2,600 computer labs to be set up in Haryana government schools

The Haryana government has decided to set up 2,600 computer laboratories in government schools in the state.

"Two Thousand Six Hundred labs will be set up this year in government schools and as many as 52,000 computer tables would be purchased from the state forest department for this purpose," an official spokesperson said today.

He said a decision to this effect was taken in a meeting held under the chairmanship of State's finance and forests minister Ajay Singh Yadav here yesterday.

The spokesperson said there were about six lakh students studying in senior secondary schools in the state and efforts would be made to provide best quality of dual desks and computer tables to them.

He said education was among the priority of the government and efforts were being made to provide all basic amenities to students in the government schools.