thiruvanthapuram while other civic bodies are competing with each other in terms of establishing wifi facility for people the city corporation has initiated steps to ensure web connectivity in all schools under the civic body during the academic year 201516 the education standing committee plans to introduce the internet in all the 118 schools starting from june 2015 at present less than 10 schools under the corporation boast of having net connectivity the mission will be realized with the help of institute of human resources development ihrd and bsnl the project will be implemented as part of corporations general revamp of schools which began in 2011 elearning is one aspect where we have lagged behind in many schools and with cent percent internet connectivity we hope to resolve this said k s sheela chairperson education standing committee an amount of rs 15 lakh has been set aside for the scheme and more funds will be allocated with approval from finance standing committee once the project starts rolling last academic year corporation had introduced digital classrooms under brain house project digital classrooms with integrated education software and interactive boards have been set up in four schools in 2014 besides the scheme worth rs 1 crore aimed at uplifting the academic standards and infrastructure of corporation schools have been implemented in 10 schools which began at manacaud the corporation officials have been in the process of obtaining computers at low cost for lower primary schools and advanced ones for senior students there have been schools where we couldnt offer computers to the kids this year systems have been arranged in almost all schools and internet connectivity will be established next month said a corporation official it will also be used for special evening classes in computer training after the school hours the education standing committee had recently introduced vocational training courses in schools and those interested in computer can make use of elearning facilities set up in corporation schools the school management system under which the attendance of wards could be monitored directly by the parents will also be introduced this academic year this project is being implemented at a cost of rs 30 lakh in partnership with information kerala mission under the system the moment a wards attendance is marked on the attendance register an sms will be sent to the mobile number of the parent the system will be repeated in the evening as well when the ward leaves the school another sms will be sent to the parents number when the students leave the school this is enabled by maintaining a common data base comprising the details of each student