Haryana Government is all set to distribute around 2.5 lakh tabs to the students of Classes X to XII. The tablets, to be distributed in the month of May, would have pre-loaded Personalized and Adaptive Learning (PAL) software, and the SIM cards with a daily data limit of 2GB.

The information was shared by the state Education Minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar after the meeting of High Power Purchase Committee (HPPC), chaired by the Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, in which approval was given to purchases of goods and items to be procured by various departments worth more than Rs 100 crore.

Khattar, after the meeting, said that a total of three agendas, including two of the Education, and one related with the Power Department, were tabled in the meeting.

Gujjar, sharing the details of the meeting, said that procurement of PAL software costing more than Rs five crore for classes IX to XII was approved in the meeting. This PAL software will be preloaded in the tablets which would be provided to students studying in these classes for a total of 10 subjects, he said.

“Besides, procurement of around five lakh data SIM cards, costing Rs 47 crore, has also been approved by the Committee. These SIM cards would be inserted into the tablets with a daily data limit of 2GB,” he said.

The Minister added that in the month of May, around 2.5 lakh tabs would be distributed to the students studying in Classes X to XII.

“The Committee has also given nod for the procurement of supply of 11 meter long PCC poles for meeting the requirements of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) costing Rs 48.89 crore,” he said.