The Sikshana Foundation, in association with Dell and the Government of Karnataka, has launched Sikshana’s Technology in Education Programme (STEP) in 57 model schools — Karnataka Public Schools. As per the MoU, Dell will be providing necessary hardware for implementation of the programme along with other inputs which would be developed by Sikshana Foundation.

STEP aims at motivating schools to engage and integrate technology in their daily teaching and learning processes. The model employs a dual approach which builds the basic Information Communication Technology skills and 21st-century skills in students and empowers teachers to leverage technology in the classrooms in an experiential manner. The same is enabled through the hardware provided by Dell and the offline content package and other inputs developed by Sikshana.

STEP was officially launched by the chief minister of Karnataka, HD Kumaraswamy, and Minister of Education of Karnataka N Mahesh along with Rudramuni B, VP and Head, Dell R&D India Center & Prasanna Vadayar, CEO, Sikshana Foundation. As a part of the association, Dell laptops have been gifted to the Karnataka Public Schools to train teachers and the students.

Rajeev Kapoor, India VP and CSR Campion at Dell, said: “Dell is committed to supporting scalable and self-sustaining programmes that use technology to address some of society's biggest challenges. Through this partnership, we aim to help the underprivileged children learn the use of technology and new-age skills, thus enabling a brighter future”.