INDIRA SOOCHNA SHAKTI YOJANA

Government of Chhattisgarh has sanctioned IT education for classes IX to XII in all 1235 Government girls and co-educational schools in the State beginning with the current academic session under the Indira Soochna Shakti Yojana (ISSY). Under the scheme, girls belonging to poorer and weaker sections of the society are being given free computer education according to CBSE syllabus at a cost to the State Government of nearly Rs. 7 crores per annum. Other girls and boys in co-educational institutions can avail the educational facility on payment of a fee of Rs. 54 per month.

MIDDLE & PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Government of Chhattisgarh has earmarked Rs. 6.88 crores for imparting IT education and IT - enabled multimedia teaching of other subjects on a pilot basis in several hundred middle schools (classes VI to VIII).

Besides, the Government introduced IT-enabled education in over two hundred locations middle schools as part of DPEP.

COLLEGES

Government of Chhattisgarh has executed an agreement for IT education on Government of India approved syllabus in all 186 Government colleges in the State having an enrolment of nearly 70,000 students. They may avail of the facility on payment of a fee of Rs. 84 per month by interested students.

PRIVATE UNIVETRSITY FOR IMPARTING IT COURSES

Government of Chhattisgarh has enacted a Private Universities Act for establishing Private Universities in the State. Such Private Universities will be entitled to get land on concessional terms from the State Government. Such a University may also impart IT education, courses and degrees.