Nagapattinam's Muttam Govt. School Cleverizes with Smart Classroom to Promote Fisheries Education

As a move toward incorporating new-age technology into place-based education, Government Higher Secondary School, Muttam in Nagapattinam district has introduced a smart classroom to enhance fisheries education.

It is one of the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan's Technology Customization Scheme, a scheme "Development of Online Learning Tools at Government Higher Secondary School, Muttam Village for Imparting Fisheries Education." The smart class will enable both online and offline learning with emphasis on general education as well as on fisheries science and engineering-a subject directly of interest to the students from this coastal region.

1. Kesavan, the project's Principal Investigator, underlined how education should be context oriented. "Fisheries is not just a way of living here, but also a sustainable and dynamic profession. Our aim is to give students exposure to contemporary tools linking age-old practices with opportunities of the future," he said.

The program will introduce the students to marine science and fisheries careers, with a combination of classroom education and hands-on application. The education will comprise modules in sustainable fishing, entrepreneurship, and basic conservation of marine ecosystems, among others.

School headmistress Shanthi welcomed the upgrade, anticipating similar digital progress to not only increase enrollment but also drive the students to seek local industry-based employment.

This thoughtful classroom design is part of a larger effort to revamp rural schooling and make it applicable to rural society, especially in fisheries, agriculture, and sun and wind energy. It is also part of the effort to introduce government schools to the age of computers and adopt vocational studies that will give students more than the standard classroom fare.