Chandigarh, April 9: The Haryana Government is striving for radical changes in the education sector, emphasizing universalisation of education. In this series, Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal, taking another step towards digital education, has handed over projects worth more than Rs 10.60 crore to various districts of the state including Gurugram.

The Chief Minister inaugurated four projects digitally. These include Project E Lakshyvahini worth more than Rs 1.18 crore in collaboration with Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd. Foundation, through which about 10,000 students from five districts including Ambala, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal and Yamunanagar will be provided training through Common Service Centres Training for more than 100 competitive exams.

As a second project under CSR, 70 smart classrooms will be set up in government schools in district Gurugram and Mewat in collaboration with the RITES Ltd, at a cost of about Rs. 1, 31, 60,000 crore. Under another project, 330 similar smart classrooms will be set up in 165 other government schools in the state in collaboration with the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited. The Power Grid will spend more than Rs 7,80,90,000 on this project, under which smart classrooms will be set up in 10 districts including Gurugram in Haryana. These include 80smart classrooms in Gurugram district, 60 in Faridabad district, 20 each in Hisar, Karnal, Ambala, Panchkula and Yamunanagar districts, and 30 in each in Panipat, Rohtak and Sonipat districts.

In addition, under the fourth project under CSR, an Advance Life Support Ambulance is being donated by Johnson's Safety Systems India and Ananda Group at a cost of around Rs 30 lakhs. This ambulance equipped with all modern equipment will be used by the Civil Hospital, Manesar.