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Soft Corner opens multimedia centre

Our Bureau

COIMBATORE, Aug. 10

SOFT Corner Cyber Solutions Ltd, in partnership with Apple Computer International Private Ltd, has launched Macademia Soft Corner -- a multimedia learning and education centre in New Delhi.

Mr. Naren Ayyar, Managing Director, Apple Computer International Pvt Ltd, said: ``Macademia Soft Corner will showcase and impart Apple products and technologies -- both hardware and software and Internet offerings to enhance this new education initiative .''

Apart from computer-based learning, this education centre would address ``various out-of-the-box essentials'' that children would benefit from, such as leadership, adventure, problem solving, self-esteem, trust, decision making and team work, he added.

An area -- The Messy Room -- is being dedicated to allow kids to learn some cultural art forms -- both Indian and international.

Professional artisans would teach kids traditional crafts such as pottery, spinning thread, fabric painting and dyeing, sculpting and other exciting crafts.

International crafts included activities such as stained glass, origami and bonsai among others. Besides these, music and international dance forms formed an integral part of the curriculum, Mr. Ayyar told Business Line.

``This institute would provide a new form of education in the Indian education scenario by establishing service-based IT applications backed by consistent infrastructure support systems.''

Mr. Ayyar also said that the Immersive Learning Centre formed the nucleus of the institute. The Multimedia Resource Centre was basically a reference centre, where books, CD ROMs, A/V facilities and conventional learning aids were provided.

He indicated that a couple of more such centres would be established across the country, to create an awareness amongst the kids. The institute would help those who had missed the IT bus, by familiarising them with the fundamentals.