According to the department of public instruction, there are around 1,387 tonnes of E-Waste lying in 5,000 schools. The department of state Education research and training has decided to call tenders for disposing of this waste. The highest bidder will get the waste which are mostly desktops, projectors and lead acid batteries.
Since the department introduced computer education in 2000-01, many of its schools were equipped with computers, thin clients, UPS systems with lead acid batteries, projectors, printers/multi function devices, modems, etc for technology assisted Learning.