Kerala government to provide Wi-Fi at 10,000 schools

For the first time in India, as many as 10,000 government and aided schools in Kerala at the primary school level will get 2Mbps broadband internet facilities.

Written by FE Bureau

Thiruvanananthapuram

Updated: October 25, 2016 09:11 IST

Wi-Fi was labelled most important by 40.2 per cent of respondents, followed by sex (36.6 per cent), chocolate (14.3 per cent) and alcohol, which was ranked as the number one daily essential by 8.9 per cent of respondents. (Reuters)

For the first time in India, as many as 10,000 government and aided schools in Kerala at the primary school level will get 2Mbps broadband internet facilities. BSNL will install 10,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in these schools as part of IT@School Project of the Kerala government. The project will go live in Kerala from November 1, sources in the Kerala education department told FE.

Before adding 10,000 Wi-Fi hotspots, Kerala had deployed 5,000 broadband internet connections at higher secondary schools.

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