HP Lab-in-Box Pilot in Gujarat
HP has introduced its HP Lab-in-Box to Vidyanagar Primary School students in Ahmedabad. A self-sustainable and fully operational computer lab created in a shipping container, the HP Lab-in-Box is designed as a rapidly deployable cloud enabled infrastructure solution to spread both the reach and quality of education in India. This is the fourth such HP Lab-in-Box prototype that has been installed to facilitate personalized and immersive learning experiences.
HP is also hosting a cloud-based educational application that searches and displays relevant videos from the internet, based on the textbook being read by the student. The application has an adaptive online self-learning tool called MindSpark from Educational Initiatives, an HP partner, who is providing personalized assessment tools to the student to track their individual learning progress.
Jaijit Bhattacharya, Director, Government Affairs, HP India, said, "Today, there is a shortfall of trained teachers in several schools in the country and limited access to IT also makes it extremely difficult to offer a more personalized teaching approach. The HP Lab-in-Box addresses these limitations by giving students access to a richer learning experience and the best teaching resources across the country."
"We welcome this initiative from HP and their partners. Both our students and our teachers have benefited immensely from the easier access to quality IT and it has helped raise their proficiency and knowledge levels. As more students and teachers familiarize themselves with the HP Lab-in-Box, we are sure it will help raise education competencies in our school," said Pramukhray Patel, Principal, Vidyanagar Primary School.
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