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SASEL launches multimedia lessons for students in matriculation stream

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— PHOTO: K. PICHUMANI

LEARNING MADE EASY: (From left) Mrs. Y.G. Parthasarathy, dean and director, Padma Seshadri Group of Schools; and G. Mohanram, director, Institute of Distance Education, University of Madras; with R.S. Shivaprakaasam, SASEL chairman and managing director; at the launch function in Chennai on Thursday.

CHENNAI: Sivamathi Animation Software and Electronics Limited (SASEL) launched multimedia lessons for students of Standards X, XI and XII of the matriculation stream here on Thursday.

Speaking at the launch, G. Mohanram, director of the Institute of Distance Education, University of Madras, said the demand for distance education had grown phenomenally over the years. The university offered 72 programmes in distance education, and had over one lakh students studying through the mode.

He commended the company on the initiative which, he said, would also be a good supplementary source for students of distance learning.

Dean and director of the Padma Seshadri Group of Schools Mrs. Y.G. Parthasarathy said the audio-visual lessons would particularly help those students who faced a difficulty in following lessons in the English medium. As the voice-overs were made available in English and Tamil students had the option of listening to the lessons in both languages.

At a time when learning by rote was common among school students, the multimedia lessons, which had scientific and application-based animation of complex concepts, would help children understand the concepts well, she said.

“The IT industry says students have high scores but that their understanding of concepts, and their communication skills are poor. Visual communication of data is always more effective, and this will facilitate better understanding and retention,” she said.

Well-structured lessons

She said the lessons in physiology were structured well. “The portion on the functioning of the human heart and the reproductive system has been dealt with scientifically, in a very effective and clear manner,” she said.

Mrs. Parthasarathy also suggested that the voice-overs for the lessons be given by a teacher of that particular subject in the following versions of the CD.

SASEL chairman and managing director R.S. Shivaprakaasam said the company was planning to bring out content for students of the CBSE stream soon. “We have only launched the beta version of the CD. We will improve this version and market an advanced version soon,” he said. For details, visit http://saselworld.com.

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