MKCL initiative to boost IT education for adults

The State Government-promoted Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL) has gone in for NComputing’s X series technology to provide IT education to adults through its network of 5,000 learning centres in Maharashtra.

According to MKCL’s managing director Vivek Sawant,the ‘digital schools’ concept allows students to learn various subjects and curricula not just by informed methods but by performed methods that require lots of software support,innovative e-content and learning facilitation support of teachers. The MKCL learning centres are often located in areas where electricity is unreliable or scheduled for only a few hours a day. In order to keep the learning centres in operation continuously,expensive generators and power backup systems are often required.

By using the 1 Watt NComputing devices,the learning centres can reduce their capital expenses for purchasing backup power systems as well as operating costs in the form of 90 per cent lower electricity bills,said a release.