Jagan launches distribution of Rs 620 cr tabs to student
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Chintapalli (ASR Dist): Celebrating his birthday in the tribal region with students, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy formally launched the distribution of tabs to Class eight students here on Thursday.
Addressing a large public meeting of school children and their parents, he said that the children are our future and the government has been spending huge amounts on educational reforms to turn the students into global products. The distribution of tabs, worth Rs 620 crore to 4,34,285 students, will take place for the next ten days across the State and MLAs, school teachers and Education Department officials will oversee the distribution in every mandal.
He said that each tab is worth Rs 33,000 including the Byju’s content worth Rs 15,500 and reiterated that investment on education is productive investment on future human resources. The study material-loaded tabs would guide the students as tutors and change their future for good. The tabs will contain useful applications like AI-aided doubt-clearance and learning foreign languages apps, he said, stating that they would work like teachers and help students improve their knowledge.
