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Estimates suggest about 38 lakh students primary and secondary school students struggle without net connectivity. The government held discussions with five major telecom<\/a> service providers in the state on Wednesday, but that yielded little result.
“At a meeting with EV Ramana Reddy, additional chief secretary, information department, the telecom companies<\/a>, including Airtel, Jio and BSNL<\/a>, cited major concerns over economic viability of expanding tower networks to cover areas that have little or no access to the internet,” said primary and secondary education minister S Suresh Kumar.
Reaffirming this, officials from the IT-BT department said the telecom companies had said setting up towers in rural Karnataka is an “expensive” affair. As per the latest data, till January 2021, there were 41,968 mobile towers in the state with as much as 60% of it being added in the past five years.
“The biggest challenge is the right of way (RoW) policy which is hazy when it comes to rural Karnataka,” said Meena Nagaraj, director, ITBT department. “While the urban development department has already spelt out plans in line with the Government of India 2016 policy, RDPR is yet to do so. We expect this to be completed next week. Having said that, we have also asked telecom companies to list their concerns. The government will look into and possibly resolve them.”
The state is now looking at a “hybrid model” of classes for children who neither access to the internet or devices. This includes tying up with civil society organisations such as Shikshana Foundation, which is run by technocrat Prashanth Prakash. He is also chief minister BS Yediyurappa’s policy and strategy advisor.
“Wherever reach of technology is limited, we will use civil society assistance to ensure no child is left out of the education system,” Kumar said. “We have formed a task force comprising civil society members to advise the government on the best approach to reach children in the remote areas.”
Meanwhile, at the higher education level, despite distributing one lakh tablets to students, the lack of connectivity is causing anxiety as many are unable to use the devices.
“We are in talks with internet service providers for dedicated lines to particular locations like gram panchayat offices to ensure there is uninterrupted service to students,” said deputy chief minister and higher education minister CN Ashwath Narayan.
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估计大约38多数中小学学生斗争没有网络连接。政府与五大举行讨论电信服务提供商在周三,但是产生什么结果。
“在会见EV拉Reddy,额外的首席秘书,信息部门电信公司,包括旅馆、Jio和BSNL,引用的主要担忧经济可行性扩大塔网络覆盖区域有很少或没有访问互联网,“中小学教育部长S苏雷什·库马尔说。
重申,IT-BT部门官员表示,电信公司表示,在农村建立塔卡纳塔克邦是一个“昂贵”事件。根据最新数据,直到2021年1月,有41968移动塔高达60%的国家它被添加在过去的五年里。
“最大的挑战是正确的(行)政策的朦胧时农村卡纳塔克邦”之一Meena Nagaraj说,导演,ITBT部门。“虽然城市发展部门已经阐明计划符合印度政府2016年政策,RDPR尚未这样做。我们预计下周完成。话虽如此,我们也要求电信公司列出他们的忧虑。政府将调查和可能解决他们。”
现在的状态是看“混合模型”类的孩子既不访问互联网或设备。这包括与公民社会组织,比如Shikshana基金会,这是帕拉山普拉卡什由技术官僚。他也是首席部长BS Yediyurappa的政策和战略顾问。
“无论达到技术是有限的,我们将使用公民社会援助,确保不让一个孩子的教育体系,”Kumar说。“我们已经成立了一个专责小组包括公民社会成员建议政府最好的方法到达偏远地区的儿童。”
与此同时,在教育水平越高,尽管分配一个十万的平板电脑的学生,缺乏连通性是导致焦虑尽可能多的无法使用设备。
“我们正在与互联网服务供应商谈判等专用线路到特定位置克村委会办公室,确保学生有不间断服务,“说副首席部长和高等教育部长CN Ashwath Narayan。
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