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“But we have directed the schools with Atal labs to allow students from neighbouring schools to work in their labs.”Each Atal tinkering lab would have a lab incharge, who would be trained under Atal Innovation Mission, Ramanan said. Of this, 223 labs will come up in Tamil Nadu.”Ramanan, who was in the city to participate in a convocation ceremony, told TOI that their initial target was to equip 5,441 schools with Atal tinkering labs. While they have ensured that all districts have Atal labs, Ramanan said the number of labs in districts may vary depending on the number of schools. There are around 2,500 registered mentors in Atal labs across the country.Atal Incubation Centres were also being set up in educational institutions and industries across the country under Atal Innovation Mission, Ramanan said. “We have set up labs in around 2,000 schools so far and they are already functional.”The schools selected for setting up Atal tinkering labs would get a grant of Rs 20 lakh over a period of five years to meet the expenses in this regard..