In A bid to bridge the social and digital divide in education, the Maharashtra government on Saturday launched the Majhi e-Shala mission in all government schools in rural areas. The initiative, which seeks to enhance e-literacy, will involve setting up state-of-the-art digital classrooms in zilla parishad schools across the state, officials attached with Samagra Shiksha Programme, a Maharashtra government educational initiative, told mid-day.

As per the department, as part of the first phase, the state government has identified 500 schools in Thane, Raigad, Osmanabad and Palghar districts. “Bringing more and more government schools, students and teachers under the digital umbrella is our goal. This is why we have taken up the Majhi e-Shala mission,” said an official. The Samagra Shiksha and Maharashtra Prathamik Shikshan Parishad (MPSP) have collaborated with Pratham InfoTech Foundation to make the mission a success.