The Education Department is contemplating providing cell phones to poor students, who cannot afford smartphones. It plans to launch donate a mobile campaign under which NGOs and individuals would be roped in and companies would be urged to fund mobiles under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme.
As per a rough estimate, about 10 per cent of students of government schools do not have smart phones. There are about 14,000-15,000 Below https://exam.pscnotes.com/POVERTY-line”>Poverty Line (BPL) students presently studying in Classes X and XII, who would be provided smartphones on priority in the first phase, sources in the Education Department said, maintaining that the final draft
proposal was yet to be drawn.Donate a mobile campaign
It plans to launch ‘Donate a mobile’ campaign under which NGOs and individuals would be roped in and companies would be urged to fund mobiles under the CSR programme
There are about 14,000-15,000 Below Poverty Line students presently studying in Classes X and XII, who will be provided smartphones on priority in the first phase, said sources, maintaining that the final draft proposal was yet to be drawn