Gurgaon: To promote digital education in Haryana, the state government has decided to roll out projects worth Rs 10.3 crore for government schools across districts, including Gurgaon.
During an annual meeting of the GMDA, chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has kicked off three projects that aim to improve the physical infrastructure of the state-run schools and provide coaching facilities to the meritorious students for competitive examinations.
These projects include Project E-Lakshyvahini worth over Rs 1.18 crore and two CSR initiatives with RITES Ltd and Power Grid to upgrade the classroom learning in government schools across the state.
Under the E-Lakshyvahini project, about 10,000 students from five districts will be provided training through Common Service Centres for more than 100 competitive exams. Under one of the CSR projects, 70 smart classrooms will be set up in government schools in Gurgaon and Mewat in collaboration with the RITES Ltd, at a cost of about Rs 1.31 crore. Under another project, 330 smart classrooms will be set up in 165 government schools in collaboration with the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited. The Power Grid will spend more than Rs 7.8 crore on this project, under which smart classrooms will be set up in 10 districts, including 80 in the Gurgaon.