Samsung India launches Samsung Smart Class at six Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNV) across the state of Jharkhand, bringing the total number of schools in the state with Samsung Smart Class to 15.

The Samsung Smart Class at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Benagoria, Maithan in Dhanbad district was inaugurated by Dr SK Sinha, Principal, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya along with Rajiv Mishra, Vice President, Samsung India Electronics. Samsung Smart Class will also be opened at JNV, D College, Rikhiya (Deoghar District), Gandey (Giridih District), Guhiyajore (Jamtara), Sijulata (Saraikela District) and Chaibasa (West Singhbhum District).

Samsung Smart Class, the company’s flagship CSR initiative in India, aims to bridge the digital gap between rural and urban India and provide equal opportunities for quality education to children from all backgrounds. Every Smart Class is equipped with Samsung products such as Samsung interactive whiteboard, laptops, a printer and a Wi-Fi connection to enable students to access digital content and be part of an interactive learning environment. Students are taught Mathematics, Science, English and Social Science in an engaging and visually appealing manner, helping them learn better and retain more information.

Rajiv Mishra, Vice President, Samsung India Electronics, said, “Digital India envisions a future where everything from scholarship applications to hospital appointments and governance discussions will be online. Over the last two years, the Samsung Smart Class initiative has helped over 180,000 children across India to become digitally literate, enabling them to be contributors to the future of Digital India. I am delighted that six JNVs from Jharkhand are joining the Samsung Smart Class family and look forward to strengthening Samsung’s work in bridging the digital divide.”

Speaking at the launch of Samsung Smart Class, Dr SK Sinha, Principal, JNV said, “The world is going digital and we need to start early to equip our children with skills to tap into the opportunities that the digital future will offer. We, at JNV, envisage a world where talented children – irrespective of socio-economic background – get equal avenues of quality education. We are elated that our association with Samsung has been successfully aiding us in this mission. The feedback from principals, teachers and students for the Samsung Smart Class is extremely encouraging and we are actively expanding our reach across the country.”

Since its inauguration in 2013, Samsung Smart Class have been set up in over 373 schools across the length and breadth of India, benefitting over 1.8 lakh students enabling them to experience digitally interactive ‘smart’ learning. Teachers with Samsung Smart Class in their schools have reported better attention levels, higher enthusiasm and interest in participating in classroom discussions, as lessons can be taught in a personalised and digitally interactive learning environment.

CrackVerbal launches new online courses for the GMAT and GRE. These revamped courses include high quality, pre-recorded videos and provide a sparkling new, easy-to-understand user interface.

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Talentedge, one of India’s leading interactive learning solutions company, recently collaborated with MICA, India’s premier management school for strategic marketing and communication, to introduce a postgraduate programme in E-commerce Business Management. With the programme content and structure developed by MICA, students will be able to get a holistic understanding of the concepts, elements, business models and other dynamics of running a business in the online space.

The four-month programme is specially geared towards giving the students a 360 degree view of the e-commerce world by covering essential aspects like prevalent business models, digital marketing, customer acquisition, tools and techniques, running operations, emerging global trends, applicable legal and regulatory framework. The programme content will be enriched with real-life case studies from OLX to enable better understanding.

Highlighting the significance of this new programme, Aditya Malik, CEO and MD, Talentedge said, “We believe in keeping education focused, updated and industry relevant. We are strengthening our partnership with MICA by launching our third programme with them in the e-commerce domain. The lectures will be delivered by MICA’s expert faculty and the insights will be supplemented with inputs from both guest lecturers as well as industry professionals. The study material will all be available on the Cloud Campus, complete with presentations, projects, case studies and assignments.”