City police have come up with a Mobile Bank to bridge the digital divide among less privileged schoolchildren. The initiative has created a buzz in the city with support pouring from all the corners.
Police have appealed to those having extra smartphones or laptops and are not using them to donate at local police stations or at Composite Control Room. The donated gadgets will be distributed among the needy to help them study. Moreover, a copy of the station diary, having all details about the device, will be provided to the donors as proof that they have submitted mobile phones or laptops to the police.
As per the plans, those who submit his or her device to police, an entry is made in station diary about the owner of the device and receipt is given to owner. Initiative has received overwhelming response.
City-based social worker and Madhuri Dixit fan Pappu Sardar handed over new three mobile sets to Sakchi Police station in-charge Kunal Kumar. Meanwhile, city-based trader Raja Singh has also come forward and donated mobile and laptop sets. On the occasion, Pappu said that he was impressed by the appeal made by the police. The donation of mobile sets will pave the way for children to educate themselves through online classes. He added that his move will also inspire others to take similar steps.
A police official informed that any mobile phone or other gadgets donated to the police station will be sent to the district headquarters and the SPs concerned will hand over the device to a needy student on the recommendation of the principal of his/her school. An undertaking will be taken from the students and their parents to use the device only for online classes.
Very recently 12-year old Tulsi Kumari whose fight reaped fruits after Valuable Edutainment Pvt Ltd bought a dozen of her mangoes for Rs 1, 20,000 and fulfilled her dream of buying an android phone to resume her online classes.
Twelve-year old Tulsi, a class 5 student from bagunhatu govt school in Jamshedpur, was selling mangoes on a Sunday during lockdown near Kinnan Stadium.
When a reporter enquired about her vending Mangoes on deserted roads during the lockdown, Tulsi narrated her story.
She said she wanted to earn Rs 5,000 so that she could buy a phone and resume her online studies halted for the want of an android gadget. The story went viral with a lot of people expressing sympathy for her.