Govt First Grade Colleges in Karnataka to be De-Bonded desktop computers
Bengaluru, Feb 26: The government first-grade colleges in Karnataka will be provided with 12,500 De-Bonded desktop computers as part of the Help Educate, a public- private initiative taken up by the Department of Collegiate and Technical Education (DCTE), officials said.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on Friday by the DCTE, Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt Ltd and the Rotary Club, the office of Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwath Narayan, who holds the Higher Education portfolio, said.
The initiative has the prime objective of facilitating the learning of students of Government First Grade Colleges and making a difference in the learning of students, most of whom hail from a socio-economically marginalised background, it said.
Under the Help Educate initiative, the DCTE has been partnering with MNCs and philanthropists to educate and train students for employment, train professors in modern methodology through faculty development programmes and digital teaching.
It would also equip government colleges with digital assets to adopt digital learning which is both a recent trend and also an inviolable necessity of times.
As part of the initiative, Cognizant has volunteered to provide 12,500 de-bonded Desktop Computers which would be distributed among the colleges to establish computer Labs for the use of students, the release said.
The Rotary Club, Bangalore has offered to install Windows OS and Office 365 and transport and install these Desktops to respective destinations, it said.
ಉನ್ನತ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಇಲಾಖೆ ವತಿಯಿಂದ @Cognizant ಹಾಗೂ @rotary_india ಸಹಭಾಗಿತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ 'Help Educate' ಎಂಬ ಉಪಕ್ರಮವನ್ನು ಕಾರ್ಯಗತಗೊಳಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ.
— Dr. Ashwathnarayan C. N. (@drashwathcn) February 26, 2021
ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಕಲಿಕೆಯ ಈ ಯುಗದಲ್ಲಿ, ಕಾಲೇಜುಗಳ ಮೂಲಸೌಕರ್ಯ ವೃದ್ಧಿಸಲು ನೆರವಾಗುವಂತೆ ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ಪದವಿ ಕಾಲೇಜುಗಳಿಗೆ 12500 De-bonded Computer ಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ.
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ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಈ ಮಹತ್ವಾಕಾಂಕ್ಷೆ ಯೋಜನೆಯ ಅನುಷ್ಠಾನಕ್ಕೆ ನೆರವಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವ @rotary_india, @Cognizant ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೃತ್ಪೂರ್ವಕ ಕೃತಜ್ಞತೆಗಳು.
— Dr. Ashwathnarayan C. N. (@drashwathcn) February 26, 2021
ಗ್ರಾಮೀಣ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ 'ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಅಂತರ'ದ ಕಾರಣಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಉತ್ತಮ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟದ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣಕ್ಕೆ ತೊಡಕಾಗದಿರಲಿ ಎಂಬುದು ಈ ಉಪಕ್ರಮದ ಸದುದ್ದೇಶವಾಗಿದೆ.@CMofKarnataka @KarnatakaVarthe
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PM 'blatantly racist" by bringing in skin colour in poll debate: Chidambaram
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being racist by bringing in skin colour in the poll debate, and said the opposition's support to Yashwant Sinha in the presidential election was not based on the colour of skin.
In a post on X, he said in the last election to the office of President of India, there were two candidates - Droupadi Murmu and Sinha.
While the BJP and its allies supported Murmu, he said 17 Opposition parties, including the Congress, supported Sinha.
"Support for a candidate was not based on the colour of the skin. Opposition to a candidate was also not based on the colour of the skin.Support or opposition was a political decision, and every elector abided by the decision of his or her party," the former union minister said.
"Why did the Hon'ble PM bring the colour of the skin into the election debate," he asked.
"The PM's remarks are completely irrelevant and blatantly racist," the Congress leader alleged.
Prime Minister Modi on Wednesday attacked the Congress over its party leader Sam Pitroda's comments over skin colour and asserted that the countrymen would not tolerate insult on the basis of skin colour.
Hitting out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Modi said he has now understood that the national party sought to defeat President Murmu in the presidential poll as her "skin colour is dark".
Pitroda's comments that people in the eastern parts of the country resembled the Chinese, while those from the south looked like Africans had kicked up a row.
