Google introduced a new initiative Tuesday for students, Drive for Education, where it offers unlimited cloud storage among other perks.
Google, the world's largest internet search company, is building on its "Google Apps for Education" initiative and has expanded into " Drive for Education" where it is offering an "infinitely large, ultra-secure and entirely free" backpack for students of the 21st Century.
This translates into unlimited cloud storage, Apps Vault and auditing tools for better maintenance, all free of charge. Using Google's enhanced auditing tool will help monitor the activities of the files such as when a text has been copied and pasted among other things.
Google has removed all limits on the storage on Drive, which was previously capped to 30GB. Students using Google Apps for Education will get free access to Drive for Education and its features. Using this, students can upload individual files up to 5TB.
As Chromebooks have managed to secure a prominent ground among students, the new services by Google will give better value for their purchase.
"We want educators and students who use Google Apps for Education to be able to focus on the learning experience-not the technology that supports it. With Drive for Education, users can put an end to worries about storage limits and more easily maintain a safe, effective and compliant learning environment," Google's Ben Schrom said in an official blog post, Tuesday.
Google also noted that the files stored in Drive will be encrypted and organized into separate folders.
All the feature will be available to all students by the end of this year.
