3L collegians to get tablet-PCs for Rs. 1,000: CM Rupani
What's the story
Three lakh first-year college students in Gujarat will get tablet computers worth Rs. 11,000 for a token sum of Rs. 1,000, said Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today.
It is the second year that the students in the state are getting such tablets, christened "Namo E-Tab", with Rupani stating that his government wanted to make this distribution an annual event.
Here's more.
Plans
Token fee will be used to provide internet connectivity, Wi-Fi
Rupani said Rs. 30cr that will be collected from students, in the form of a token fee of Rs. 1,000, will be used to provide internet, Wi-Fi to colleges and libraries.
"The objective is that in this age, students will be able to enhance their knowledge and connect to the world," he said, after distributing tablets to Gujarat University and Gujarat Technological University students.
Content
The tablets will have lecture videos as per the syllabus
The State Government has made a provision of Rs. 300 crore to provide tablets to students against a sum of Rs. 250 crore earmarked for the purpose last year.
Anju Sharma, Principal Secretary, Higher and Technical Education, informed that the tablets would have 450 lecture videos inbuilt in them, 46 course material videos and 110 virtual learning course materials, as per the syllabus.
Features
Tablets upgraded: 4G technology, 2GB RAM and dual SIM
This year, the tablets have 4G technology as against 3G offered last year, and a 2GB RAM as against 1GB RAM last year, Sharma said.
They will also have 16 GB memory as against 8 GB memory in the ones provided to students last year.
The tablets come w5ith dual SIM and have 5 MP back and 2 MP front cameras, Sharma further said.