Study Guide For Class

Foreword

Launching an innovative project like CLASS (Computer Literacy and Studies in Schools), which has manifold implications and innumerable ramifications, is an arduous enterprise. The selection of a suitable machine and its peripherals, centres, schools and appropriate software, and the training of teachers who would ultimately transact the course, the production of support materials for teachers and students, and coor- dination between resource centres are but a few of the activities that we in the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) have kept ourselves concerned and occupied with. Often it has not been easy, but it has always been a rich and satisfying learning experience for my colleagues who have very willingly put in enormous labour during the early days of the project.

The first draft of the booklet has been written jointly by Dr Utpal Mallik of the Department of Education in Science and Mathematics, NCERT, and Shri Pratap Kotwal of Kale Consultants, New Delhi. Both of them have been associated with the CLASS project since its inception. Prof.S.N. Maheshwari, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Mr. Peter Auchterlounie, Technical Cooperation Officer, British Council, Delhi, both intimately associated with the CLASS project, were kind enough to go through the manuscript and suggest important changes for its improvement. Professor A.K. Jalaluddin, Joint Director, NCERT, coordinated the preparation of the Guide. Shri Jaipal Nangia, Head of the Publication Department and his colleagues, Shri C.N. Rao, Chief Production