Presently teachers are taking classes with the help of Google Meet, Skype, Zoom and so, simultaneously mailing assignments to students and verifying answer scripts received through different modes. But with the increased number of classes and the quantum of inputs in different forms, including checking of answer scripts, grading and or tracking student progress has become a mammoth task for the teachers and administrators. The volume of data thus generated needs to be sorted, organized and archived for future reference. As per the circular no. Acad-34/2020 dated 14 th May, 2020, CBSE has decided to replace the traditional education system with a combination of an engging and joyful blend of activity based learning , do-it-yourself and learn projects along with the text books and use of technology.
CBSE has also decided to make competency based education as the annual theme of training in te session 2020-21. To address these problems many have opted for solutions from different approaches. On this Guwahati based Pentacle Systems Pvt. Ltd (PSPL), a Company with 20 years of skill training and software development background has develop and recently launch an ownership model of Learning Management System called NEdMaS, which deploys all the positive aspects of class room learning. NEdMaS focusses on framing of the learning outcomes and linking them with pedagogical processes which is crusialto the success of Competency based education. Which can also be termed as a true customized solution for future education. In this system all the regular lessons are provided through institutional portal and the response recorded and replied accordingly, keeping a traceable history for future monitoring.Students are empowered with a mobile App for their reply. Parents can also view/monitor student’s progress anytime anywhere. In this system it is possible to monitor individual learner and design instructions as per their need. Commenting on this, M. Bhattacharya, Director (systems), PSPL, says “Our system is more suitable, rather with more power to the institutions for better governance by creating appropriate cloud space for the institution which can be retrieved or recalibrated as per the requirement of the organization at will.” He also says that online pedagogic consideration requires a total control system to achieve a pre designed outcome. And exactly for this reason PSPL tries to empower institutions with the necessary tools to organize, control and deploy positive aspects of class room learning. PSPLwill provide initial training on the LMS architecture and offers free customization as per the requirement of the institution.
With this the institutions get more enrollments and has immense utility even after post Covid situation.The cost involved towards the server and customization which is fairly cheaper compared to cost involved with any other commercial LMS. He added that PSPL promised to deploy necessary manpower to develop institution specific micro learning curriculums and lesson plans as well as contents and resources. The system also allows any number of plug-ins for future development. For more details anybody can log in www.pentaclesystems.org.
