There's no need to worry anymore if you fail to understand or miss your laboratory experiments. The HRD ministry has now announced a plan to provide 'virtual labs' for maths and science students.
The ministry said that they will provide online facility to view laboratory tests through its education portal Sakshat. And leading academicians will help them in the process. A government official said that it will be country's first virtual laboratory in which the students will be able to conduct experiments while watching a video on the portal. 
The lab is part of the ministry's plan to provide entire school and college curriculum online. It is a forerunner to the ministry's grand plan to provide low-cost tablet Aakash, first to college students and subsequently to school children. The students will be able to evaluate their performance and seek replies to their queries.
The virtual lab will be launched next week. It will include latest news from around the world on specific subjects. For instance, if someone wants to understand an experiment on space science, the portal will give information on the latest developments by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It has been developed with the help of top academicians from the IIT and the Department of Science and Technology under the ministry's guidance.
The ministry has plans to distribute Aakash to 220 million college students in India in the next three to five years. The initial effort is expected to be launched in March, when the ministry wouls seek bids to supply a million Aakash tablets for distribution to students.
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