Samsung India and the Department of IT & BT, Karnataka have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with an aim to promote computer and digital education to underprivileged girl students of Government Schools and rural areas for three years.

This will be a part of Samsung's CSR activity and in the current financial year, the Korean tech major will donate 400 tablets. Further, these Samsung tabs will be used in the Chetana Programme of the Department.

Chetana is an ongoing initiative of the Department of IT and BT to empower girls with technology. Meritorious girls who have passed their SSLC from Government Schools in Karnataka are mentored for two years by the Department. Regular residential camps, hands on workshops, domain specific winter schools are conducted to ensure the girls are able to achieve excellence in their areas of interest.

Priyank Kharge, Minister for IT, BT and Tourism, Karnataka said that the government is committed to the empowerment of students from the rural areas through technology.

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