INDIA UNVEILS $35 COMPUTER FOR STUDENTS
Baku, July 24 (AZERTAC). India has unveiled a $35 computer prototype as part of its program to provide connectivity to its students and teachers at affordable prices.
Kapil Sibal, the country`s human resources development minister, displayed what he called a low-cost computing and access device in New Delhi on Thursday.
The ministry said the price would gradually fall to $10 apiece.
India said connectivity to all its colleges and universities is key to achieving its education goals.
Home to a billion-plus population, the country`s literacy rate stands at 65 percent, according to the 2001 census figures.
Nevertheless, the South Asian nation has made giant strides in various areas since it opened up its economy in the early 1990s.
The country ushered in a telecom revolution that delivered mobile telephony to nearly 600 million people in just a little more than a decade with highly competitive call tariffs.
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