The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to give tabs for Class 10 students to make it easier for them to study. A proposal for this will be tabled before the Standing Committee on Wednesday, January 5.
The 10th board exam will be held in March and the pre-exam will also start in the next few days. Therefore, the move cannot help the students appearing for the exams this year.
Moreover, it has come to light that the civic body will spend INR 39 crores for the purchase of the tab. It will cost INR 20,532 for each tab.
This tab will include courses in Marathi, Urdu, Hindi and English.
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The BMC has decided to purchase tabs for 10th standard students in the academic year 2022-23. The purpose behind this was to reduce the burden on the backs of the students and also to enable the students to study in the absence of the teachers.
While the state government has emphasised e-learning, especially in the pandemic, more than 50 per cent of the students of municipal schools don't have access to tabs or android mobiles. In addition, owing to the pandemic, schools in the city have turned to online mode.
On Monday, January 3, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) stated that schools in Mumbai for grades 1-9 and 11 will remain shut till January 31, reports stated. This development comes amidst concerns about the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Additionally, in civic-run schools, students between the age of 15-18 in accordance with the rules can continue going to the COVID-19 vaccination centres to get inoculated. Apart from this, in civic-run schools and others, students between 15-18 years of age will also be called to schools to get vaccinated.
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