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QR code-enabled books shortage hits students
District officials and schools are managing with the books collected from the previous year students and running present academics. QR codes have been embedded on books identified by teachers and subject experts.
Visakhapatnam: Nearly 50 per cent of the students in the district are yet to get the QR (Quick Response) code-enabled books as for the first time such initiative was taken up for Class VI to X in the state with the technical support from the Central Square Foundation and Nandan Nilekani’s EkStep Foundation, the textbooks will be linked with digital content.
District officials and schools are managing with the books collected from the previous year students and running present academics. QR codes have been embedded on books identified by teachers and subject experts. These codes take the user to engaging videos and interactive content to better equip teachers and provide students with the same content. Students will be able to use the information from home as well.
The challenge is, however, for students in rural or remote areas where internet coverage is poor. The users need to scan the codes by smart phones and access the website, which will have the pdf pages of the textbooks and additional study material, including additional information, pictures, illustrations and videos.
Speaking to our correspondent, Visakhapatnam district education officer (DEO) B Lingeswar Reddy said that 10 lakh books of different classes have been distributed among the students in the district. “As we are running behind another nine lakh books to be arranged, hopefully, we will arrange and dispatch books to all the students by this month end.
As of now, they are managing with the support of book banks in which earlier students had deposited their books in the book bank, as the course curriculum has not changed, the same books are being used in the academics.
So, we have collected old books from students and using them in the class. Mostly, the government schools have already received the books, but the private ones are yet to be given, he added.
K Krishna Murthy, principal of Yelamanchali Montessori School in the district, said that the initiative evoking good response and students are also enjoying. “However, I think this initiative could also help students from rural areas when the internet coverage or speed will be good,” he added.
