Andhra Pradesh to provide tablets, PCs to class 8 students, teachers

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Vijayawada, September 09, 2022: The Andhra Pradesh government has announced plans to distribute tablet computers (tabs) to students and teachers of class 8 at a cost of Rs 643 crore, an official statement said. Furthermore, over 4.50 lakh students and 50,194 teachers in 8,395 schools will get the Samsung T220 Lite Tablet PC. The tabs will contain contents from Byju’s in the next two months, it added.

As per the statement, the state Cabinet, which met on September 7, 2022 under the chairmanship of  Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, approved the proposal for distribution of tabs.

AInitially, it was proposed to give the gadgets only to students of class 8, but the Cabinet now extended the facility to the teachers in government and aided schools as well, it said.