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== Current Status ==
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Nepal's Department of Education is planning to pilot OLPC at a test school in April of 2008. Nepal's Minister of Education, Pradip Nepal, strongly supports the OLPC program.

Currently, the pilot is planned at a Kathmandu-area school. The [http://www.dansk-it.dk/presserum/pressemeddelelser/dansk_it_starter_landsindsamling_i_2008.aspx?lang=da Danish IT Society] has generously donated roughly 200 XO laptops for the pilot.
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See [[Bashuki Journal]] and [[Bishwamitra Journal]] for updated information about the first two pilot schools in Nepal.

There are a number of organizations working on the OLPC project in Nepal
* [[OLE Nepal]] Wiki page and [http://www.olenepal.org Web site]
* [[OLPC_Nepal]]
* [http://www.nepalwireless.net Nepal Wireless]
* [http://www.fossnepal.org FOSS Nepal]
* [http://www.hlcit.gov.np/ Nepal's High Level Commission for Information Technology]

== Activities ==
* [http://wiki.olpcnepal.org/index.php?title=Many_Activity_Per_Laptop_Nepal Hand-Writing Recognition]
* [http://wiki.olpcnepal.org/index.php?title=Limbu_activity_Running_on_XO Localization]
* [http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/123 The School Server] w/ emphasis on [http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/124 Moodle]
* [http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/130 Monthly Game Jams]

== Planning ==
* [[Nepal:Pilot Project Plan]]
* [[Nepal:School Server Specification]]
* [[Nepal:School Server Specification - Phase 1 Design]]
* [[Nepal: XO Testing Plan]]

== Getting Involved ==
* Mailing Lists
** [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Nepal OLPC in Nepal] mailing list
** [http://groups.google.com/group/ole-nepal-tech OLE Nepal]

== Other ==
* [[Nepal:Sysadmin_Guide|Systems Administration Guide - Nepal]]

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