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GVSCCL adopts Google Future Classrooms to provide holistic education

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Greater Vishakhapatnam Smart City Corporation Limited (GVSCCL), Andhra Pradesh today announced a three-year partnership with IL&FS Education and Technology Services Limited, a premier education partner of Google for Education to provide holistic education solutions including hardware, software, training and certification to schools. The announcement was made on the sidelines of India Foundation Day for Smart Cities Mission held in Vishakhapatnam.

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The solution is in keeping with the Smart City Mission to create internet-connected, future ready classrooms. Google's education offering enables students to learn using open web technologies including apps and interactive content.

Under the partnership, the schools would be provided with Chromebook with GSuite for Education. The content on the Chromebooks will be available in English and Telugu. The devices come with Chrome Management Console(CMC) for managed and secure learning experiences for students when accessing the internet and professional development for teachers.

“Under the Smart City initiative, our vision is to transform conventional classrooms by empowering teachers to integrate digital tools and aids seamlessly in their teaching process. Our aim is to accelerate learning for students and encourage creativity and critical thinking. Google India and IL&FS Education are our valuable partners in our journey as their open web technologies coupled with the training and certification provides us with a solution to enable both the students and teachers," said M Hari Narayanan, IAS, Managing Director & CEO, GVSCCL.

“What's coming next in technology will shape our future. We are committed to empowering schools and teachers with 21st-century learning skills of collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and creativity. We are delighted to support the state’s Smart City initiative by enabling the creation of future classrooms," said Bani Paintal Dhawan, Head of Education, Google India.

The partnership is committed to cultivating a new generation of problem-solvers, storytellers, and creative minds to tackle next problems at scale. Google says that it is not just about coding and programming for computers, but it also wants to help students learn skills they'll need to approach problems in a fundamentally different way across every discipline.

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