hyderabad a project that was expected to revolutionise teaching in schools and mark a shift from the traditional black board education to computer monitors has been shelved it was over a year ago that the the ap technology services apts prepared audiovisual compact discs covering various science subjects but the project has remained in cold storage with the school education department reportedly shelving it the eteaching project was mooted by the apts to demonstrate the possibility of boosting education standards by incorporating animated lessons on various branches of life sciences such as reproduction processes among different life forms photosynthesis and related issues covering syllabi for classes vi to x accordingly two cds containing the syllabi of biological sciences and physical sciences which could be used in schools for effective teaching of life sciences with the help of audiovisual aids were prepared given its financial constraints the apts successfully prepared the cds with an expenditure of only rs 12 lakh a cheaper amount compared to educational cds prepared by corporate firms like niit which cost around rs 25 lakh moreover the cds were to be priced at rs 500 each the cds were sent to the school education department about eight months ago it is here that the project suffered a set back according to sources the apts requested the department to use them in some schools and provide a feedback on their utility in order to incorporate improvements leave aside testing the utility and providing feedback there has been no communication to us as to whether the cds have been used at all a senior official who was associated with the project said the officials are also sore that while apts was keen on preparing more such cds of different subjects the education department was not taking the issue seriously school education secretary i v subba rao was not available for his comment on the issue