Kerala Teachers to get Laptops at discount prices
Kerala government's IT arm, IT@School, is offering laptops at discount prices to 50,000 teachers in Kerala. A laptop will cost Rs.17,770 and a netbook Rs.11,450. The discount comes to as much as 36-37 percent. This will help teachers to acquire laptops at huge discount to the market price. . Orders will be executed on a first-come-first-serve basis. Teachers of government schools and government-aided schools will be eligible for this scheme.Three companies - HCL, RP Infosystems and Wipro - will be supplying the laptops while the first two are contracted to supply the netbook.
Normally the laptop-netbook and its accessories come with one-year warranty. But this government scheme will ensures 3-year warranty, including that for the battery and power adapter, which is a unique facility provided to IT@School purchases only.
Let us hope that with this pro-active step taken by the government, the IT literacy of our teachers' community will improve, ultimately benefitting the student community immensely.