Smart Classrooms will be increased to 8,500 in current year: Dy.CM
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Smart Classrooms will be increased to 8,500 in current year: Dy.CM

July 11, 2021

Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister (Dy.CM) Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan on Saturday said the Government has set the target of converting 8,500 classrooms of higher education into Smart Classes. Of these, 2,500 smart classrooms have been already launched, he added.

Speaking after distributing free Tablet PCs to students of Malleshwaram Government First Grade College and inaugurating the Computer Lab in the College, he said that the Government was giving importance to digital education to ensure that the health of the students would not be affected in times  of Covid.

Accordingly, to facilitate digital learning, 1.10 lakh laptops were distributed for degree students last year by spending Rs. 330 crore. Likewise, in the current academic year about 1.6 lakh Tablet PCs were being distributed for students of first grade degree, polytechnic and engineering colleges, he explained.

To make digital education a reality, the Government created an alternate effective teaching-learning system. This comprises best of the contents on each topic and 3.5 lakh classes developed by the faculty of our own College Education Department have been uploaded. This happens to be a great concept which has been achieved just by spending Rs. 4 crore, he added.

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