All 75,000 First-Year College Students To Be Given Tablets In J&K: Minister
NDTV
About 75,000 first-year students of various undergraduate courses in Jammu and Kashmir, besides 2,000 school students belonging to various scheduled tribe communities, will be given tablets, Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar said Sunday.
About 75,000 first-year students of various undergraduate courses in Jammu and Kashmir, besides 2,000 school students belonging to various scheduled tribe communities, will be given tablets, Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar said Sunday. The Union Minister made this announcement while concluding his five-day visit to Kashmir on Sunday. He was on a tour to the valley as part of the Union government's public outreach programme.
The minister visited various educational institutions and held elaborate deliberations with officials and stakeholders during his tour. In an interaction with the media, he said the purpose of his visit, undertaken on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s directions, was to understand the ground realities of the education infrastructure in the UT.
Mr Sarkar said 75,000 tablets will be distributed by the Higher Education Department among all first-year students of undergraduate courses.
Similarly, 2,000 tablets will be distributed by the School Education Department among students belonging to tribal communities, he said.
