"Currently, we have been installing these computer labs on pilot basis at public schools in places like New Delhi, Chandigarh and Ahmedabad. However, we are also looking at enhancing the labs' social usage after school hours. For this, we are in talks with IGNOU which is highly interested in our labs-in-boxes who can run their post-school hour classes in these shipping containers," said Jaijit Bhattacharya, director, Government Affairs, HP India.
The technology company had installed its fourth 'lab-in-box' prototype at Vidyanagar Primary School in Ahmedabad in association with the Government of Gujarat. According to Bhattacharya, each HP Lab-in-Box comprises a shipping container that has 15 HP multi-seat thinclients, a multifunctional printer, wireless connectivity, electricity, furniture, fans and air conditioning. HP’s multi-seat computing solution means multiple users can be connected to one PC, which maximises space while reducing cost and complexity.
What's more, while HP India is in talks with central and state governments for installing more such labs across public schools in the country, it has received demands from other countries as well. "Even Indonesia, Afghanistan and other African countries have also been demanding this lab but we are waiting for the pilot projects to get stabilized," said Bhattacharya.
HP is also hosting a cloud based educational application that searches and displays relevant videos from the internet, based on the textbook being read by the student. The application has an adaptive online self-learning tool called MindSpark from Educational Initiatives, an HP partner, who is providing personalized assessment tools to the student in the local Gujarati language.
The previous three pilots are running at the Government Sarvodaya Senior Secondary School in New Delhi, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) campus in New Delhi and by the Indian army at the Western Command, Chandigarh.
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