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Presentation of GOACOM-CSI Award for Schools

St Francis Xavier's High School for Girls - Mapusa bagged the first place for the year 1997-98 taking back a trophy, a certificate and a prize amount of Rs. 20,000/-.The award was presented to the Principal of the school, at a joint function by GOACOM & the Computer Society of India, Goa Chapter on 28th December, at Hotel Solmar in Panjim.

Representatives of all schools earlier nominated for the award were also present. A J de Almeida High School - Ponda came in a close second and Don Bosco High School - Panjim, third. The function was held to coincide with a get-together of Goans from all over the world, members from the popular GoaNet mailing list.

Trophy and Cheque presented to the winners
We're the best... SFX High School Principal and Computer Teacher, holding aloft the certificate

Nominations for the award had been received for the following 8 schools:

  • A J de Almeida High School, Ponda
  • Bal Bharati Vidyamandir, Ribandar
  • Don Bosco's High School, Panjim
  • Lourdes Convent High School, Saligao
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  • St Britto's High School, Mapusa
  • St Francis Xavier's High School for Girls, Mapusa
  • St Joseph's Educational Institute, Chandor
  • St Mary's Girls High Schools, Mapusa

    • Preliminary visits were made to each of the nominated schools, by at least 2 members of the CSI Schools Award committee during the 1dst week of December. At least a half-day was spent at each school. The committee spoke to the principal and/or headmaster, teachers and students. All areas of the Information (or Computer Studies) implementation were graded based on the following points:

    Syllabus being taught including new concepts ..... Internet and E-mail facilities to students ..... comfort-level of students ..... savvy-ness of teachers & students ..... attitude of management/teachers/students ..... effectiveness of the teaching ..... type of hardware & condition ..... software available on the school to the students ..... fees that the students were being charged ..... books, magazines, related extras available ..... availability of multimedia systems ..... awareness of upgrades & maintenance ..... use of computers as teaching aids for other subjects and during after-school hours ..... etc.

    In short, almost every area of the schools IT implementation was checked. Survey sheets were used, which are currently being analyzed for statistics.

    The CSI Schools Award committee graded the schools on the different points, and came-up with a list of the "Top 3" schools. The finalists were visited again, and a final decision arrived at. What was interesting, was that the difference in points between the top 3 schools was below 10% between each of the schools.

    Congratulations to St Francis Xavier's High School, Mapusa for the excellent IT implementation this year. Keep up the good work.

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