Oh, I forgot to add Tux paint to the above list.
And yes, most software in that distribution are old. They should have taken a
bit more care to include Libre office instead of open office suit and a
decent free replacement for the Mozilla Firefox.
But that said, mostly these are political decisions; We should let them know
that they are supporting the so called "Open Source" camp, ignoring the
ethical obligation of a government to promote free software among kids to be
citizens of a strong, capable, independent and free society.
This post is a milestone for me; Any suggestion you are posting here will
never be going to dumb-ears, I swear. They will be mailed to the concerned
department/ministry.
This is the website of the specific government project:
https://www.itschool.gov.in/