$10 Laptops for Students
By CXOtoday Staff
Mumbai, Jul 29, 2008

Research in this direction is being already carried out at the Indian Institute of Sciences in Bangalore and IIT-Madras to develop a special laptop at a cost of $10 for students to help them excel in studies.

"The government aims to provide $10 laptops to students and research in this direction is on," said D Purandeshwari, minister of state for human resource development.

The announcement came at the inaugural session of 'e-India 2008,' an international conference of IT solution providers and government agencies to facilitate practices of e-governance and digital learning in the country.

She said: "In the coming years, thrust will be on using ICT to strengthen various mode of learning both in school and at higher education levels. To deliver the benefits of ICT in the learning process, a new scheme namely 'National Mission in Education through ICT' will be launched, with the objective of providing connectivity to the learners to the 'Knowledge World' in cyberspace."

Purandeshwari said that efforts will be made to make the students Netizens to enhance their self-learning skills and develop their capabilities for on-line problem solving.

The new mission would also focus on developing a very low cost and low power consuming access device, making available free bandwidth to every Indian for education purpose, the minister said.

A compendium 'Towards a National Policy on ICT in School Education' was also released at the function.

The compendium is a compilation of feedback collected in the process to formulate the 'National Policy on ICT in School Education,' an initiative taken by Department of School Education and Literacy in HRD ministry.


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