Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is going to provide 350 Smart TVs which is to be distributed among tribal students in Kerala’s Wayanad to help them join online classes amid the coronavirus lockdown.
This is the third batch of smart TVs provided by the Wayanad MP in his constituency on Tuesday.
The Congress leader had previously handed 175 television sets to the Wayanad district administration on July 2 and before that he provided 50 television sets to the Wayanad district administration on his 50th birthday (19 June).
At 3pm today, Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi will participate in a programme to give away smart TVs in one of the remotest tribal hamlets of his constituency. Shri Gandhi has given 350 smart TV sets to the children in his constituency to enable them to bridge the gaping digital divide. https://t.co/79tRxHvg50
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The Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan-led government in Kerala has been running virtual classes through an initiative called the ‘First Bell‘. Televised lessons are being imparted to school students through the Victers TV channel in the state.
The Congress MP had promised to supply electronic devices for underprivileged students after a 14-year-old, Class 9 girl had allegedly committed suicide in Kerala’s Malappuram last month after she was unable to attend online classes due to lack of a smart TV or phone at home.
Gandhi had then written to CM Vijayan drawing his attention to the plight of the large number of tribal students in his constituency who don’t have access to smart devices for online education and unable to benefit from the government’s ‘First Bell’ initiative.
