Over 63,500 schools have gone digital in Maharashtra, says CM Devendra Fadnavis

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday has said that more than 63,500 schools in Maharashtra became digital up to June this year. While chairing a review meeting of school education department at his official residence 'Varsha', CM urged all the authorities to lay more emphasis on e-learning and e-school projects in the era of Information Technology.

The meeting was attended by School Education Minister Vinod Tawde, Additional Principal Secretary of the School Education Department Vandana Krishna, among others, attended the meeting. "In January 2016, more than 10,000 schools became digital. Now at the end of June this year, more than 63500 schools have gone digital. In the coming days the students should get facilities like e-learning and e-school. The school education department should work in this direction," he said.

In order to enhance the academic quality and raise study standard of students, the Maharashtra government has implemented educational initiatives. Initiatives like Basic Reading Ability Development, will help teachers to know the capacity of the students, CM said. Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri districts are at the forefront according to the National Performance Survey, he added.

"This percentage should increase in other districts also," he said. Tawde said the "Avirat" project is being implemented by school education department and in the first phase, over 40,000 teachers have been imparted training. The second phase of "Avirat" project is commencing soon, he said.