Haryana Classes 10, 12 students to get free tablets with internet data from May
India Today
The Haryana government has come up with an initiative to provide free tablets to Classes 10 and 12 students of government schools along with free internet data.
The Haryana government has decided to provide free tablets to students of Classes 10 and 12 studying in government schools along with free internet data in May. The decision has been taken by Education Minister Kanwar Pal on Thursday. As per the information, the devices will have preloaded content, along with personalised and adaptive learning software. Around 2.5 lakh tablets will be distributed to students under this initiative.
During a High-Powered Purchase Committee (HPPC) meeting, which was chaired by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, has approved the bulk purchase of goods and items to be procured by various departments at a cost of over Rs 100 crore.
Apart from this, the education minister said the procurement of personalised and adaptive learning software costing more than Rs 5 crore for the higher classes was approved in the meeting.
"Besides this, the procurement of around five lakh data SIM cards, costing Rs 47 crore, was also approved by the committee. These SIM cards, to be inserted into the tablets, will have a daily data limit of 2 GB.
"Also, in the month of May, around 2.5 lakh tabs will be distributed to students studying in classes 10-12," he said.
As per the education minister, digital materials, e-books, test videos, and study materials related to the class-wise syllabus in government schools will be provided on the tablets which will be given to the students.
In this scheme, students who study in government schools and who are economically disadvantaged and cannot afford devices like smartphones and tablets will be able to learn digitally.
