Context: Kerala has become the first state in the country to have high-tech classrooms or high-tech labs in all government-run and aided schools
Key Points

• As part of this flagship project of the government, high-tech labs have been set up in primary and upper primary schools and 40,000 classrooms in high school and higher secondary schools have been converted into smart classrooms.
• High-speed broadband internet has been ensured in 12,678 schools.
• The high-tech classroom project was implemented by Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE), the nodal agency for ICT education in schools.
• The Kerala government has also started digital classrooms known as ‘First bell’ to impart education to 41 lakh students in the state after schools shut due to the lockdown
• The Kerala State government is also carrying out a unique programme called “Namath Basai”of teaching tribal children in their mother tongue.
• The programme is being implemented by the Samagra Shiksha Kerala (SSK).
• Also Read: https://abhipedia.abhimanu.com/Article/IAS/MjA3Njgy/Namath-Basai-Programme-Social-Issues-IAS