IT bonanza for Kerala Govt schools

An e-tender worth Rs 300 crore, billed to be the largest ever in the IT sector in Kerala’s history, was floated on Saturday. The e-tender is for 60,250 laptops and 43,750 multimedia projectors said K. Anvar Sadath, vice chairman and executive director, Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) – formerly IT@School Project of the Kerala government.

KITE is the first Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to be funded from the Kerala Infrastructure and Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) established by the Kerala government to support projects worth Rs 50,000 crore in various sectors in the coming five years.

As many as 4,775 government and government-aided schools, to be covered under this programme, include 2685 highschools, 1701 higher secondary cchools and 389 vocational higher secondary schools.

With the implementation of the programme, each classroom would be equipped with laptop, multimedia projector, whiteboard and sound system.

Each Hi-Tech IT Lab would feature with UPS,multi-function printers, LCD TV and a HD Camera. Specific e-Security features would be installed in schools. In the first phase, 30,000 laptops and 20,000 projectors will be delivered in NovemberDecember 2017. The rest will be delivered in the second phase in JanuaryFebruary 2018 and the final phase in April-May 2018.