20-05-2025
Two more corporation schools in Coimbatore identified for AR & VR labs
Coimbatore: The civic body has identified two more corporation schools for setting up the augmented reality and virtual reality (AR & VR) labs. The city corporation had in the current financial year budget proposed to build five such labs at the corporation schools a cost of Rs3.5 crore, after the augmented reality and virtual reality labs set up at the Corporation Girls High School at Sidhapudur and SRP Ammaniammal Girls Higher Secondary School at RS Puram at a cost of Rs72 each on a pilot basis yielded positive responses from the student fraternity and the faculty.
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The labs offer an interactive learning method with a 360° view and a three-dimensional effect. Complex scientific topics, including the antonym of heart, plant cell and others, are simplified for better understanding.
The education department's plan is to set up the five proposed AR & VR labs in as many corporation higher secondary schools. In the first phase, P Kamalanathan Memorial Higher Secondary School in ward 43 and Corporation Higher Secondary School at Peelamedu in ward 26 have been selected to set up the labs at a cost of Rs82 lakh and Rs83.50 lakh, respectively.
The civic body had passed a resolution in this regard at the recently held council meeting.
According to corporation commissioner M Sivaguru Prabhakaran, the construction work would be carried out from the civic body's school education fund. "The cost for these two labs is a little high as they will occupy a large area to accommodate a larger number of students."
