Digital Boards to be Provided to 1.5 Lakh Government Schools
The central government is to provide about 1.5 lakh classrooms with digital boards to enhance the quality of education. These digital boards will be a part of the senior secondary and secondary classes of government schools from 2019.
The HRD Minister of India, Prakash Javadekar, introduced ‘Operation Digital Board’ on Wednesday, 20th February 2019. The aim of the digital boards for schools is to provide each classroom in government schools with one digital and interactive board and make the availability of e-resources to students accessible at all times. A number of about 1.5 lakh schools are expected to benefit from this scheme from the session of 2019 onwards.
While talking about the Operation Digital Board at a press conference in the capital, New Delhi, Prakash Javadekar expressed that the primary focus of this scheme is to upgrade the traditional methods of teaching. With the advent of technology, it is necessary to be at par with the new ways and digital lifestyle so as to not be left behind.
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This venture aims at working on emerging technological advancements and giving the students an opportunity to learn whatever they personally want to do. Data Analytics, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are a part of this ‘Intelligent Tutoring’ for students. All government schools will have digital learning as an essential part of the curriculum for classes 9th and above. Javadekar said that maintaining quality is one massive challenge that is faced by the academic section of the country. The number of schools and institutions that need enhancement in their quality is quite large. Having an efficient secondary level education is of paramount importance as it makes students confident and ready for their professional life.
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Starting with the secondary schools, this operation will further cover the institutes of higher education. In their Commission meeting, the UGC has stated that they aim at making every classroom digital by 2022. The UGC is to take 300 universities and around 10,000 colleges for the first step, which will have them cover about 2 lakh classrooms. The cost for this will be approximately 2,000 crores and this scheme can be performed as a Central programme.