Kendriya Vidyalaya laboratories to be upgraded

NEW DELHI: In order to make practicals even more hands-on and state-of-the-art, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan is modernizing science and mathematics laboratories in its schools at Rs 110 crore. The project deadline is 2015. The first phase will cover laboratories of 250 schools by June 2014. KVS is also planning to set up language laboratories and introduce French and Chinese from this year. All laboratories across 1,100 Kendriya Vidyalayas will be modernized by 2015. Speaking to TOI, KVS commissioner Avinash Dikshit said modernizing of school laboratories will be one of the major activities of the Sangathan this financial year. "The target is to cover 250 schools spread across the region by June 2014," he said.