an software are:
 Attendance of the students and staff
 Result Entry
 Report Card Generation according to new CCE Format
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11.  Circulars Maintenance
 Payroll and Fee Management
 Transport Management
 Students’ Database, Teachers’ Login
School Website
The school website gives the mirror image of the school and to communicate with the
rest of the world. It provides all the essential details and salient features of the
organization. The students have their own logins and can access the information as
and when needed.
The various features of the website are:
 Academic Zone, Achievements Zone
 School Activities
 Speak To Director
 Admission
 Alumni Zone
 Notice Board
Robotics Lab
The school has successfully maintained a Robotics Lab to provide the hands-on
experience of mechanics through various scientific principles they have learnt. The
students have learnt the techniques to implement AI (Artificial Intelligence).
Language Lab
Emerging technologies make it practical to approach learning in ways that have been
advocated by scientists, theorists, and educational psychologists for years. Advanced
information technologies such as virtual reality, visualization, digital modeling,
digitization, simulation, games, virtual worlds and intelligent one-on-one tutoring
systems rapidly enhance teaching and learning of elusive concepts by translating
abstractions into real-world contexts and providing customized instruction and
individualized assessments.
Computer-Based Activities
 BlendedMinds: The Computer Club has helped the students explore and exploit
their potential in the field of computers. The students learn beyond their
curriculum and help themselves to prepare for various inter and intra school
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12. competitions.
 Technika: A mega computer event organized every year to explore the students’
creative work in computer.
 Tele-typing Software: The school provides special software like tele-typing for
special students who have major vision problems.
What has been the impact of the initiative related to Pedagogy / e-
Campus / ICT laboratory by the school?
é-tude is one of the greatest achievement of the school. It has helped us to communicate
not only with the surroundings but also with the outer world. The project is a landmark
in the school achievements. As a result of the project implementation, we have achieved
the following:
We, at Sir Padampat Singhania Education Center nurture future leaders of the
World. The é-tude Programme has made it easy for our students to understand the
dynamics of interdependence within the ever shrinking global village.
International Projects
We are now turning global and we have an international edge towards our institution.
It is a matter of great pride that the teachers of our school recently attended a
prestigious workshop conducted by the British Council. We are bidding for the
international school award given by the British Council to outstanding schools all over
the world. Our teachers will now be collaborating with schools in U.K. and other
countries across the globe. We will be venturing into several international students
exchange programmes this year and the trip to Malta will be organized in the month of
May.
The International dimension in overall personality development of our students
has become an integral part of our ethos. It will not only widen our horizon, but
also opened new vistas and broadened our thinking. This journey of
internationalism will nurture our students’ enthusiasm, creativity and talent. We
are particularly glad to note that this is in consonance with the vision of our school,
which is ‘to mould students to achieve global standards of excellence in academics
and create lifelong learners’.
This project aims to improve educational links between India and the U.K., ensuring in
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13. the long term, they become partners in education.
The major activities include special projects, contact seminars, educational research,
leadership programmes, workshops, etc. In-charges from different schools of India
visited our school. They shared their valuable experiences with the faculty and the
students of our school apart from their important projects.
The school is collaborating with the U.K. schools on four projects one of them being
‘Globalization: Cultural Diversity,Moral education to Teenagers,keeping the earth
grren,Developing Reading and Learning habits’. We have made
PowerPoint Presentations, project files and questionnaires related to all aspects of
Globalization.
International Olympiads
The school has constantly been conducting various National and International
Olympiads. Our students have made us proud by securing appreciable ranks in these
Olympiads, thereby taking the institution to a glorious height. More than 60% students
have reached the second level and more than 50% students have scored top 50 ranks
in the latter.
Following are the key challenges faced while implementing the initiative
related toPedagogy / e-Campus / ICT laboratory by the school
Class observations and Peer observations : Class observations and Peer
observations by the heads with appropriate feedback help teachers to instantly
improve on the quality of presentations made and checked for quality.
Use of E-report: Getting use to feeding of marks and grades for our e-Report
format. But soon their fear and inhibitions were channelized.
Upgradation and maintaining staff records: Upgrading and maintaining the
data for all our stakeholders at the beginning of every academic session.
Training of Teachers It was quiet a difficult task to train the teachers about the
new technologies and make them understand the É-tude based learning. The
teachers have doubtlessly expertise in their fields but it was yet a challenging task to
upgrade them with the latest technology.
Resource Requirement It was another challenging task to collect the resources
required for the project implementation.
Converting the conventional teaching methods into new techniques To bring
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14. about a change in something that exits for years is a tough job. Similar was the
condition with e-SHIKSHA. It required a lot of time, energy and money to implement
the project. It is not an easy task to change the thought process of an individual.
Economical Factor
The main economical problem we pertained to was the cost of CAL packages.
Do you think the initiative related to Pedagogy / e-Campus / ICT laboratory by the
school can serve as a model that can be replicated or adapted by others?
WORKING TOGETHER IN EDUCATION….………
All the institutions have similar goals and objectives to serve the society. So they can
implement é-tude with a modified version as per their requirements. Today, the
perspectives of young people are changing at a pace faster than ever. Young people with
their aspirations, ideas and achievements are all confidently poised on the crest of a
knowledge revolution that will determine the shape of the future. To do so, they need to
develop the skills to communicate and cooperate with an understanding and tolerance of
other cultures and their impact on each other in shaping the future. The project is a well
recommended model that can be easily replicated and adapted by the others to enhance
the following:
 To gradually adapt new changes in the field of education
 To observe and build upon existing teaching strategies
 To identify progress at an early stage and help develop progression for pupils
 To set up collabrative projcts, workshops for school staff to improve teaching
methodologies
 To understand global issues more holistically
The project has been completely accepted and appreciated by one and all. It has in some
way or the other been successful in meeting its goals and provide new technologies based
on digital learning to the society. Some remarkable appreciations of the project are:
The project achieved a new height of success when our parents appreciated it.
The parents are over whelmed with the current teaching technologies and are
looking forward to something more new.
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16. List down the team involved in the project (including those from the organe – é-tude,
other departments, top leadership and third party agency (if any)
Name Contact Email Role
1 Dr Rajeev Kumar Chauhan 7388600893 rajeevchauhan@hotmail.com Principal
2 Mrs. Bhawna Gupta 9695334266 bhawnag407@gmail.com Supervisor,Co-ordinator
British Council
3 Mr. Amit Saxena 9839326612 saxena.amit2007@hotmail.com Head of the Dept.
(Computer)
4 Mrs. Soumi Misra 9794912001 soumi_misra@rediffmail.com
Teacher
DETAILS OF THE PERSON SUBMITTING THE NOMINATION
Name Mrs. Soumi Misra
Designation Teacher
Company/ Organ é-
tudetion Sir Padampat Singhania Education Center
Address 118/535,Kaushalpuri Gumti No.5
City Kanpur
PIN 208005
State Uttar Pradesh
Country India
Mobile 9794912001
E-Mail soumi_misra@rediffmail.com
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