AP first state to get digital classrooms, Jagan sits in the classroom with students
In the first phase of Nadu-Nedu, 15750 schools will have IFPs by July 12 and in the second phase, 16,000 schools will be equipped with IFP by December.
By Newsmeter Network Published on 12 Jun 2023 10:44 AM GMT
Palnadu: Andhra Pradesh has now become the first state in India to introduce digital classrooms in government schools. As the schools in Andhra Pradesh re-open on Monday, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched Interactive Flat Panels (IFP).
He spent quality time with students of the Model School by interacting with them, and sitting in the classroom benches. A beaming girl student showed to him the Byjuās content loaded in the tab given to her and also captured the proud moment in the tab by taking a video of the Chief Minister sitting beside her.
Currently, teaching will be done through IFP in about 10,000 classrooms across the state. In the first phase of Nadu-Nedu, 15750 schools will have IFPs by July 12 and in the second phase, 16,000 schools will be equipped with IFP by December.
Andhra Pradesh also formally launched the distribution of Jagananna Vidya Kanuka kits worth Rs.1042.53crore to 43,10,165 students of classes 1 to 10 studying in Government and aided schools across the state.
Addressing a public meeting, Chief Minister said that the Government has introduced revolutionary changes in the educational sector to ensure that each family in the state produces engineers, doctors, scientists, entrepreneurs, economists, software CEOs and leaders.
Under Vidya Kanuka scheme, Rs. 3366 Crore was spent in the last four years. The kits comprise bilingual textbooks of English and Telugu content, notebooks, workbooks, three pairs of uniforms with stitching charges, a pair of shoes and two pairs of socks, a belt and a school bag along with an Oxford English-Telugu dictionary for students of classes 6 to 10 and pictorial dictionary for students of classes 1 to 5.
The kits were handed over to students on the day of re-opening of schools after a four-stage scrutiny by Quality Council of India.
āQuality kits worth Rs 2400 each are being distributed so that you donāt have to worry about the study material,ā Jagan said.
He said Government signed MoU with the US firm ETS (Educational Testing Service) to train the students of classes 3 to 9 in attaining TOEFL-facing skills and the teachers also would be sent to the US for acquiring necessary teaching skills. Students should gain expertise in the emerging and future technologies to become global citizens with good communication skills.
Andhra Pradesh government has so far spent Rs. 60,329 Crore on education. Byjus-content loaded tabs would be distributed to class 8 students on December 21.
In response to the appeal of MLA Sankara Rao, the Chief Minister sanctioned Rs. 45crore for a lift irrigation scheme at Talla chervu and agreed to announce R & R package for 128 displaced families uncovered when the main R &R package was implemented in relation to Pulichintala project.
Earlier, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone for the Rs. 60 crore high-level bridge at Madinapadu and inaugurated the Government polytechnic college at Krosuru.
