The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will distribute new tablets to 19,317 students of Class IX in Marathi, Urdu, Hindi and English medium municipal schools.
The tablets will come with a one-year warranty and four years of maintenance. M/s Skill Tree Consulting Private Limited has been appointed for the procurement, which includes e-content and maintenance services.
The total cost of this is INR 49.19 crore. That is, approximately INR 25,464 per student.
The BMC launched the Tablet Distribution Scheme in 2015 to promote digital learning among students. This initiative continued till 2018 for three years and also in 2021-22.
Under this scheme, 18,078 tablets were purchased for Class IX students in 2017-18, along with maintenance support. The life of these devices was from February 2018 to February 2023.
As a result, for the academic year 2025-26, the BMC has decided to purchase 19,317 new tablets for students of class IX.
In the first year of 2015, the BMC spent Rs 32 crore to purchase 22,799 tablets at a cost of Rs 6,850 each.
In 2018, another contract worth Rs 18 crore was signed to purchase 18,078 tablets, at a cost of around Rs 10,000 per unit.
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