2,600 computer labs to be set up in Haryana govt schools

Chandigarh, Feb 3 (PTI) The Haryana Government hasdecided to set up 2,600 computer laboratories in governmentschools in the state.

"2,600 labs would be set up this year in governmentschools and as many as 52,000 computer tables would bepurchased from the state forest department for this purpose,"an official spokesman said here today.

He said a decision to this effect was taken in a meetingheld under the chairmanship of State''s Finance and ForestsMinister Ajay Singh Yadav here yesterday.

The spokesman said there were about six lakh studentsstudying in senior secondary schools in the state andefforts would be made to provide best quality of dual desksand computer tables to them.

He said education was among the priority of thegovernment and efforts were being made to provide all basicamenities to students in the government schools.