RS 500 laptop released on 3 February

$ 10 laptop (500 rupees) prototypes with a capacity of 2 GB of RAM, in Tirupati on February 3, when the national mission
Education through Information and Communication Technologies was launched.

The proposed $ 10 laptop for the first time in Toi three years ago, has proved to be a reaction to the $ 100 laptop from Nicholas Negroponte of MIT, he tried to hardsell India. $ 10 laptop in the drawing board stage students Vellore Institute of Technology, scientists at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, IIT-Madras and PSU as complex semiconductors. "At this stage, the cost of up to $ 20, but with mass production inevitably come down", RP Agarwal, Secretary, researchers said.

In addition to the technology of $ 100 laptops, the main reason for the Human Resource Development Ministry resisted Negroponte of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), the project was high and hidden costs that at $ 200.

The Mission also began demonstrating the E-Class, VL and better "Sakshat portal was established for two years. The source also said that the ministry has signed agreements with four publishing houses - MacMillan, Tata McGraw-Hill, Prentice Hall Vikas Publishing - for the from their textbooks "Sakshat. Five percent of these books are free.

The challenge to the plan in the amount of 11 crore in the RS 4612, aims to be a serious interference with the increase in gross application in higher education. The mission consists of two main components. One of them, the generation of content through its portal Sakshat ", and two works by connecting to the provision of equipment, access to institutions and students.

In this context, the Government will be RS 2 / 5 kyats for the establishment and 10 kbit / s connection to subsidize 25% of the cost of public and private schools.

You will be responsible for the development of infrastructure and connectivity to more than 18000 schools in the country, including all departments of nearly 400 universities and institutes of national importance. The mission will focus on the correct procedures for e-learning, easy to experiment with the virtual laboratory, testing and certification online, online availability of teachers to students and teachers, as well as the use of EDUSAT and DTH.