Only 10.68% of govt schools in state have internet access

ONLY 10.68% of government schools in Karnataka have internet connectivity, while 71.98% of private schools have this facility.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @Bengaluru

In Kerala, 94.57% of government schools have the facility. The percentage of government schools having this facility in Gujarat is 94.18, a reply in Rajya Sabha to a question by MPs Phulo Devi Netam and Ranjeet Ranjan on 'digital infrastructure in government schools' revealed this.

Karnataka has 49,679 government schools. Of them, only 5,308 have access to the internet, according to the reply. Of the 19,650 private schools in the state, 14,145 have the facility.