Government of Chhattisgarh has sanctioned IT education for classes IX to XII in all 1235 Government girls and co-educational schools in the State beginning with the current academic session under the Indira Soochna Shakti Yojana (ISSY). Under the scheme, girls belonging to poorer and weaker sections of the society are being given free computer education according to CBSE syllabus at a cost to the State Government of nearly Rs. 7 crores per annum. Other girls and boys in co-educational institutions can avail the educational facility on payment of a fee of Rs. 54 per month.