13% state govt schools have tech labs, only 7% functional

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Only 13% of government schools (upper primary to higher secondary) inKarnataka, Home to the countrys IT capital, haveICTlabs, says the latest U-DISE (Unified District Information System for

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Education) data released by the ministry of school education and Literacy on Thursday. Worse, the Percentage of government schools with a functional ICT (Information & Communication Technology) lab is just 7%.

However, Karnatakas education department said the figures are not updated. The data could be reflecting only labs built using government funds. Almost all schools have labs through donors or other means. Last year alone, 764 schools were given permission. Due to Covid-19, we could implement it only in 502 schools thus far.