Mobile classrooms soon to be a reality in five cities

BANGALORE, INDIA: HP and Nasscom has partnered to align with Government's National Digital Literacy Mission by donating five mobile container classrooms which will be deployed in Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Bengaluru and Rajasthan with the capacity to train 6,000 beneficiaries on digital literacy.

The 40 foot X 9 foot container classrooms will benefit with around an area.  After the mobile classroom is located and the area around gets trained, it can be moved to a new location to offer these benefits to a new set of people in need. This will inevitably reduce the costs and construction costs also real estate associated with this portable benefit.

"With this partnership, we aim to support government's National Digital Literacy Mission by setting up five centres across India to empower learners with digital literacy, entrepreneurial and vocational skills," said Neelam Dhawan, managing director, HP (India).

The cloud enabled and readily deployable shipping container classrooms will be equipped with technology, products, internet and e-learning solutions.

HP will facilitate the training infrastructure cost, trainer's cost and other operational expenses of the learning centre.