Get him to sit on a chair with a laptop and ask him to double click on ‘Paint', and Udayakumar, a class XI student of Government Higher Secondary School, Nandanam, is a little uneasy. “Enukku paint vela teriyum (I know how to paint),” he declares, explaining how he helps his father in scratching out the rough surfaces on the walls, making them ready to be painted.
For Udayakumar and his classmates who participated in a training programme organised by the National Service Scheme (NSS) members of Anna University here on Saturday, laptops are quite exotic. And the fact they would soon be getting these as part of the State government's free scheme has got them all excited. |
