Thiruvananthapuram, November 15: The Kerala Public Education Department will completely switch over to free software from the next academic year to become the first Indian state to end dependence on licensed software in a government wing.
A recent meeting of the curriculum committee for Higher Secondary Studies decided to extend use of free software for studies in plus-one and plus-two classes as well. Free software is already in use for IT-related studies up to the 10th standard, an official press release said today.
IT@school initiative, the nodal agency for the IT studies and e-governance programmes, would provide the technical assistance to the switch over.
–Agencies