45,000 smart TVs to be installed in Andhra Pradesh government schools

Andhra Pradesh government to digitalise 45,000 state-run schools by the next academic year, informed State Education Minister.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is planning to digitalise 45,000 schools by the next academic year, said Audimulapu Suresh, State Education Minister. “Officials are working day and night to meet the CM’s deadline of completing work on the Nadu-Nedu initiative by the beginning of the academic year in June,” said Suresh.

This is the first time that the government schools in Andhra Pradesh will give tough competition to the private schools and institutions in terms of digitalisation, he said. The government is planning to implement this in a phased manner. In the first phase, the government has its aim to install 10,000 smart TVs, the cost of which comes up to a total of 45 crores to 50 crores. Every government school in the state will be having its own smart television for digitalised learning, so the days are gone wherein for good education parents use to think of sending their children to private schools at a higher cost.

In September the first week, during a review meeting, the Chief Minister had directed all the officials to ensure that no students should be left out of digital education and all government schools should be equipped with the centralised integrated system smart TVs.

The Government of Andhra Pradesh had earlier launched the 'Manabadi Nadu-Nedu' scheme to bring better facilities to students studying in the government schools. A total of 15,715 government schools have been renovated so far. As per the officials, the phase 2 and phase 3 works for the remaining 3, 073 educational institutions are pending as yet.

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