About Us

V. Sivankutty

V. Sivankutty

Minister for General Education

Rani George IAS

Rani George IAS

Chairperson,KITE

K.Anvar Sadath

K.Anvar Sadath

Chief Executive Officer, KITE

Objectives of the Company

  1. 1. To foster, promote and implement modernization of educational institutions in the State of Kerala, owned by the state or run under the aid of Government, through providing infrastructure including Information & Communication Technology Infrastructure, Capacity Building, Content Development, Connectivity, e-learning, satellite based education, support and maintenance mechanism, E-Governance or other related

  2. 2. To implement up gradation of the Government sector educational institutions on par with international standards in terms of infrastructure, facilities, resources, curriculum, pedagogy etc.

  3. 3. To formulate and implement projects for the use of information and communication technology as a tool for the improvement of the education quality in the State of Kerala.

  4. 4. To act as advisor or consultant to the government and private sector in improving education quality through information and communication technology.

 Erstwhile IT@School project formed in 2001-02 to fuel ICT enabled education in the schools in the State, KITE was transformed into a Company in August 2017. KITE is the first Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) Company of the Education Department of the State. It is also the first SPV to get funded by Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB), the apex body for monitoring all the projects envisaged by the Govt. The scope of KITE has also been extended to the Higher Education sector also to fuel ICT support to Arts & Science colleges, Engineering colleges and Universities.

 The core objective of KITE was to inculcate ICT enabled activities in over 16000 schools in the State. The first breakthrough of the unique initiative came in 2005 when Information Technology was made a compulsory subject in Std 10. The launch of EDUSAT operations and broadband connectivity to schools commenced since then, the VICTERS channel under KITE was setup in 2005 and it is the first Complete Educational Channel in the Country. By effectively making use of the Centrally sponsored ‘ICT at School ‘scheme, KITE provided ICT infrastructure to 4071 schools during 2007- 2012. In 2016, the ICT intervention in Lower Primary and Upper Primary sections was reinitiated, by launching exclusive ICT Textbooks viz; Kalipetti (for Std 1 to 4) and e@Vidya (for Std 5 to 7). As many as 1.50 Lakh teachers and over 50 lakh students stand benefited through the ICT initiatives by KITE every year, enabling the teachers to transact their subjects more effectively using ICT tools and also equipping the students to learn various subjects with ease by using ICT.

 KITE amply supplements the State Government’s Public Education Rejuvenation Mission (Pothu Vidyabhyasa Samrakshana Yagnam) with initiatives such as Samagra Content Portal, Sampoorna School Management software and SchoolWiki which connects 15,000 schools for collaborative content development process. A major highlight was the ‘Little KITEs IT Clubs’ programme under which over 1 lakh students are being provided specialized trainings in 5 different areas such as Animation, Cyber Safety, Hardware, Electronics, Malayalam computing, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics etc. Through the transformation to a full-fledged Company under the Government, KITE has now more scope and authority for implementing various ICT programmes, when compared to the earlier Project mode of operation. During the recent years, KITE has successfully implemented the Rs.493 Cr Hi-Tech school Project in 4752 Secondary schools and Rs.292 Cr Hi-Tech Lab Project in 9941 Primary schools. As part of the Hi-Tech school project, 45000 classrooms of Std 8 to 12 in 4752 Govt and Aided schools in the State have been made Hi-Tech.

  • 2024

    2024

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) training for 80000 teachers, Kunjezhuthukal, Online Transfer and Posting of Teachers made completely paperless, Crack the Entrance online platform.

  • 2023

    2023

    AMC Support for Laptops & Projectors, KITE Lens Content Creation Hub, Sampoorna Plus App, Freedom Fest, 5 PMeVidya Channels as part of KITE VICTERS.

  • 2022

    2022

    eCube English eLanguage Lab, Digital Media Literacy & Cyber Safety Training, 9000 Arduino Robotic Kits deployed, 3rd Edition of Haritha Vidyalayam Educational Reality Show for schools.

  • 2021

    2021

    First Bell 2.0 & Online Classes

  • 2020

    2020

    ICT intervention into Higher Education, Hi-Tech training for Primary English teachers, Upgradation of Samagra Resource portal. Skill based training for Primary teachers.First Bell Digital Classes through KITE VICTERS

  • 2019

    2019

    Hi-Tech Lab for Primary schools project

  • 2018

    2018

    Little KITEs IT Clubs, Samagra Resource Portal

  • 2017

    2017

    Kuttikootam for students, Harithavidyalayam 2nd edition, Broadband connectivity to LP&UP schools

  • 2016

    2016

    Project pilot ,Broadband to LP & UP,Training to SSITCs

  • 2015

    2015

    Broadband to 1390 schools

  • 2014

    2014

    VICTERS turns Digital

  • 2013

    2013

    Hardware Training to VHSE

  • 2012

    2012

    IT Theory in ITExam Software

  • 2011

    2011

    Haritha Vidhyalayam show

  • 2010

    2010

    ICT enabled education starts

  • 2009

    2009

    IT@School to UP & LP

  • 2008

    2008

    ICT enabled education pilot

  • 2007

    2007

    IT practical exam on FOSS

  • 2006

    2006

    Complete shift to FOSS

  • 2005

    2005

    IT@School Linux OS & VICTERS

  • 2004

    2004

    DRCs& IT enabled content

  • 2003

    2003

    IT becomes compulsory

  • 2002

    2002

    Master Trainer Network

  • 2001

    2001

    IT added to State Curriculum

  • 2000

    2000

    Task force formation

About Us

The KITE under General Education Department was set-up to augment the IT education in schools and also to enhance the quality of IT education towards a complete ICT enabled educational system

Contact Info

State Project Office, SCERT Building, Poojappura, Trivandrum, Kerala-695012

+91 471 2529800

contact@kite.kerala.gov.in

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