Feb 8, 2011

Five Smart Schools in Kerala

Under
the ICT @ School scheme, five
schools in Kerala will be
upgraded to ‘Smart Schools'.
by the State IT@School Project. The Smart Schools
would serve as a model for
other schools for effective
Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) learning
backed with necessary infrastructure amenities, an
official statement said. The
five schools were Government
Moyans Memorial Girls Higher
Secondary School - Palakkad,
Government Tribal Higher Secondary School - Idukki,
Government Girls Higher
Secondary School -
Thiruvananthapuram,
Government Higher Secondary
School - Malappuram, and Government Higher Secondary
School - Ernakulam, Project
Executive Director K. Anvar
Sadath said. ''Each of the
Smart Schools would be
benefited with a financial assistance of Rs 25 lakh per
year for a period of five
years, thus totaling to Rs 1.25
crore per school to facilitate
ICT infrastructure
development and this process would take off this year itself''
he said.