The government will set up Free Digital Libraries in all schools in Kerala, Education Minister MA Baby said.
Under the scheme, 4,071 schools will be provided hardware equipment including 7,300 computers, 3,740 laptops, 6,510 UPS units, 1,291 printers, 785 scanners, 1,160 multimedia projectors and 430 LCD Televisions (32) before March 31, reports IANS.
Here the scope of the word free doesnt limit to mere free of cost. Instead, schools will get absolute freedom to copy, modify and re-distribute the content among teachers, students and general public. This is in tune with the Free Software philosophy, as against the License Raj system offered by proprietary software, he said.
Baby was speaking during the state-level inauguration of hardware distribution to 4,071 schools under ICT in School Scheme.
IT@School Project Executive Director K Anvar Sadath said the Free Digital Libraries will be provided materials on a regular basis.
