New Delhi, Feb. 27 -- The Punjab government on February 26 in Chandigarh announced a Rs.400-crore programme to expand digital infrastructure across government schools, including new computers, dedicated computer labs and interactive flat panels, under its "Punjab Education Revolution" initiative.

Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said the project will replace older hardware and equip government senior secondary schools, high schools and a portion of middle schools with updated devices and software. According to the plan outlined at a press conference at Punjab Bhawan, 5,012 government schools will be provided 38,649 computers with updated software. Bains said these will be distributed to all senior secondary and high schools and to 5...