THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:A staggering 40,083 school classrooms have become hi-tech as part of the government’s mission programme for the protection of general education. The Kerala Infrastructure And Technology for Education (KITE) has distributed laptops, projectors, mounting kits and USB speakers to these class rooms.
An additional 16,500 laptops sanctioned to the school labs will be distributed this week, KITE vice-chairman K Anvar Sadhath has said.Of the 4,752 schools in the high school, higher secondary and vocational higher secondary streams, 3,676 schools now have all their classrooms hitech. Seventy percent of classrooms became hitech in 702 schools and 50 per cent in 315 schools. The maximum number of hi-tech classrooms is in Malappuram 5,096, followed by Kozhikode, 4105, and Thrissur, 3497.
However, 59 schools in the state do not have a single hi-tech classroom. Together, they have 439 classrooms. These schools do not have secure classrooms where the equipment can be stored.
Now, Education Minister Raveendranath has asked KITE to provide equipment to these schools on the condition they will be stored in the laboratories and taken to classrooms on a need basis.Following the minister’s directive, all students in Classes VIII -XII will have hi-tech classroom facilities.