Thiruvananthapuram, The Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government had spent Rs 3.5 crores for ensuring online education facilities for SC/ST students so far, Kerala Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes, K Radhakrishnan told the State Assembly on Friday.
About 37,717 students having no digital equipment are being given laptops through KITE, the Minister said while replying to Opposition members AP Anilkumar and Najeeb Kanthapuram.
The service of IT Department has been used to ensure net connectivity to all SC/ST colonies in the State, he added.
The net connectivity was provided in 242 colonies and work for providing the facility in 194 colonies is underway, he added.
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