In 2010, KITE came up with a unique concept for the maintenance and repair of damaged computers at schools – the Hardware Clinics. Through this programme, intensive hardware training was given to the teachers which boosted their confidence to such a level that they could handle most problems found in PC. Every year Crores worth of ICT equipments are made functional, which would otherwise be kept apart as e-Waste.
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Year |
Items |
Qty |
Actual Expense |
Amount worth Additional Deployment |
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2007-08 |
Total No.of Schools Participated |
977 |
89 lakhs |
7.50 crores |
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Total Computers conditioned |
3576 |
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Total No of Conditioned UPS |
1736 |
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2008-09 |
Total No of Schools participated |
1200 |
1.91 crores |
11.5 crores |
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Total Computers conditioned |
5231 |
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Total No of conditioned UPS |
5200 |
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2009-10 |
Total No of Schools participated |
3000 |
3.5 crores |
20 crores |
|
Total Computers conditioned |
9000 |
(Source- IT@School Activity report 2010-11 submitted to Executive Committee)
From 2015-16, the Project has associated with Directorate of Vocational Higher Secondary (DHSE) by which VHSE students would be trained in the Hardware Clinics, who would inturn repair the faulty ICT equipments in their region. Below is the figure with the details of machines made functional in 2016.
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Location |
Devices inspected |
Devices repaired |
|
Kozhikode |
226 |
138 |
|
Thiruvananthapuram |
161 |
92 |
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Ernakulam |
304 |
219 |
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Total |
610 |
394 |
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