Meghalaya tops list of states with most internet-starved schools; Union Minister informs Lok Sabha

Meghalaya has earned the dubious distinction of being the worst performer in providing internet connectivity in government schools.

Meghalaya tops list of states with most internet-starved schools; Union Minister informs Lok Sabha

Union Minister of State for Education Annpurna Devi informed the Lok Sabha that twenty states and union territories have an internet connection at less than 10 per cent of their government schools. In a written response, the Minister quoted the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE), 2019-20, data in her response.

UDISE 2019-20: Data

According to the minister, the states with less than 10 percent government schools with internet coverage are -- Andhra Pradesh (9.10 percent), Arunachal Pradesh (3.44 percent), Assam (4.32 percent), Bihar (2.05 percent), Chhattisgarh (3.35 percent), Goa (8.46 percent), Jammu and Kashmir (5.18 percent), Karnataka (7.75 percent), Ladakh (1.86 percent), Madhya Pradesh (3.81 percent), Manipur (2.36 percent), Meghalaya (1.27 percent), Mizoram (2.35 percent), Nagaland (3.03 percent), Odisha (2.72 percent), Telangana (8.03 percent), Tripura (1.61 percent), Uttar Pradesh (2.94 percent), Uttarakhand (6.40 percent), and West Bengal (9.65 percent).

The list was topped by Chandigarh, which had 100 per cent of its government schools connected with internet facilities, followed by Lakshadweep (93.33 pc), Delhi (88.18 pc), and Kerala (87.16 PC). "To improve the internet connectivity in rural areas, the CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd (CSC-SPV) of MEITY has been assigned the task of providing Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) connectivity to the government institutions, including schools," Devi said. 

Meghalaya has earned the dubious distinction of being the worst performer in providing internet connectivity in government schools. With a meager 1.27 per cent coverage, Meghalaya tops the list of states and union territories in India with internet connection at less than 10 per cent in government schools, Union Minister of State for Education, Annpurna Devi told the Lok Sabha on Monday.

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