This story is from December 21, 2018

Pupils’ brush with digital world gets shape in flight

Pupils’ brush with digital world gets shape in flight
Students and teachers alighting from a classroom shaped like a plane at a government school in Alwar
JAIPUR: In a unique endeavour, administration in Alwar district has constructed a digital classroom at a government school in the shape of an aeroplane, and has called it, ‘Education Airline’.
The classroom is constructed at Indragarh village, 16km away from Alwar city in the Government Senior Secondary School, which a few years back, did not even have a proper boundary wall.
The classroom can accommodate about 50 students at a time, giving the students a feel of sitting in an plane, which is why it is called ‘Indra Vimaan’. Junior engineer of Alwar Sarwa Sikhsha Abhiyaan, Rajesh Lavaniya is the man behind the project, who took help of Sehgal foundation for its construction. “Last year, we constructed a train-themed classroom at a government school in Alwar city named as ‘Education Express’. After its success, we decided to execute this plan.
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The inside view of the classroom
Though there was shortage of funds, Sehgal foundation gave us enormous support. It took us six months to complete the project with a budget of Rs 45 lakh,” said Lavaniya. Students of all classes are given a chance to study here and learn about the digital world. The news of this unique classroom is spreading across many nearby villages.
According to the school’s principal Pushpa Meena, around 20 students have taken admission in the school in the middle of the year and she is expecting that this will help in increasing the number of students. The classroom has become a centre of attraction not just for students, but even for villagers. According to a villager, Shyam Meena, newly weds of the village come for clicking pictures here in their wedding attire. Kanchan, a student said, “I have never seen an aeroplane, but looking at this classroom, I feel really happy. Two years back, condition of the school was really bad, but now I feel re ally motivated to come to school.”
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