R ARIVANANTHAM
CHENNAI, JULY 6
The Tamil Nadu Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi launched ‘Meta Kalvi – TN’s first Virtual Reality Lab for Education on Metaverse’ in five government schools, including the Grater Chennai Municipal Corporation comes under the Chepauk-Triplicane constituency on Monday in the presence of its MLA Udhayanidhi Stalin and Central Chennai MP Dayanidhi Maran.
Launching the Metaverse, the Minister appealed corporate companies, philanthropists to come forward to implement ‘Meta Kalvi – TN’s first Virtual Reality Lab for Education on Metaverse’ in their locality across the state.
The minister said, the VR laboratory launched in Chepauk-Triplicane constituency on a pilot basis would be expanded across the state in a phased manner with the help of CSR initiatives of corporate companies/philanthropists.
It was a co-incident that the VR lab was launched on the day of Udhayanidhi Stalin stepping in to the fifth year as the Secretary of the DMK Youth Wing and also the day marks the inauguration of the prestigious TIDEL park by the Former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.
- Metaverse launched in five Govt Schools in Chepauk-Triplicane constituency on pilot basis in the presence of its MLA Udhayanidhi Stalin and Central Chennai Lok Sabha MP Dayanidhi Maran
- It was a co-incident that the VR lab was launched on the day of Udhayanidhi Stalin stepping in to the fifth year as the Secretary of the DMK Youth Wing and also the day marks the inauguration of the prestigious TIDEL park by the Former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.
- The metaverse featured the virtual presence of former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Dr Kalaignar M Karunanidhi as well as the present Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.
Meynikara, a Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) startup, based out of Chennai, has launched Meta Kalvi, Tamil Nadu’s first VR Lab for excellence in education, at 3 Government Schools, 2 Corporation schools.
First in the country, the launch of the educational VR Lab took place in a shared 3D virtual environment, called Metaverse.
The metaverse featured the virtual presence of former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Dr Kalaignar M Karunanidhi as well as the present Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.
What is Meta Kalvi?
Virtual Reality (VR) in Education has opened access to new teaching and learning tools in recent years. VR gives rise to a new pedagogy for teaching complex scientific concepts. Countries like the USA, France, and China have successfully implemented VR labs in their schools to provide students with a holistic and imaginative learning experience. Considering India’s demographic dividend, the potential appears to be unmatched and unparalleled. The only challenge lies in making this technological adoption accessible to masses. With this in mind, Meynikara has joined hands with the Tamil Nadu government to bring a techno-educational revolution via “Meta Kalvi” across all the government schools of Tamil Nadu.
Launched as a CSR initiative of Meynikara, Meta Kalvi VR Lab, provides a Virtual Reality Learning Method (VRLM) for key topics and ideas in Maths and Science subjects in Std 6 to 8 based on the Syllabus of Samacheer Kalvi in Tamil and English languages.
In a phased manner, Meta Kalvi labs will be made available to many other schools run by the Chennai Corporation, and Tamil Nadu State Government in the city, and other parts of the State, in association with the School Education department. The company will also be adding new topics, subjects for school students of all grades.
Addressing at the launch Raghuraman Ravi, Co-Founder and CEO, Meynikara, said, “VR Labs in schools are meant to provide a holistic and imaginative learning experience for students. Our VRLM is designed to spark imagination; encourage creative thinking, and to provide realistic and memorable educational experiences for students. Meta Kalvi is set to bring in an educational revolution in the Indian education system. Meta Kalvi is the next-gen revolution in the field of education that envisions to revolutionise the learning experience of the students. With the successful launch of Meta Kalvi, Tamil Nadu has set a new milestone of incorporating Virtual Reality labs within its education system. We are aiming to set up VR labs in all government schools in the state. We expect a quick and wide adoption of the technology by private schools as well. We are planning to be frontrunner in promoting VRLM in schools across India.”
Palavakkam D Viswanathan, Chairman – Standing Committee (Education), Greater Chennai Corporation, N. Chitrarasu, Chairman – Standing Committee (Works), Greater Chennai Corporation and Marxs, Chief Educational Officer were also present on this occasion.
