Give free smartphones to schoolkids, says Cong

Nurpur, September 5

Kangra district Congress president and former MLA Ajay Mahajan has asked the state government to provide smart phones with internet data free of cost to the students of government schools so that the actual objective of online studies could be achieved.

In a statement issued here today, Mahajan said that the closure of government schools amid the coronavirus pandemic had ruined the academic session of the students and the ongoing online studies were a mere eyewash.

“The state government boasts of successful online studies during the pandemic but the ground reality is far different. Most of the government school students belong to poor families and are unable to afford smart phones,” he added. — OC