thiruvananthapuram starting next academic year the students of govt model school in city might relieve themselves of chalks dusters and stained benches wifi enabled rooms with projectors and web connectivity will replace the old fashioned class rooms from june onwards a project that will be implemented as the first initiative in the model school revamp project jointly undertaken by the government and school authorities seventy new computers will be installed in the school soon in addition to 60 computers contributed by the alumni association this will also mark the beginning of a series of infrastructure development projects at model school which are expected to be completed in twoandahalf years chief minister oommen chandy will inaugurate the project on the school premises at 3pm on wednesday health minister vs sivakumar will preside minister for industries and information technology p k kunhalikutty minister for education p k abdu rabb mayor k chandrika alumni of the school vicechairman of infosys kris gopalakrishnan actor mohanlal chief secretary e k bharat bhushan and additional chief secretary jiji thomson will attend the function the project is planned in two stages academic excellence and infrastructure development academic excellence includes training for teachers and improvement of lab facilities at an estimated cost of rs 185 crore the first stage will be sponsored by the alumni association which will be completed in seven to eight months in the second stage of infrastructure development the facilities required to provide an international standard of education will be provided in an estimated time of 30 months and the estimated cost is rs 3 to 5 crore the overall progress of the project in the next seven years will be assessed in the third stage the government will provide support for this project health minister vs sivakumar told a news conference on sunday apart from academic excellence promotion of cultural and sports activities discussions with international experts introduction of technical innovations to students as well as teachers are some of the other initiatives the project includes medical check up uniform distribution and study material for students of bpl category corrective measures will be taken care of after medical checkups for example spectacles will be provided to needful students k c chandrahasan md kerala travels and one of the coordinators of the project