‘Computer fundamentals’ for school headmasters

TIRUCHI: The two-day training in laptop operations for headmasters of high and higher secondary schools organised by the School Education Department with support from a couple of engineering colleges culminated on Wednesday.

Headmasters in Tiruchi and Lalgudi educational districts underwent the ‘computer fundamentals’ training at Oxford Engineering College while those belonging to Musiri educational district were imparted training at Jayaram College of Engineering and Technology, Thuraiyur. The headmasters of Government Higher Secondary Schools were supplied with the laptops by ELCOT. For headmasters of Government-aided schools, the laptops were provided by their respective managements.

With the training components in Microsoft-Word, Microsoft-Excel, Microsoft- PowerPoint and Internet and its Applications, the headmasters were expected to be comfortable with storing the data pertaining to the school, salary of teaching and non-teaching staff, the government benefits under various schemes and the department communications in the notebook computers.

The Department would assess the extent of utilisation of the laptops by the headmasters while carrying out inspections, the Chief Educational Officer K. Swaminathan said.

In the event of providing Internet connections, particularly to Government schools, the headmasters will be facilitated to carry out departmental communications through e-mail. In such a circumstance, the headmasters will be permitted to settle the bills for Internet usage from the funds of Parent-Teachers’ Association, the CEO said. Inaugurating the training programme at the Oxford Engineering College on Tuesday in the presence of the Principal G. Dhanalakshmi and Member of College Governing Council Nirmala Subramanian, Mr. Swaminathan said in the computer era it was inevitable for the headmasters to keep pace with developments in communication. The valedictory function was held on Wednesday at the Jayaram College of Engineering and Technology.