Mukul gives away M Tabs, raises concern over dropout rate

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SHILLONG:  Meghalaya Chief Minister, Dr Mukul Sangma on Tuesday  distributed M Tabs to Class XII students in the state under the state government’s  Student Digital Learning Aid Scheme.
Speaking on the occasion, Mukul Sangma said that the Government still faced the challenge of dropouts from the schools. Giving details, Sangma said that in the year 2006-07, the dropout rate in elementary school level was 30 per cent and it reduced to 19.5 percent in the year 2011-12.

Sangma also informed that the dropout rate at the secondary level was   39 per cent in the year   2006-07 and now it stood at   11.5 percent.

Sangma lamented that the State Government in the year 2014-15 could not distribute M Tabs to students due unexpected financial constraints arising out of sudden ban on coal mining by the National Green Tribunal

He said that the state must take advantage of the digital revolution which is taking place across the globe. Earlier, Minister in charge Information and Technology, Ampareen Lyngdoh informed that around 25000 Class XII students in the state are the beneficiaries of the scheme.

 

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