Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has directed the Education Department officials to make necessary arrangements to distribute the second instalment of tabs to students and teachers of Class 8 this year.
At a review meeting held at his Camp Office at Tadepalli near here on Thursday, Mr. Jagan stressed the need to conduct training sessions on the use of the tabs by the digital assistants working in the village and ward secretariats. Fix Interactive Flat Panels (IFPs) and smart TVs in classrooms in all schools where the first phase of Nadu-Nedu works was by December. Similarly, by December, broadband facility should be provided to all schools which are equipped with IFPs and smart TVs and the complete syllabus should be made available to the students, he said.
Taking stock of the progress in TOEFL training for students, Mr. Jagan said that at least half an hour should be allotted daily for the purpose. Enquiring about the steps being taken to introduce the International Baccalaureate (IB) syllabus in government schools, the Chief Minister told the officials to prepare an action plan to introduce it at least in phases and integrate it with the present syllabus. The profiles of the Government schools must be upgraded with the introduction of such syllabus as it makes them better than the private corporate schools and takes their status to the next level, he said.
