[ohmygeek]

This has become a huge fad in countries like India of late (seen this first hand). Rather than aiding the learning experience, these are used by institutions to brand themselves as "smart schools" and in turn charge higher fees for providing so called "smart e-education".

Then there are xyz companies capitalizing on this by building custom tablets/ipads with their own educational content ripping off both schools and the parents by selling "premium" content that helps students have an "edge" among their peers.

But then, for most parents this is also a matter of pride - "my kids attend a smart school! What about your kids?" which is fueling this pathetic trend.

Almost all of my cousins are enrolled in these smart schools and they don't care much since they now have device to play games on in lieu of learning something meaningful.

I feel sad to see these in a country where there aren't proper schools in thousands of villages.

EDIT: fixed typos