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