“The laptops are provided to you (students) through the tax payers’ money and it is therefore your additional responsibility to take proper care of the gadget and use it for the purpose for which it has been provided,” he told a gathering of students and education officers, conceding some students have already sold the laptops.
Parsekar was speaking at the distribution of laptops to the first batch of 40 HSSC students in Panjim. The govt expects to cover 17,977 beneficiaries from 93 HSSs this year. A budgetary provision of Rs 100 cr has been made to provide better infrastructure facilities at the Cujira integrated school complexes.
The Chairman of Information and Technology Subhash Phal Dessai, who was also present at the function along with Panjim MLA Siddhart Kuncalienkar, informed that the government will soon give wi-fi connectivity in all schools and convert regular classrooms into smart classrooms as the State is striving to ensure youth are well-versed in information technology.
In the first batch, 40 beneficiary students from Don Bosco HSS, Santa Cruz HSS, Santo Miguel HSS and Mushtifund HSS were given laptops.
