nashik the pythagoras theorem seems to be etched into their minds in addition to details of the binary system of the digital world from a bit to byte kilobyte and terabite students of nashik zilla parishad zp schools are also well aware of the concept of rotation and revolution of the earth while eclassrooms and digital classrooms are becoming common place among zp schools seven institutes have recieved an iso certification since august 20 2015 the transition of zp schools is clearly visible across the district there are about 3300 zp schools in the district of which 750 have eclassrooms making learning more simplified for students while there are monitors and computers in many schools through which students are taught some institutes have also purchased projectors to make learning more effective the most important aspect of the elearning revolution is that schools are not entirely relying on funds from the government but are improving the infrastructure through the funds from teachers contribution and corporate social responsibility until now schools have collected rs 765 crore and with the funds coming in the work of revamping the infrastructure is underway in every school chief executive officer of zp sukhadeo bankar said it was a matter of convincing the school teachers to take the first step with the hope that the society would follow teachers of zp schools across the district contributed from their salaries for the infrastructural development subsequently parents and villagers were also convinced the plan is to make elearning available in all schools to create a strong educational base among students and imbibe a sense of discipline bankar hopes to live up to every facet of the right to education on august 20 a school at pimpalad located 15 kms from nashik also received an iso 9001 2008 certification gokul gholap who holds a post on the school committee said things have started changing in the villages with improved infrastructure it is natural for people to admit their wards to posh private schools several private schools buses from the city come to the village to pick up students this year some 18 students quit private schools so that they could seek admission in the pimpalad zp school he said headmaster balkrishna gangurde teachers vilas gavale ramakant jagtap and other teaching staff said that the major difference between zp and private schools is that one division has no more than 30 students in zp school while a private school could have as many as 70 students block education officer anil shahare said the teachers contributed approximately rs 50 lakh further we approached several private organisations for funds the rotary club lions club and some ngos too are helping us the funds are being used to spruce up infrastructure at the school teachers have purchased teaching softwares they are also downloading certain software from the web for free learning has become a fun activity for students the applications are so easy that students take turns to teach the class with the