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The BMC has launched a ‘Vision 27’ inaugural to alteration its acquisition strategy implicit the adjacent 2 years. (Source: File)
Amid concerns astir rising cyber threats, scams, and online fraud, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced the instauration of a ‘Cyber Literacy’ programme successful its civic schools from the world twelvemonth 2025-26. The inaugural aims to beforehand liable and harmless net usage among students, teaching them however to navigate the integer satellite cautiously. A budgetary allocation of Rs 23.6 crore has been acceptable speech for this successful the BMC’s yearly budget.
The announcement was made connected Tuesday erstwhile the BMC presented its budget for the acquisition department, which includes a full allocation of Rs 3,955.64 crore for the fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26. This marks an summation from the erstwhile year’s fund of Rs 3,497.82 crore.
The BMC has launched a ‘Vision 27’ inaugural to alteration its acquisition strategy implicit the adjacent 2 years. Under this umbrella, a broad programme titled ‘Mission SAMPURN’ (S – School Infrastructure, A – Admission, M – Merit, P – Productivity, U – Universalization of Education, R – Responsibility, N – Nutrition and Health) volition beryllium rolled retired starting successful 2025-26. This ngo is designed to foster the holistic improvement of students, with assorted caller initiatives on with ongoing programmes.
A portion of this larger vision, the ‘Cyber Literacy’ programme is aimed astatine educating students connected however to usage the net responsibly, some for world improvement and idiosyncratic safety. The BMC is collaborating with experts to supply year-long, rigorous grooming for students successful classes 8 and 9 crossed each civic schools.
Rajesh Kankal, the BMC acquisition officer, said, “With SAMPURN, the absorption is connected the holistic improvement of students. In today’s integer age, cyber literacy is essential. Cyber threats are not constricted to fiscal scams targeting the wealthy. Our students are arsenic susceptible to assorted forms of online risks. Educating them connected however to beryllium cautious connected the net has go an integral portion of modern education.”
In summation to cyber literacy, the BMC is besides introducing a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) Robotics Laboratory aimed astatine sparking involvement successful these subjects among students. This initiative, designed for superior schoolhouse students, volition commencement with a budgetary proviso of Rs 10 crore successful the fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26. The programme aims to inculcate a heavy involvement successful subject and exertion and to amended the analytical and originative reasoning skills of the students. To complement this, it is projected to found a Science Park successful 2 BMC schoolhouse buildings connected a aviator basis.
Additionally, the BMC plans to supply supplementary nutrition to its students, implicit and supra the existing midday-meal installation tally with associated enactment from authorities and cardinal governments. This supplementary nutrition inaugural from nursery to Class 10 aims to capable nutritional gaps for students not covered nether the midday repast scheme. A budgetary proviso of Rs 117.37 crore has been made for the fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26.
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After having a palmy aviator tally of ‘Learning done Games’ wherein 19,401 tabs were provided to Class 10 students successful the 2024-25 world year, the installation volition beryllium extended to students of classes 8 and 9 with a proviso of 3,659 tabs.
Apart from these caller initiatives, BMC’s fund for the acquisition section included expenditure expected nether a fewer ongoing programmes specified arsenic astronomy labs, e-libraries and integer classrooms, and scholarships, among others.
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