Investment in quality English education can defeat poverty, opined Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy while formally launching the Jagananna Vidya Kanuka programme here on Tuesday.
Under the programme, the government will be spending ₹931 crore to distribute 47.40 lakh kits across the State. In all, 4.08 lakh students of Classes VIII and IX will be given tabs worth ₹12,000 to access the Byju’s online classes at a cost of ₹500 crore.
“Focus is on making every student in government schools capable enough to face global competition in the job market. For that, quality education is a must, that too in English medium. We have spent ₹52,600 crore in the education sector at different levels so far,” Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy told a large gathering of school students and their mothers.
