India’s low cost device
for higher education — the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay is already
planning the next edition of the tablet that will work on a SIM. A global
tender is expected to be put out next month for producing 50 lakh units of
Aakash-3. The proposed upgraded tablet will also have a faster processor, a
higher memory capacity and will function on both the android operating system
and Linux. The challenge now is to ensure that improved facilities do not
increase the price. As of now, Aakash-2 is being purchased by the government at
Rs. 2,263 per unit, while the price for students and institutions is Rs. 1,130.
The Aakash-2 has been distributed to 250 engineering colleges across the
country so far.
The target is to train 1 lakh teachers once every
college and institution gets the device. “Our ultimate aim is to imbibe the
usage of tablets in the education system and create an ecosystem for this,”
said Deepak B. Phatak, Professor, Department of Computer Science and
Engineering at IIT-Bombay and member of the Standing Committee of the National
Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology. Over 1
lakh tablets have already been procured by the Ministry of Human Resource
Development for distribution to educational institutions. According to Prof.
Phatak, it was likely that there would be multiple vendors for the tablets
instead of just one to deliver such a huge number.
source:thehindu
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