The State Government has decided to distribute laptops to 14,993 Plus II pass-out students of the academic year 2014-15, belonging to all streams, Arts, Science and Commerce and Sanskrit and Vocational.
Higher Education Minister Dr Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy informed this in the Assembly in a written reply to a question put by Member Ayub Khan. The Minister said the distribution was yet to begin. The number of students includes 5,655 of Arts stream, 6786 of Science stream, 2,000 of Commerce stream and 371 Sanskrit and 181 Vocational Course students.
According to the list, highest 2,555 students belonging to Khordha district would get laptops followed by Cuttack (1806), Ganjam (1542), Baleswar (1289), Baragarh (806), Puri (678), Nayagarh (633), Sambalpur (593), Mayurbhanj (563), Balangir (483), Sundargarh (456), Bhadrak (452), Kendrapada (446), Jajpur (403), Jagatsinghpur (287), Dhenkanal (262), Keonjhar (258), Koraput (253), Kalahandi (246), Sonepur (199), Angul (185), Kandhamal (109), Rayagada (107), Boudh (95), Nabarangpur (81), Jharsuguda (74), Nuapada (47), Gajapati (45), Malkangiri (25) and Deogarh (15).