ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications has provided Rs.276.43 million for 53 research and development programmes during last three years.
Besides, the total investments in the form of grants disbursed under Prime Minister National ICT Scholarship Programme during the said period was Rs.979 million and the basic objective was to promote IT education among the youth.
Enumerating the investments made in different IT programmes, an official at the Ministry on Wednesday said total investments in the form of grants disbursed under IT Industry Apprenticeship Programme during the period was Rs.17.043 million while under National ICT Grassroots Research Initiative Programme, the government disbursed Rs.27 million.
He said in order to create awareness about Basic IT Equipments and IT Education, Ministry of IT has already taken steps for introduction of IT at schools levels through different projects regarding establishment of labs at Federal and Provincial level.
In this regard, the official said Federal government has spent Rs.905.424 million for promotion of IT education at schools level.
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