by Chaitanya Marpakwar, Mumbai Mirror, 22 May 2015
The civic body says computers will have preloaded syllabus, maps; opposition says project is primitive.
The BMC has called for bids from hardware suppliers to equip students in its schools with tablet computers worth nearly Rs 20 crore. Unlike commercially available tablets, these portable devices, to be made available to those enrolled in class 8, will have neither WiFi nor 3G capabilities. Instead, they will come preloaded with 8th and 9th grade study material, an e-book reader, Google maps and a few Android apps.
The BMC has estimated in its bid documents that each of these devices will cost Rs 10,000. The cheapest tablets on the market, all of which are WiFi- and 3G-enabled, cost in the vicinity of Rs 3,000 - the 7 inch, Vox V93 retails for Rs 2,989.
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The civic body says computers will have preloaded syllabus, maps; opposition says project is primitive.
The BMC has called for bids from hardware suppliers to equip students in its schools with tablet computers worth nearly Rs 20 crore. Unlike commercially available tablets, these portable devices, to be made available to those enrolled in class 8, will have neither WiFi nor 3G capabilities. Instead, they will come preloaded with 8th and 9th grade study material, an e-book reader, Google maps and a few Android apps.
The BMC has estimated in its bid documents that each of these devices will cost Rs 10,000. The cheapest tablets on the market, all of which are WiFi- and 3G-enabled, cost in the vicinity of Rs 3,000 - the 7 inch, Vox V93 retails for Rs 2,989.