Chief Minister orders free laptops to 5.65 lakh students
Tamilnadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had ordered providing laptops to 7.56 lakh higher secondary school and college students of government and aided institutions` students in 2012-13. Of this, 90 per cent of the students had been issued laptops.
The Chief Minister has ordered that 5.65 lakh higher secondary school and polytechnic students be issued laptops in 2013-14.
During 2011-12, a total of 9.07 lakh students was given free laptops.
At a review meeting at the secretariate today, Information and Special Schemes Implementation Minister K T Rajendra Bhalaji ordered speeding up issuing of free laptops to the remaining students.
Keeping her poll promise, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa launched the first-of-its-kind scheme in the country of issuing laptops to school, polytechnic and college students studying in state-run and state-aided institutions on September 15, 2011.
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