The Ministry of Education on Saturday announced the distribution of 75 high-grade refurbished computers provided by the National Informatics Centre Services Inc. (NICSI) to 15 government schools in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district.
Minister of State for Education Jayant Chaudhary highlighted that the initiative was facilitated through the Vidyanjali portal, which has emerged as a major enabler of community engagement in education. To date, over 8.33 lakh schools, 5.55 lakh individual volunteers, and more than 2,300 CSR and NGO organisations have joined the platform, benefiting nearly 1.8 crore students across the country.
Vidyanjali, an initiative of the Department of School Education, embodies the spirit of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the ethos of Jan Bhagidari (public participation). Under its CSR framework, districts propose and submit projects across key focus areas such as digital infrastructure, sports, health, and environmental development.
As part of this mechanism, NICSI registered on the portal and adopted the “Digital Infrastructure Development in Schools” project for the Baghpat district. The deployment of refurbished computers will cover schools across blocks including Pilana, Khekra, Chhaprauli, Binoli, Baraut, and Baghpat.
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This contribution is expected to expand access to technology, support e-learning, and empower both teachers and students to seamlessly integrate digital tools into the teaching-learning process reinforcing the objectives of Digital India and NEP 2020 at the grassroots level.
