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The idea of providing internet access to schools across the state was the brainchild of high school mathematics teacher Nitin Jathar,an engineering graduate. Nitin understood the significance of technology for present day schools,which led to the birth of ssconline.in. His brother Amit handles the administrative side of the campaign. Their cousins Vishal Kulkarni and Vaibhav Joshi take care of server management and technical support. Amit’s wife Rajshri is behind the artwork of the website.

The group,which launched the campaign last month in presence of Adman Bharat Dabholkar and IT expert and Marathi writer Achyut Godbole,plans to give four pages on the website free to each school.

“True to the concept we had in mind,a large number of schools that contacted us are from small towns. They need a window to the larger world,which the internet provides. There are also some schools in Mumbai that do not have enough resources to have a website of their own but need an online presence platform,” said Amit.

“There were some schools that had sites of their own but defunct ones. In some cases,schools had not updated databases since 2007,” he said.

The site tries to provide an e-learning portal for Class X students,in the form of online guides for major subjects. These are presented in a summarized format. The idea is to simplify the process of preparing for the crucial exam and removing fear in students,” Jathar says.

The group also plans to display results of Class IX and Class X exams on the website.