- Kerala has achieved this goal within 2 years.
- The goal is achieved at a cost of Rs 42.36 crores. Out of this amount, Rs 34.75 crores were contributed by KIIFB (Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board).
- All the public educational schools were converted to digital under the support of KITE (Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education) and KIIFB.
- Under this project, 3,74,274 digital services are distributed in 16027 public schools of Kerala.
- Around 11275 schools are also equipped by high tech labs and more than 12,678 schools are equipped by a high-speed broadband Internet connection.
- Around 45,000 high tech classrooms to 4752 public schools are built under this project.
- To make familiar with this advance teaching technology, the teachers of these schools were provided with information and communication training sessions.
- Each classroom of the public schools is incorporated with laptops, DSLR camera, Television, Webcams and other digital equipment.
- Kerala started this project of converting 100% of public schools to digital in 2018.
- Static Part:
- CM of Kerala: Pinarayi Vijayan
- Governor of Kerala: Arif Mohammad Khan
Question:
Q.1 Which is the first state in India to make its public education completely digital?
a. Maharashtra
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Kerala
d. Gujarat
a. Maharashtra
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Kerala
d. Gujarat
