Digitization of the educational processes in the municipal schools in Plovdiv

Civilisation

Cloud technologies in schools: enabling higher-quality education and boosting pupils’ interest

Plovdiv Municipality assists municipal schools in implementing advanced cloud technologies to increase the quality of educational processes. The platforms allow for an unlimited number of users – principals, teachers, students, parents and administrative staff. Documents are accessible anytime from anywhere. The Municipality organises and finances the training for schools’ teams to use the platforms. So far, the trainings reached 80 teachers and principals from seven schools, corresponding to 13% of the total. All schools should start using cloud technologies by 2019. The main objective is to convince children that learning can actually be interesting. In addition, benefits include easy communication, fun virtual lessons, and tracking the results and the progress of the students in real time by teachers and parents. The administration itself experienced a substantial reduction in paper usage. Long-term, the activities should result in motivated and cheerful, knowledgeable and capable adolescents, open-minded teachers and parents, and a positive effect on the local community.