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A Tale of Two Schools
OLPC NEPAL
Inside a Rural Classroom
Inside Ullens
Teachers
Teachers
Students
Students
Special ChallengesFor Rural Students
Special ChallengesFor Students
Special ChallengesFor Students
The “Quality Divide”
These Two Schools represent the Quality Divide in Nepali education
Is There any way to bridge this divide?
Looking for a Solution
• In 2001, a group of American Educators formed to find solutions that could bridge the Quality Divide in the Developing World
• Requirements for these solutions
1.Child-centered, Interactive
2.Could be customized to Local Language and Customs
3.Inexpensive
4.Help Children “Learn Learning”
One Laptop Per Child
• In 2002, this group approached Nicholas
Negroponte of the MIT Media Lab
• In 2005, they announced the One Laptop
Per Child Project
One Laptop Per Child
• OLPC designed a durable, inexpensive
laptop computer specifically for children in
developing countries
• Laptop is simply a medium for education
like books, laboratories, toy blocks, etc.
What makes this Laptopso special?
• Designed for Children
• Low Power
• Durable, Robust, Climate protected, and contains only safe, non-toxic materials
• Children can use the laptop to collaborate
• Free software and content based on “Open
Source” principles
A Solution for Nepal
A Solution for Nepal
• We believe that together
1. Digitized national curriculum
2. OLPC “XO” Laptops
3. Extensive teacher training
• Can bridge the Quality Divide
A Solution for a
New Nepal• Extends the reach of
Nepal's strong curriculum
and teacher training
program
• Mother Tongue Education
OLPC Progress
and Strategy
Participating Countries
Countries piloting OLPC in Summer 2007
Countries to pilot in 2008
UAE is committed to purchasing 1 Million laptops for Pakistan
Implementation
• This project can only succeed with the full support and leadership of the MoES and Dept of Education.
• To participate, the MoES and Dept. of Education need to indicate their interest to OLPC
– There is no minimum order requirement
OLPC Nepal
• A Non-Profit Organization dedicated to
helping the Government of Nepal
implement the One Laptop Per Child vision
• Initiated by Shankar Pokharel and Ankur
Sharma while at Nepal Engineering
College
But Nepal is a poor country,why do kids need laptops?
This project is not about technology
It is about providing every child in Nepal with access to the national curriculum in the most appropriate and effective forms
We have a number of measures to discourage the theft and sale of the laptops
Costs
1. Teacher Training
2. Digitization of Curriculum
3. Implementation Support
4. Laptops
This project will require extensive Teacher Training and Support
Financing
Laptop expected to last Five Years
$100 over 5 years -- $20 per year
InterAmerican Development Bank (IADB)
financing OLPC for Argentina and Brazil
UAE purchasing 1 million laptops for Pakistan
Possible Next Steps
1)Create a government Task Force to pursue One Laptop Per Child
2)Digitize and Improvise the Government Curriculum for this laptop and future ICT initiatives
3)Implement Mother Tongue Education Initiatives
4)Include the digitized curriculum and laptop in next year's pilot of the three year education plan
DEMONSTRATION
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