thiruvananthapuram the itschool project has introduced a unique initiative hi school kuttikootam student it club network to boost the activities and interests of students in information and communications technology ict enabled learningto be implemented on the lines of student police cadets programme in the state the programme will cover around one lakh students this academic year and is expected to be the largest students it network in the country as part of the general education protection mission the hischool student group programme would be strengthened and the students participation will be ensured in various activities said education minister c raveendranathaimed at facilitating an indepth ict learning environment for students the programme will provide students with an experience of group learning as well as collaborative learning it is expected to improve the efficiency of ictenabled education in schools and ensure students participations in resolving the technical issues in schools safe usage of internet and building awareness on cybercrimesbesides the programme would teach the students on the importance of language computing thereby giving them an opportunity to undertake different language computing programmes it also envisages to cultivate a research habit in students by identifying areas for project activities as part of learningas many as one lakh school students in the state would be part of this programme this academic year itself and itschool project would develop a mechanism for these students to provide the awareness and training to other students and parents said itschool executive director k anvar sadath this network would be the largest of its kind in the country and the number of members would be increased to a minimum of two lakh by next academic year he addedthe students who are part of the ict clubs in schools would be given specific training in five areas animation and multimedia hardware electronics language computing and internet and cyber safety the trainings would be monitored by itschool project and a committee would be set up in schools with the pta president as chairman and headmaster as convener the school it coordinators sitc would lead the daily activities of this programme which would be executed without affecting the classesvarious organisations such as google internet safety startup mission electronics and swathanthra malayalam computing have extended their support to the programme the itschool project would further make use of the corporate social responsibility csr schemes of various companies and would also approach india government to provide hardware tools such as tablets to these students under digital india programmeas per the circular issued by the director of public instruction in this regard a minimum of 20 students from each school have to be inducted to this programme while the maximum number of students to be added as members should not exceed 12 of the total student strength in the high school sectionthe sitcs should upload the details of students who desires to be part of this programme in the training management system available in the website of itschool project on or before january 24 the