The Times of India 05.09.2012
5k civic schools to get computer labs
Nashik: In the next five years, all the government and aided schools in
the state will have computer laboratories with Internet access. This
year, The state education department aims at providing thye facility in
5,000 schools this year, including 129 schools run by the Nashik
Municipal Corporation (NMC).
The state education department will be setting up the laboratories labs along with Internet connection and other facilities for all the government and aided schools in the city within five years. The move is being made as part of the Implementation of the Computer Education Programme (ICT) scheme. Last year, computer laboratories were set up at 3,000 government and aided schools at a cost of Rs 3 crore.
"This year we will be spending Rs 6.25 crore for five thousand schools. Next year we are aiming to cover six thousand schools, for which tenders are yet to be floated," said director of education for secondary and higher secondary education, Shridhar Salunkhe, during his recent visit to the city.
Salunkhe added that
the expenses would be borne by the state and central governments.
Trained personnel would also be available to provide ed be providing
computer education to the schools' students. The drive is aimed to
enable computer-aided learning at all government and aided schools, said
Salunkhe.
