The new academic session will see as many as 150 schools using the Midas eClass software that has been developed by Midas Technologies. Designed as per the government’s curriculum, Midas eClass is a teaching software that will aid children’s learning. Schools are looking forward to adapt the software to make their teaching methods technology friendly.

An animated interactive audio-visual teaching tool, its fun and colorful storytelling methods is guaranteed to keep children interested during their lessons.

Chhatra Hari Karki, Managing Director, Midas Technologies, says, “We started creating it a long time ago. Initially, we had a few foreigners to train students from Lalit Kala Campus and today we have 120 animators from the college working on it. We’ve taken each chapter from important subjects of the curriculum and used an audio visual method to teach students. Instead of the usual way where a teacher teaches his students on a blackboard, Midas eClass opens the class with a film about the chapter. Then it is followed by an interaction session with the students. We’ve also designed that interaction session in a video game pattern so that children can be fully involved. I think this helps the children concentrate more on their studies as they will find their classes very interesting.”

“At present we have designed the software according to the curriculum of class 1 and class 5. We will start developing the curriculum for higher levels after we estimate the demand and requirement from schools,” states Karki.

The company‘s product has attracted schools and will be featured in more than 150 schools all over the country. There are 105 schools from Kathmandu who will be using this technology to teach their students in the coming academic session.

Pokhara has around 21 schools adapting Midas eClass while Purwanchal and Butwal have around 16 and 12 schools respectively embracing this technology. 40 schools from around the country have already tested this software in the past. Teachers have also already undergone training to familiar themselves with the audio visual medium of tutoring students

source: republica,18 March 2013