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PANJIM: The Goa IT Professionals (GITP) has urged the management of all the schools in the State to co-operate with the training and content preparation effort since computer and technology sector has been given an important place in school education in the National Education Policy 2020.
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Given the need of the hour, the SCERT Goa, has developed a new curriculum for computer education under the Coding and Robotics Education in Schools (CARES) scheme. The curriculum has been changed after almost 10 years and it is a commendable initiative to impart modern and useful computer education to all students in the State, the GITP said in a release.
Computer technology is constantly evolving and teaching such a subject requires a balanced combination of advanced concepts with students’ imagination and ability to relate to it. SCERT Goa is trying to outline this course and prepare an information handbook with the help of computer teachers in the State.
Involving teachers from the State while preparing the content itself allows an early feedback to ensure the students do not find it difficult to learn these concepts. The GITP has appealed to all the school principals and managements to co-operate in this endeavour.
The GITP said Goa is already lagging behind in computer and information technology (IT), which has benefited many industries and especially, the education sector in the current COVID-19 period. However, we are not learning what computer technology really is and how this technology can be used by students to enhance their capabilities and skills. Due to this, the students are not using computers/smart phones effectively.
