Guwahati, Sept 30: The percentage of secondary and higher secondary schools in the State with internet facilities has increased substantially during recent years.

As per the latest Central government publication Children in India 2025, only 13.7 per cent of the secondary and higher secondary schools in Assam had internet facilities in 2015-16. However, that figure went up to 53.8 per cent in 2023-24.

The availability of internet facilities in such schools has witnessed an increase at a higher rate with the passage of time. From 13.7 per cent in 2015-16, it went up to 15 per cent in 2016-17; 16.4 per cent in 2017-18, 20.9 per cent in 2018-19, 22.6 per cent in 2019-20, 24.5 per cent in 2020-21, 29.8 per cent in 2021-22, and 34.6 per cent in 2022-23, before touching 53.8 per cent in 2023-2

See Full Page