Under its ongoing policy of promoting computer education at school level, the Haryana government has made computers available in over 2,500 government schools across the state and also initiated process of recruiting a large numbers of computer teachers.

"Over the last year, 2,662 government schools have been provided with computers," Haryana Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal told reporters at Jhajjar.

The minister said it had become imperative to impart computer education to school-going children in view of rising employment opportunities in the private sector in this modern era of Information Technology.

"The state government is making all efforts to provide basic computer education in the schools so that students could become familiar with the operation of IT equipment like computers right from the beginning," Bhukkal said.

She said the state government is going to provide school uniforms free of cost to all students of government schools upto class VIII from the new academic session.

In reply to a question, the Minister said the government was serious about implementation of Right to Education (RTE) Act in the state.

"A meeting of Education Ministers of all states of the country will soon be held in New Delhi to contemplate over efficient execution of the RTE Act across the nation. Union Human Resources Minister Kapil Sibal will chair the meeting," she said.