Haryana Government Launched ‘e-Adhigam’ Scheme

e-Adhigam

The Haryana State Government has launched e-Adhigam scheme under which nearly three lakh tablets were distributed to government school students to aid their online education. The government provides the gadget to five lakh students from Classes 10-12. However, grade 11 students would receive them after clearing grade 10 board exams and qualify for the succeeding year. These devices come with pre-loaded content along with personalised and adaptive learning software, and 2GB free data.

“From next year, all grades from 9 to12 will be covered,” Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said after launching the Advance Digital Haryana Initiative of Government with Adaptive Modules (Adigham) scheme at Maharishi Dayanand University in Rohtak.

During COVID-19, Khattar said, many families struggled to upgrade their children to online education and that the initiative was an effort to address this concern.

“Tablets and data are tools for students which will help them acquire skills of the 21st century and open new opportunities. Through e-learning, students of Haryana will become global students. With these tablets, we will not be limited to classroom teaching, but we will remain connected with the affairs of the world,” Chief minister said.

Khattar also said the government will form two task forces for the education sector — one will work on the infrastructure, buildings, boundary walls, beautification, cleanliness, roads, water, sanitation and other essential requirements of schools while the other will ensure the arrangement of furniture etc.

“Under the New Education Policy, we are laying a lot of emphasis on IT (information technology),” he said. “The country has set a target to implement this policy by 2030, but our target is 2025,” Khattar added.

“We are giving priority to the education sector and out of the state budget of nearly Rs 1.70 lakh crore, Rs 20,000 crore has been earmarked for education alone,” he said. Education is the most powerful weapon one can use to change the world, Khattar said quoting Nelson Mandela. The devices were distributed among students in 119 blocks across the state simultaneously, Education Minister Kanwar Pal said.

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