Last Update: March 13, 2023, 4:26 PM IST
The state already has 12,000 schools with smart classrooms (Representational image)
The announcement came just before the Uttar Pradesh government said it had earmarked Rs 2,000 crore for the development of primary and upper-primary schools in the state.
The Basic Education Department of Uttar Pradesh announced that it aims to convert 30,000 schools in UP into smart schools. The department has set another ambitious target which includes providing one tablet each to 2 lakh primary education schools in the state. The department claims that significant progress has been made in this direction. The state already has 12,000 schools with smart classrooms. The announcement came just before the Uttar Pradesh government said it had earmarked Rs 2,000 crore for the development of primary and upper-primary schools in the state.
In a tweet, Basic Department Education “The target is to provide 2 lakh tablets to 2 lakh primary and upper primary schools in UP and to convert 30 thousand such institutions completely into smart schools,” he wrote. The tweet further states that 12,000 schools have been equipped with smart classrooms.
There is a target to provide 2 lakh tablets to two lakh primary and upper primary schools in UP and to make 30 thousand schools completely smart schools. So far, more than 12 thousand schools have been made smart classes.#smart_kids_of_basic @CMOfficeUP @UPGovt @thisissanjubjp– Basic Education Department Uttar Pradesh (@basicshiksha_up) March 12, 2023
This is in line with the UP government’s objective of improving the skill development of students by upgrading schools from pre-primary to class 8. On 12 March, Hindustan Times reported that the UP government also announced that it has allocated Rs 1,000 crore for the development. 880 primary and upper primary schools under Basic Education Department. The administration will convert these institutions into Chief Minister Abhyudaya Composite School.
Vijay Kiran Anand, director general of school education, UP, said, “A provision has been made for upgrading basic facilities in each composite school with an amount of about Rs 1.42 crore.” He said that “in the first phase, around 704 council schools will be upgraded as Mukhyamantri Abhyudaya Composite Schools from the budget allocated to the Basic Education Department.
The government has promised that each Mukhyamantri Abhyudaya Composite School will have excellent facilities including a child-friendly and designed library with high-quality furniture, a computer lab with language lab facility, a modular composite lab for science learning. , Mathematics, and Robotics, and smart classrooms equipped with interactive display boards and virtual connectivity to facilitate digital learning.
Apart from upgrading the infrastructure of schools in the state, the Basic Education Department also currently bears the responsibility of filling teacher vacancies in primary and upper primary institutions.
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