Chandigarh:Haryana will set an example once again for the states across the country under the able leadership of Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal. Taking forward Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi's 'Digital India' campaign under the visionary leadership of Chief Minister, Haryana Government is going to provide tablets and free data to 5 lakh students studying in government schools. This ambitious scheme of the State Government has been named as e-learning (Advance Digital Haryana Initiative of Government with Adaptive Modules). The tablet distribution function will be held on May 5, 2022 at the Tagore Auditorium of Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak by the Chief Minister. During this, these tablets will be given to the students of government schools of Rohtak city. This tablet distribution function will also start on this day in 119 blocks of the state. In other districts, ministers, MPs, MLAs, other guests, along with the Deputy Commissioner and district administration will distribute tablets on the same day.
The Chief Minister said that the Haryana Government's e-Learning scheme will definitely prove to be a milestone in fulfilling Prime Minister, Sh. Narendra Modi’s dream of Digital India. He said that tablets and data are tools for the students which will help them to acquire the skills of 21st century and open new opportunities at national and international level. Through e-Learning, a student of Haryana will also become a global student. He said that during Covid, the parents did not have any resource to get the child online. Today the government is going to fill this gap through e-Learning. This ambitious scheme will prove to be an effective step towards online education for most of the students studying in government schools, especially those students who are unable to buy devices like smartphones and tablets.
The Chief Minister said that the State Government is also making continuous efforts to provide employment-oriented education to the youth and to make them skilled. For this purpose, Vishwa Kaushal Kendra will be established in Gurugram. He said that parents should pay full attention to the education of their children. The Chief Minister said that parents should make children good citizens and strengthen the economy of Haryana and India by providing them good education and skills.
It is noteworthy that under this ambitious scheme, tablet, 2GB free data and PAL (Personalized Adaptive Learning) platform is being provided to all the students studying in Class X to XII in government schools. 5 lakh tablets have been purchased for the students of Class X and XII (board classes). After the result of Class X Boards, separate tablets will be purchased for more than 2.30 lakh students in June 2022. All 33,000 PGTs teaching these classes will also be given a free tablet. For other lower classes (VIII to IX) tablets will be arranged in a phased manner.