A team of dedicated government school teachers of Jalandhardistrict, who have been instrumental in developing Digital SchoolBag - "Punjab Educare App" , to give a fillip to online educationunder the "Ghar Baithe Sikhiya" programme launched by the Punjabeducation department during the lockdown period in wake of pandemic COVID-19,were honoured by the cabinet minister, Aruna Chaudhary, during the districtlevel Republic Day function at Jalandhar.
It is worthwhile to mention here that the government schoolteachers of Jalandhar district - Deepak Kumar (Math Master, GSSS, Nurpur),Jaswinder Singh (Science Master, GMS, Rampur), Harjit Kumar (Science Master,GSSS Boys, Goraya), Haridarshan Singh (Science Master, GHS, Basti Bawa Khel),Chander Shekhar, English Master, GMSSS, Ladowali Road), Omeshwar Narayan(S.St.Master, GHS, Sheikhe Pind), Sharanjit Singh (English Master, GHS,Jalbhe), Dharampal (Math Master, GHS, Patara), who does not have any technicalbackground, but just having an innovative bent of mind coupled with dedicatedefforts have evolved " Punjab Educare app", to help both the teachersas well as students to have an easy and hassle free access to study materialfrom pre-primary to 12th classes.
The "Punjab Educare App" has contents likesyllabus , text books in pdf form, video lectures, worksheets, assignments,quizzes, "Ajj da Shabad", " Udaan sheets" etc. Besides, ithas been proving a boon for the teachers and students to prepare themselves toaccomplish " Mission Shat Pratishat' as it has regular updates like the reduced syllabus, simplified learning material, new structure of questionpapers, question banks, revision tests etc.
"The 'Punjab Educare App', which was launched by theEducation Secretary, Krishan Kumar, on July 11, last year, has emerged as apioneer in digital education apps. So far, it has more than 21 lakh users and more than 16 crores page views. Its rating is 4.5 out of 5", saidDeepak Kumar.
Moreover, Dr. Gulshan Sharma( Retd. Major), DG-InternationalChamber of Services Industry(ICSI), during an virtual address via youtubeon January 22, while lavishing praise on the dedicated team ofgovt.school teachers, who have developed " Punjab Educare App",have urged the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, to recognise the uniqueinnovation of the dedicated teachers for boosting digital education during the COVID-19era.
