New Era High School, Panchgani

In the last decade, we at New Era High School have seen how technology has transformed the way we live, work and communicate. The computer, internet and mobile technology have permeated all aspects of daily life. The pace of change continues to accelerate. Technology and digital Literacy are now much more a part of education.

The school has three state-of-art ICT labs with Internet facilities. Keeping in pace with the fast growing technology, two ICT labs were upgraded with the latest hardware and software.

Responsibility and Applied Learning

Students need to be taught how to responsibly and effectively use technology to gather information, process it, put it to practical use and communicate the results.

Our team of highly skilled teachers and technical staff help and guide students, encouraging them to integrate computers into every area of study.

Reducing Carbon Footprint

The IT Dept. has help reduce the carbon footprint of the School by networking all the departments together and reducing paper consumption. The Department also invests in energy saving equipment.

Aims of the ICT Department

To provide students and staff with the skills and knowledge that will enable them to use the ICT facilities in order to develop and enhance their work throughout the school.
To help students use ICT in finding solutions to problems in different subject areas.
To provide students with the training that they require for the applications in IT.
To nurture students natural enthusiasm for ICT and encourage them to develop skills to enhance student learning and presentations.
To co-ordinate the use of Information and Communications Technology throughout the school.
To prepare students for a world in which the use of ICT is commonplace.

Curriculum

Information Technology is taught for two periods per week for all classes. The scheme of work broadly follows CBSE and IGCSE guidelines. Internet safety and responsible use of new technologies is encouraged throughout. Students are also taught to use industry standard software in producing websites.

Facilities, Programmes and Equipment

The school's computer and communication network provides state-of-the-art computing facilities and broadband Internet connectivity. We have three broadband connections with a separate broadband for students.

A new School Management Software to record student progress in all areas of study and other activities has been installed.

There are over 125 desktop computers and 3 servers in school along with laptops. We have three computer labs which can accommodate three classes at a time with 1:1 student-computer ratio. Our Secondary staffroom is also well equipped with computers. The teachers have unlimited access to the Internet which enhances their teaching work.

The Primary and Secondary libraries are also equipped with computers for students to access educational CDs. The Iyenger Learning Centre, which helps the foreign students in English and Math, also has computers to enhance the students learning and understanding capability. There is a separate lab for Cambridge based IGCSE.

The school has separate Audio Visual rooms for the Primary and Secondary with projectors and electronic smart boards.

Most of the computers in our school run on Open Source software. Our team of technical experts constantly upgrades our operating systems. We have both SUSE 11 and Mandriva 2009 Power Pack operating systems for our desktops and Fedora Core for our servers. We also have a Windows 2003 server based network for our Tally system in our Main Office.

The FTP servers (File Transfer Protocol) in the school help both students and staff to backup their assignments and data.

Internet and E-Mail System for Students

The network covers the whole school, and students have monitored internet access for their projects. The school has an effective Internet filter and a proxy server that prevents students accessing inappropriate sites.

All students are taught how to use our Email system responsibly. The students can also access the school email system from outside the school. All our students are provided with their own email accounts.