Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot announces to provide smart classrooms for 500 madrassas

Five hundred Rajasthan madrasas will get smart classrooms where students will be taught with the help of smart boards, the state government said, stressing that Islamic seminaries will be connected with modern technology.

For better education in madrasas, various facilities like smart classrooms will be made available, a statement said.

Students will now get education through smart boards



instead of blackboards, it added. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved an additional budget of Rs 13.10 crore for this, the statement said. As much as Rs 2.62 lakh will be spent per seminary on setting up smart classrooms.

There are 500 such madrasas where the facility will be provided in the first phase. Gehlot announced in the 2022-23 Budget to provide smart classrooms with internet facilities in a phased manner.