Claiming to be the first in the country to offer such a scheme in government schools, the state education department will roll out “Gyankunj” scheme for Class VII and VIII students in 2,051 government schools across districts by July.
IN A major move towards digitisation of education, the Gujarat government schools from this academic session will start replacing school bags and textbooks with tablets, making students “burden-free”. Claiming to be the first in the country to offer such a scheme in government schools, the state education department will roll out “Gyankunj” scheme for Class VII and VIII students in 2,051 government schools across districts by July.
These schools will be chosen from nearly 34,000 government primary schools in Gujarat. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, during an enrolment drive in Ahmedabad’s Asarwa constituency on Saturday, claimed “mahapurush” have been from government and not private schools and that Gujarat is all set to pave way for digital and quality education in its government schools where students will be free from burden of school bags, textbooks and stationery, and get tech-savvy through handy tablets.
