Telangana: 3,000 govt classrooms to to get 'digital facelift'

HYDERABAD: Around 3,000 classrooms in government schools across Telangana will turn into digital classrooms. As part of the digitisation of classrooms project taken up by the school education department, the Telangana State Technology Services Limited (TSTS) is putting in place the infrastructure.
“What is being taken up now is the first phase. The digitisation of classrooms will continue to cover more schools,” TSTS chairman Patimeedi Jagan Mohan Rao said.
It is through TSTS that e-government and m-governance programmes are taken up.
In the first phase, the digitisation of classrooms will be taken up for Class 8 to 10. The infrastructure that would be needed includes a projector, screen, laptop integration among others.
With the Telangana government conducting a health profile of people, a system has been put in place on how to go about it, recording the readings of all the tests conducted and maintaining a card for all the beneficiaries.
The health profile has already begun in Mulugu and Rajanna Sircilla districts as a pilot project by the health department which is also collaborating with TSTS. Mobile phones that are needed for the purpose of have also been distributed to Asha (health) workers through TSTS.
At a review meeting with officials on Wednesday, TSTS chairman Jagan Mohan Rao discussed the e-governance and m-governance projects and developments. Apart from West Bengal, the state governments of Punjab and Jharkhand have expressed interest in availing consultancy services from TSTS.