Food Force 2/Team School Visit

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Deployment of FoodForceII

FoodForceII has been successfully deployed and tested at Delhi Police Public School, Safdarjung Enclave. The details about the visit and the project deployment are given in the following subsections:


School Profile

School Name
Delhi Police Public School
Establishment year
1989
Address
B-4, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi-110029
Telephone Number
011-26177094,011-26187275 ,011-26856037
Email id
dpps47@hotmail.com
Affiliation
CBSE, AISSCE Delhi
School In Charge
Mrs. M. Sree Lakshmi


Timings

Monday-Friday
8:00AM – 1:40 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM – 1:40 PM (only for 11th and 12th standards)
Lunch
10:50 – 11:20 AM
Weekly off day
Sunday
Holiday Calendar
As per Delhi State Education Department.


Class

Sections per each class?
Around 4 sections
Subjects taught at each class?
According to CBSE Syllabus
Is Common Teacher for each subject/ Subject wise teacher?
Subject-wise teachers
Class room capacity?
Around 40 students
Laboratory /Library?
Yes Laboratories and library present.
Books other then educational?
Yes
How many Computers available at location?
25 Computers


Teacher

No of Teachers in schools
Around 90
Residence of teacher
Outside School in nearby residence colonies
Teacher qualifications
B.E. and higher qualified
How many teachers teach computers?
2


Students

Ages
3-17 years
Attendance at school
Very Good
Do they attend the school in time?
Yes, the school is very particular about timings
Students complete homework regularly?
Yes, it is checked regularly
What is % absenteeism of student due to illness?
5-10%
Text Books and Notebooks are maintained well by student?
Yes


Other Information

How many times Parent and teacher meeting happen in a year?
2-3 times
Is School having complete data of past students?
Yes,records are available
Any past student has shown excellent growth?
Yes, many of them have got admission into top engineering, medical and art colleges.


Purpose of the visit

The purpose of this visit was to study the children’s response to the foodforce game deployed on XO laptops. The children were given talk about the Foodforce game and they played on the laptops and computer-lab computers the Foodforce game. The response of children and teachers is documented in this report.