10,000 primary schools in Kerala to get free WiFi !!

      Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 23 As many as 10,000 lower primary and upper primary government schools in Kerala will start getting 2Mbps Wi-Fi broadband internet powered by BSNL from November 1 -- the state's Foundation Day, official said on Sunday.

The IT@School Project has been providing broadband internet connection to close to 5,000 high schools, higher secondary schools and educational offices from 2007 onwards, said K. Anvar Sadath, Director of the project by the state government.

'With the addition of broadband internet to primary section also, the state's school broadband internet network will cover over 15,000 connections and this would be the largest and first of its kind in the country,' Sadath added