Goa govt announces e-note books for fifth and sixth graders

Thousands of fifth and sixth graders in government and aided schools in Goa will be given e-notepads from academic year 2013, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednesday. "The students studying in fifth and sixth standards will get the e-notepads in June, when schools restart", said Parrkiar, who also holds Education portfolio.

He said the electronic writing pads would be loaded with the e-content in terms of curriculum. The state government will also extend the scheme to fifth and ninth graders from academic year 2014. "Next year (2014), students from fifth and ninth standards would be given e-notepads", Parrikar said, adding the government had initially decided to give them e-tabs.