AP to give tabs to 8th class students in Sep

Vijayawada: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday reviewed the progress of Nadu Nedu works in schools and digital learning a few days after signing an agreement with leading edutech firm Byju's.

During a meeting at his camp office, he said tabs will be distributed to class 8 students in September and directed the officials to ensure Byju's content is uploaded in them and added that they should have appropriate specifications and features.

He instructed the officials to ensure quality and durability while tenders are being called for their procurement.

Reddy said the tabs being given to class eighth class students should be useful to the students for next two years. He said the maintenance of these tabs is very important and instructed the officials to focus on repairing them immediately in case of any problem.

The Chief Minister said to consider best companies for the procurement of tabs and directed the officials to ensure they are delivered to students in stipulated time.

He said to set up digital boards and TVs in classrooms and directed the officials to prepare an action plan in this regard.

The officials informed the Chief Minister that they have taken the suggestions from experts and are planning to setup interactive screens in some class rooms and TV screens in other class rooms.

The Chief Minister instructed the officials to work out how to put digital screens and boards to optimum usage. He said to study the existing methods of usage of digital screens and boards and added that they will help the students to understand the subjects like mathematics and science better and added that the efficiency of the teachers would also increase. He opined that it will be good if there is flexibility to highlight the content on the screen and set it to enlarge. He instructed the officials to focus on security of digital screens and panels and prepare an action plan in this regard by July 15. Chief Secretary Sameer Sharma, School Education Special Chief Secretary Buditi Rajashekar, School Education Commissioner S. Suresh Kumar, Sarwa Siksha Abhiyan SPD Vetri Selvi and other officials were present.