After free software, the general education department also focuses on open hardware.
On Saturday’s Opportunity, Freedom Freedom Day Software Day said that the Minister of General Education V. Sivanku said that the importance of free software will now be given for open hardware. Like the free mantra software, the knowledge was not a monopoly, the production of hardware should also be made available to everyone.
The robotic sets that were distributed in schools have taken modern technology to students. The general department of education would take an initiative to implement projects in an open hardware domain, the minister said.
More than 29,000 robotic sets were deployed in schools. There were steps to make another 5,000 sets for students, he said.
Published – September 2025 9:43
