Mysuru labour officials to distribute 4,000 tablets to kids of construction workers

MYSURU: The district labour authorities are preparing to distribute 4,000 digital tablets to children of registered construction site workers this year. The tablets will be distributed for high school students studying in class ninth and tenth.
The distribution aims at promotion of online education as many of the students left school without access to digital learning tools like smart phones, tablets and laptops, when both private and public schools promoted digital mode of education from the last few years.
The department has registered 1, 48, 687 construction workers in the district.
It has received nearly 5,000 applications from children of construction workers studying in class ninth and tenth requesting distribution of digital tablets.
The department has finalised the distribution of tablets for 4,000 students after verifying their documents. Even the state government has sanctioned funds for distribution of 4,000 tablets to these children of the district.
The labour department has purchased tablets at the cost of Rs 22,000 each. It will distribute the tablets soon to the identified children of construction workers, said surces.
District labour officer Rajesh Jadhav said that the Karnataka Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board has introduced a wide range of welfare schemes for construction workers from the funds it collected from one percent cess from building construction activities.
The board has already distributed scholarships, promotion of pre-school education and nutritional support for construction workers' children. Now, the board has included the distribution of tablets to construction workers children to promote their digital method of education.
The tablets will really help children, said Yoganarasimha, a construction site worker from T Narasipur said. “We cannot afford it, but the government is extending it, which will help in the education of the children,” he said.