Chandigarh, Feb. 27 -- Education minister Harjot Singh Bains on Thursday announced a Rs.400 crore digitalisation project to equip government schools with state-of-the-art technology across Punjab.

Addressing a press conference here, Bains said that the initiative under the Punjab Sikhya Kranti will replace outdated hardware and phase out obsolete computer systems while ensuring that all government senior secondary schools, high schools and middle schools are equipped with the latest digital infrastructure.

He stated that as many as 38,649 new desktop computers equipped with the latest software would be deployed across 5,012 government schools. These computers would be distributed to all senior secondary and high schools, as well as 50% ...