From the next year, all the NCERT published text books will have QR codes. These QR codes will held the students in understanding the chapter thoroughly by watching additional videos and reading content on the laptops and digital boards, said Union minister Prakash Javadekar.
QR code is a machine readable code which is used for storing the web-links and other information and can be read with the help of camera on a smart phone.
Javadekar further said "the government has made a provision of Rs 6,600 crore for bearing the interest component on education loans. The moratorium will be for the course period plus 1 year. Nearly 10 lakh students would avail the benefits from 2017-18 to 2019-20, with the government bearing about Rs 2,200 crore per year towards interest costs on education loans."
From 2009 to 2014, the government has spent 800 crore per year under the scheme. This amount was increased to 1800 crore per year from 2017 to 2014, he added.
The minister further told that to improve the public education, three existing schemes-- Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and the Teacher Education (TE) would be merged.
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NCERT textbooks to have QR codes from next year: Javadekar
From 2009 to 2014, the government has spent 800 crore per year under the scheme