Free wi-fi facility in Odisha colleges, varsities

Bhubaneswar: Students of colleges, technical institutions and universities in Odisha can avail wi-fi facilities free of cost from the 2023-24 academic session as promised by the ruling BJD in its 2019 election manifesto.

State Higher Education Minister Roihit Pujari Thursday said the students will get one GB of data.

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The Electronics and Information Technology Department has been roped in, he said after a review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

All government-run universities in the state now have wi-fi services, Pujari added.

The minister said education loan is being provided to students by commercial banks since 2016-17 at one per cent rate of interest  and the government is bearing the rest.

PTI