Above: (April 27, 2006) Ms. Cde Olivia Muchena, Zimbabwe’s Minister for Science & Technology Development, Dr. Vincent Hungwe, Permenent Secretary - Ministry of Science & Technology Development and Eng. S.M. Kundishora, General Manager - Zimbabwe Academic & Research Network visited the Gorkhy Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram. The team studied about how the Technology can improve the teaching & learning experiences in the class room and the strategy of implementation of Interactive and Non-Interactive channels using EDUSAT facilities for the benefit of students and teachers. Above: The IT@School Project, under Department of General Education, Government of Kerala bagged ‘National E-Governance award 2005’. The Jury selected IT @ School Project for Silver Icon under Exemplary Leadership and ICT Achievement Category, The award is constituted by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances to recognize excellence and award Organizations and Institutions, which have implemented e-Governance initiatives in an exemplary manner. The award has been given at the national conference on e-Governance at Kochi on February 2, 2006 to Sri. Biju Prabhakar, Executive Director, IT@School Project by Sri. M.K Muneer, Hon'ble Minister for Public works. Above: India’s first broadband network on EDUSAT for schools - - ViCTERS (Virtual Class Technology on Edusat for Rural Schools) – inaugurated by H.E. Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, the President of India on 28-July-2005 in Thiruvananthapuram, has revolutionized classrooms through interactive IP-based technology. CLICK HERE for more photos and CLICK HERE for more news from President of India's official website   Education Department sets up stall in India International Trade Fair -2005; EDUSAT initiatives of the State along with Akshaya the Major Theme; (Stall nos 5 & 6 ). Education dept for the first time participates in the prestigious India International Trade Fair -2005. The EDUSAT has been included as the major theme for the fair along with the IT Mission's Akshaya Project. The IT@ School which transformed the class room teaching process has now in the process of bringing in IT enabled education using Interactive Multimedia CDs and also through its flagship scheme - the ViCTERS. The Interactive terminals set up in 15 locations in all the Districts are being scaled up with 41 additional locations -20 under SSA and 21 in engineering colleges. Sri. E. Ahmed, Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Sri. E.T.Mohammad Basheer, Minister for Education (Government of Kerala) are visited the stall later. Sri. Biju Prabhakar, Executive Director of the IT@School Project, Sri. V.K Sasidaran and Sri. Ramesh Mohan (LMT, IT@School) were also attended.