(a) whether the Government has any proposal to provide Aakash Tablet at free
of cost to the poor students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes,
Minorities and Other Backward Classes; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
(a) whether the Government has any proposal to provide Aakash Tablet at free
of cost to the poor students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes,
Minorities and Other Backward Classes; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(DR. SHASHI THAROOR)
(a) & (b) Madam, under the National Mission on Education through Information and
Communication Technology (NMEICT) a project with the objective of development of Low
Cost Access Device (LCAD) was sanctioned to IIT Rajasthan in September 2010 with the
following stated deliverables:
1. Procurement and distribution of 1 lakh LCAD
2. Optimization of the hardware and software of the LCAD
3. Testing of LCAD
This project was subsequently transferred to the IIT Bombay in April 2012. The IIT
Bombay has procured 1, 00,000 tablets for the purpose of testing in different climatic
conditions and teacher empowerment. The results of the testing with help determine our
future course of action.