Meppayur set to be first panchayat in Kerala to offer free Wi-Fi to all students
The Hindu
Project named ‘Sajjam 2021’ to be launched by Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty on Tuesday
The Meppayur grama panchayat in Kozhikode is all set to be the first panchayat in the State to offer free Wi-Fi to all students within its limits. The project named ‘Sajjam 2021’ will be launched by Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty on Tuesday. The project, aimed at ensuring that students in the panchayat did not have any difficulty accessing online classes, is being implemented as a result of two-and-a-half-month-long efforts. There are 7,138 students in 16 schools in the panchayat. There have been a lot of complaints related to accessing online classes and the panchayat conducted a survey to find the issues. “We found that a lot of students did not have devices to watch classes while some were sharing devices. We distributed mobile phones to 250 students spending ₹20 lakhs,” said V.D. Satheesan, the nodal officer for the project.After a long, tiring day all we want is to jump right on our cosy beds and rest comfortably on our soft, fluffy pillows, right? Pillows are not quite appreciated as much as electric cars or air-fryers, for instance. Pillows are a wonderful man-made creation that has improved the lives and sleep of people across the globe. Did you know ages ago people used to rest their heads on a HARD ROCK? So how did humans go from sleeping on stones to cosy, fluffy and soft pillows today? Let’s get into the origin of your everyday pillows!
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