Himachal Pradesh seeks extension of ICT Project to Middle Schools
Shimla: State Government had requested the Government of India to extend the ongoing ICT (Information and Communication Technology) @School Scheme under implementation in the Government Senior Secondary Schools to Government Middle Schools in the State as well with a view to provide students quality education. Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister had made this request in a letter written to Shri Kapil Sibbal, Union Human Resource Development Minister, today. Chief Minister said that the ICT@School Project approved by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development for implementation in the Government Senior Secondary Schools in the State had been successful in improvement of classroom transactions and providing students quality education where multi media teaching aids had been provided to the students with syllabus based educational content. He said that teachers had also been trained to implement the project. He said that the multi media teaching aids had transformed the teaching...