Haryana Government to provide free tablets to students of Classes 8 to 12

Tablets will be distributed on the lines of the library scheme. Under this scheme, the students will have to return this tablet to the school after passing Class 12.

The Haryana government has announced that it will give tablets free of cost to all the students of Classes 8 to 12 studying in government schools across the state. The tablets will be given to students of all the categories including general category, scheduled castes, backward classes as well as minority communities so that they can take advantage of digital education.
Tablets will be distributed on the lines of the library scheme. Under this scheme, the students will have to return this tablet to the school after passing Class 12. The tablet will have digital books as pre-loaded content, as well as various tests, videos and other materials, which will be as per the courses of government schools.

This will not only help students in studying different topics at home but will help them to receive online education and take online exams as well.

Meanwhile, the Haryana government has also decided to extend the reopening of schools across the state by ten more days. The schools in the state will not reopen until December 10, 2020, Health Minister for the state, Anil Vij said. Earlier, the state government had announced that the schools in Haryana will remain closed until November 30. The decision to extend the duration of school closure in the state was taken considering the rising COVID-19 cases in the state.

"We have instructed all the schools to remain closed for 10 more days as of now. We will provide them with all the necessary COVID-19 guidelines before reopening the premises for students,” he said.

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