High speed internet facility to benefit more than 2 lakh students in 106 colleges & 5 universities
Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated high speed free WiFi internet connectivity and video conferencing facility for all government colleges and universities in the state at a function in Shahid Durgamall government PG college at Doiwala on Sunday. He congratulated the citizens on Uttarakhand becoming the first state to provide such a facility in all government colleges and universities. Stating that the youths desire to connect with the world, he said that this high speed internet connectivity will prove to be a boon for such youth. With this facility, the youths will also be able to acquire knowledge from noted personalities who have done much in their respective fields. Terming the youths as the future of the nation, Rawat said that they have to decide how to make good use of these facilities.
Speaking on the occasion, the CM said that this development is an important step towards digital India as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “This is an initiative to link the ancient with the modern. The State government is providing high speed WiFi internet connectivity to governmental colleges and universities in the state through dedicated internet leased line. This will help the students in acquiring knowledge. Our attempt is to make our youths self reliant- they should become able to secure employment not just for themselves but become capable of providing employment to others too,” said Rawat.
He said that the state government is fighting against corruption. One of the measures for this has been to incorporate e-office system in the secretariat. The internet can play a major role in bringing about transparency, he said, while adding that 37 departments of the CM’s secretariat had also been made online.
The State minister for Higher Education, Dhan Singh Rawat said that provision of high speed internet connectivity in the government colleges and universities in the state will benefit more than two lakh students. All the 106 government colleges and five universities are going to get the benefit of this high speed internet connectivity soon, he added.
Vidhan Sabha speaker Prem Chand Agrawal, MLA Harbans Kapoor, principal secretary Anand Bardhan, IT adviser to the CM, Ravindra Datt Petwal and ITDA director Amit Sinha were also present on the occasion.
Monday, 09 November 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
