The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its nod for the revised scheme of Information and communication technology, ICT for secondary and senior secondary schools. <br/><br/>One lakh eight thousand schools across the country will be covered under the scheme to be implemented during the 11th plan period out of which 53,000 schools have already been covered under the earlier scheme which was implemented in 2005-06. <br/><br/>Ten lakh teachers will be enabled under the scheme to use ICT enabled tools for teaching, the schools will be provided with the required computer hardware, software and E-content for the purpose. Dependable power supply and Internet connectivity preferably broad band will be provided to the schools under the scheme.<br/><br/>While the Centre will provide 75% of the funds, the States will be contributing 25%. However, in the north eastern including Sikkim, the sharing pattern will be 90% by the Centre and the rest of the 10% for the States.<br/><br/>Briefing media, the Human Resource Development Minister Mr. Kapil Sabil said that the scheme will be implemented in educationally backward blocks for SC and ST, economically weaker sections, minorities and the disabled. He also said that the softwares will also be provided in regional languages. <br/><br/>The Central government will allocate Rs. 6,000 crore for the scheme which is estimated to cost over Rs. 69,000 crore.