The Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministry has introduced 'Operation Digital Board' in order to go digital in classrooms. This programme will be started in schools from this academic year.
Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Human Resource Development, said, "Around 60-70 years back, 'Operation Black Board' was launched, and now as the country is progressing, we have come up with 'Operation Digital Board', the aim of which is to have digital and interactive boards in every classroom."
Under the initiative, seven lakh classrooms of 9th to 12th standards and two lakh classrooms of colleges and universities will be equipped with digital boards.
"All these classes will have digital boards by 2022. The board will have all the relevant material, tutorials, and with this, we would enter the age of film class model," Javadekar further stated.